Building up the esports infrastructure for Smite’s esports community has been a lot of work. Over six years, the community of players has grown to nearly 30 million. Todd Harris, cofounder of Hi-Rez ...

Today marks a very important moment for Smite 2. The Unreal Engine 5 sequel to the iconic, godly MOBA hasn't had the smoothest of rides in early access so far, but after plenty of hard work to improve ...

Layoffs are happening at Hi-Rez Studios as the group moves to reform its priorities around Smite 2. Alongside an layoff of allegedly 70 employees, several games in the Hi-Rez portfolio are halting ...

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GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Smite season nine is here and with it comes several major updates and additions to the "Battleground of the Gods." Developer Hi Rez Studios elaborated ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. The ongoing wave of layoffs in the video game industry continues with Hi-Rez Studios, the developer of the Smite games, announcing it will be letting ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Titan Forge Games has announced that Smite 2 will be going free-to-play later this month. The wait ...

The third-person MOBA game SMITE, is about to get a sequel which you can easily guess will be called SMITE 2. It's not a simple sequel, as it will be introducing major changes to the game's ...

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Slipknot are wasting no time diving into their Knotverse, partnering with Titan Forge Games to bring "the 9" as playable characters within the popular Smite multi-player online battle game. As you can ...

Above: Hi-Rez Studios has formed Skillshot to create esports content. GamesBeat: Are you seeing some smart, authentic activations happening at your events? Harris: Even outside of our events, a lot of ...