Category: SMITE News

Recently I had the opportunity to cover the Smite World Championship, held at the Cobb Energy Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Hi-Rez invited the top two teams from four regions; North America, European Union, China and Latin and South America, to battle it out for the title of 2015 Smite World Champions.

At the 2015 Smite World Championships, held from January 9th-12th of this month, I was able to get thirty or forty minutes on the playable beta version of Smite for the X-Box One. For those who do not know, Smite is Hi-Rez Studios recent entry into the MOBA genre, released in March, 2014. Smite is no standard entry into the genre dominated by Defense of the Ancients 2 and League of Legends, the devs over at Hi-Rez have made several very significant innovations.

COGnitive Prime wins SMITE World Championships!

Hi-Rez Studios has released a brand new SMITE trailer called "Battleground of the Gods" that arrives just in time for this week’s commencement of the SMITE World Championships. The event is scheduled to run from January 9th to 11th in Atlanta, Georgia. Check it out!

Surpassing even the League of Legends prize purse juggernaut, Hi-Rez Studios has announced that the prize pool for the SMITE World Championships to be held in January has risen to over $2.1M. Funds were ‘crowd-sourced’ through the purchase of special in-game items that contributed to the overall amount to be awarded to the winners.

Hi-Rez Studios has announced that it has entered into a partnership with Curse to bring Curse Voice to the SMITE World Championships as the official voice communications software during the event.

Hi-Rez Studios is ready to reveal the first information about the newest god to join SMITE. Awilix, Goddess of the Moon is a first-class assassin who travels with her jaguar, Suku. In addition to revealing Awilix, Hi-Rez announced that the first-ever XBox One game play action will be showin in January during the SMITE World Championships.

Hi-Rez has announced the sixtieth god to join the SMITE pantheon. Ao Kuang, the Dragon God, enters as a melee fighter with an additional ability to summon six dragons to his side. Hi-Rez has released a new trailer to give the lore behind Ao Kuang and a preview of his in-game abilities. Check it out!

Hi-Rez Studios has announced several key details about the forthcoming SMITE World Championships to be held in Atlanta, Georgia on January 9-11, 2015. Of notable interest is the news that the prize pool has risen to over $1.3M through a special themed promotion available to players in the game. In addition, the final Odyssey reward has been revealed and fans of SMITE can grab a virtual ticket to the weekend’s events.

With the latest SMITE update, Nox, the Goddess of Night, has arrived in game. A mage of formidable skills, Nox can damage and send out her Raven minion to deal even more. In addition to Nox, new skins, voice packs and daily log-in bonuses have been added.