Hi-Rez Studios is giving you a chance to become a god in its newest DoTA-inspired battleground, SMITE. The Global Agenda developer today announced that it's currently developing the new free-to-play online battleground. SMITE will allow players to join session-based combat and choose from one of several mythological gods to do battle in DoTA-style combat. Visit the official SMITE website and check out the full press release after the break for more details.
Hi-Rez Studios Announces SMITE
Gods vs Gods in 3rd-person DoTA-inspired Battleground
ATLANTA - April 21, 2011 Hi-Rez Studios, the award winning independent developer of Global Agenda, announced today they are developing SMITE, a free-to-play online battleground between gods. Players choose from a selection of mythical gods, join session-based arena combat, and use custom powers and team tactics against other player-controlled gods and non-player controlled minions.
As a studio and as gamers, we love competitive multi-player games that reward teamwork and strategy, says Todd Harris, Hi-Rez Studios COO. With SMITE, we draw inspiration from DoTA-style RTS titles, but leverage the Unreal 3 Engine to introduce original action oriented combat mechanics, great graphics, and a mythology-themed setting. These session-based games depend upon balanced class design, sophisticated stat-tracking, and matchmaking functionality. These are features we understand well from Global Agenda and our studio is excited to progress team-oriented PvP in new and original directions with SMITE. At this point we already have a really fun playable version of SMITE and we look forward to sharing additional details about the project in the coming months
For more information visit:
Website - http://www.smitegame.com
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/smitegame
About Hi-Rez Studios
Hi-Rez Studios, Inc, located just outside of Atlanta GA, was established in 2005 to create exceptional online interactive entertainment. In February 2010 the company released the squad-based Shooter-MMO Global Agenda. Hi-Rez is currently developing other competitive online games including Tribes: Ascend and the recently announced SMITE.
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