A studio known primarily for SMITE, Global Agenda, Tribes: Ascend, and Paladins.
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The Stream Team: Celebrating SMITE’s 4th birthday
It's been four years since SMITE sped onto the scene; that's four years of gods smashing other gods on the battleground. It's been a...
Perfect Ten: MMO missteps that didn’t have to happen
Around the time I started working at Massively-that-was, there was an article that I quite liked talking about how four high-profile MMO failures were...
Perfect Ten: A dozen MOBAs that didn’t make it
With the insane success -- both in terms of popularity and finances -- that Dota and League of Legends spawned, you can easily understand...
The Stream Team: SMITE’s new adventure is adorable anime
When you think of raging gods battling it out, do you think adorable? Well, now you do. SMITE's new adventure ups the cuteness meter...
SMITE-spinoff online TCG Hand of the Gods is launching on February 20th
Hi-Rez's online card game Hand of the Gods: SMITE Tactics is getting a real launch set for February 20th on both PC and console....
Da Ji and the Legend of the Foxes brings an anime adventure to SMITE
For a MOBA, SMITE sure doesn't play by rules, or at least any rules we recognize. Hi-Rez seems to be constantly reinventing the game...
SMITE 5.1 is a virtual do-over for the Conquest map
SMITE's massive 5.1 patch is live today on PC, complete with the heavily overhauled and graphically updated Conquest map. There's a new tutorial for...
Hi-Rez apologizes for SMITE recruitment video that cracked Paragon jokes
Hi-Rez has apologized for a brief video that invites soon-to-be-homeless Paragon players and everyone else to come play SMITE that was apparently taken as an...
SMITE promises improvements to the console experience for players in 2018
The nice thing about SMITE is that whether you prefer to play your games on consoles or on desktop computers, the game gives you...
SMITE unleashes the dog from hell
It's not Hagrid's dog from Harry Potter and it's most certainly not the evil corporation from Mass Effect 2, but SMITE's Cerebus brings both...
Hi-Rez Expo 2018: Erez Goren, 10 more games, 400 employees, and Global Agenda’s City of Heroes roots
It is true that the Hi-Rez Expo has wrapped up for 2018, and we'll need to wait another 12 months to attend the next...
Hi-Rez Expo 2018: Diving deeper into SMITE’s new map, new pantheons, fog, and more
Although the studio makes other games and each has a presence at Hi-Rez Expo 2018, there's no denying that SMITE was the star of the...
Hi-Rez Expo 2018: Hi-Rez’s new game Bot Smashers isn’t an MMO, but it’s fun
After a few days of playing Bot Smashers at Hi-Rez Expo 2018 this past weekend, I sat down and talked shop with Rory Newbrough, Bot...
Hi-Rez Expo 2018: Our hands-on with Hi-Rez’s new game Bot Smashers
Hi-Rez Expo 2018 ended this weekend, which means my opportunity to play the studio's new 1v1 mobile game Bot Smashers has also ended. And...
The Stream Team: Drowning sorrows in SMITE’s arena
As much as Massively OP's MJ really wanted to keep playing SMITE's adventures, the latest round turned off today. To hide her tears and...
Hi-Rez Expo 2018: Paladins’ story, previewing new toon Moji, and hands-on with Paladins Strike
As much as the battle royale-flavored Battlegrounds is big news, it wasn't the only Paladins news at Hi-Rez Expo 2018. We also learned that there...
The best SMITE and Paladins cosplay at Hi-Rez Expo 2018
While the bulk of Hi-Rez Expo 2018 is taken up with the various tournaments, the fans have their own contest open to them: Welcome...
Hi-Rez Expo 2018: Hands-on with Paladins Battlegrounds, the game’s new battle royale mode
Paladins got not one but four announcements at this year's Hi-Rez Expo. There's a brand-new team death match mode coming as well as new...
Hi-Rez Expo 2018: Paladins introduces battle royale mode, new champion Moji, and battle cat mounts
Big brother SMITEÂ isn't getting all the attention at this year's Hi-Rez Expo 2018 -Â Paladins is definitely seeing some love too. The team-based shooter got...
Hi-Rez Expo 2018: SMITE Season 5 heralds art update, gameplay overhaul, and new god Cerberus
Hi-Rez Expo 2018 is kicking off this morning with a big announcement for SMITE. More than just introducing a new god (Cerberus, the three-headed...
