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A studio known primarily for SMITE, Global Agenda, Tribes: Ascend, and Paladins.

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SMITE kicks off the Rising Dawn promotional event

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Amaterasu is the Japanese goddess of the sun, a new deity within SMITE's deific roster and a flexible one besides. But bringing Amaterasu alone...

Battle Bards Episode 66: The best of MOBA music

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This week on the Battle Bards podcast, the crew branches out from the familiar territory of MMO soundtracks and into the wild, untamed regions of...
That's cool.

The next Paladins release may have a Global Agenda tie-in

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Being a Hi-Rez Studios fan means looking back with a certain degree of wistfulness toward the games that didn't quite have huge mainstream success....

Catch up with SMITE’s $1,000,000 world championship

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The world of e-sports and competitive gaming has seen a massive explosion in recent years in terms of both viewership and prize money. Top competitive...

SMITE hosts World Championship and Xbox One Invitational this week [Updated]

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Ten teams are going head-to-head today in the SMITE World Championship to compete for the $500,000 grand prize. The tournament runs from today through Sunday,...

Get pumped up for SMITE with this cinematic trailer

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Dragging a bit now that you're back into the normal post-holiday routine? Then drink up a tall glass of rock-n-roll with this a new...

Not So Massively: Top 10 most surprising NSM stories of 2015

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Back in 2011, our former corporate overlords at Massively-of-old noticed that games like League of Legends were getting pretty damn popular and asked us to work...

The best MMORPG polls of 2015

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Every week for the last few years, we've expanded on our "Daily Grind" theme with a Leaderboard poll. On the one hand, seeing the numbers...

Not So Massively: Winter game update edition (December 21, 2015)

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Online gaming and e-sports are getting bigger by the day, and there are literally hundreds of popular online games out there that don’t really...
Unbreaking what we screwed up forever.

Tribes: Ascend creative director: ‘We made a lot of mistakes in a lot of different places’

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The history of Tribes: Ascend is a strange one. Like the first few titles out of Hi-Rez Studios, it launched to decent reception, had...

Hi-Rez announces $100K Paladins tourney

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Paladins isn't officially launched yet, but Hi-Rez is already planning its competitive scene -- and its first tournament. On the official forums yesterday, Hi-Rez...

SMITE celebrates Saturnalia with free stuff and sales

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Ah, Saturnalia: the Roman winter festival drilled into the heads of Latin students everywhere. It's like Christmas, only with waaaay more gambling and booze. Hi-Rez MOBA...

Not So Massively: Counter-Strike nerfs all the guns (December 14, 2015)

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Online gaming and e-sports are getting bigger by the day, and there are literally hundreds of popular online games out there that don’t really...

Tribes: Ascend’s first major patch since 2013 lands today

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Back in August, Hi-Rez surprised disgruntled Tribes: Ascend fans by announcing that it would be resuming updates after years of maintenance mode. At the time,...
Getting carded.

The Daily Grind: Will you try Epic’s Paragon MOBA?

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I hadn't heard of Paragon before last weekend, but after watching the brief gameplay clip that Epic released to tease its upcoming MOBA, I'm...

Datamined files point to a SMITE PS4 version

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Hi-Rez looks like it might be preparing for further expansion into the console market with an upcoming PlayStation 4 port of its popular MOBA. One datamining site found files...

Massively OP’s holiday gift guide for the ‘Not So Massively’ gamer

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The holidays are approaching, and that means there's not much time left to get presents for your friends and lumps of coal for your...
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Paladins adds deserter system and Evie, the Winter Witch

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Hi-Rez Studios has released as new a video that details Paladins' 0.8 update. Lead designer Rory Newborough says it's a big patch that makes...

Tribes: Ascend’s next patch aims to ‘spiritually align’ with the franchise

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Hi-Rez has posted an open letter to Tribes: Ascend's community on Reddit. The forthcoming Out of the Blue patch is a huge undertaking for...

Not So Massively: Path of Exile’s Ascendancy expansion (November 23, 2015)

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Online gaming and e-sports are getting bigger by the day, and there are literally hundreds of popular online games out there that don’t really...

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