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Hi-Rez hit with layoffs as it reduces teams on Paladins and Classic SMITE in favor of SMITE 2
Hi-Rez Studios and its sub-studios are embarking on a wave of layoffs, CEO Stewart Chisam announced bright and early this morning. Chisam characterizes the...
Hi-Rez Studio president adjusts a contract rider for voice actors after being called out for potential AI use
If you've been on gaming Twitter anytime recently, you might have seen a thread started by voice actor Henry Schrader that was calling attention...
SMITE, Paladins company Hi-Rez is hit by layoffs following major restructuring and new CEO
Hi-Rez's Stewart Chisam has announced a major restructure of the company and its multiple online games studios - and unfortunately, it includes layoffs.
Chisam wrote...
SMITE’s midseason update adds Nickelodeon cartoon skins as pros and fans agitate for in-person esports
SMITE players of a certain age might be taken with the MOBA's midseason update, which has the centerpiece of several Nickelodeon cartoon character skins...
EA and Microsoft announce end of sales to Russia, Hi-Rez reroutes Russian profits to Ukrainian aid
Three more major games publishers are joining the ever-growing list of names cutting off Russia from the world over its naked war against Ukraine....
Global Agenda is back from the dead at least temporarily, Hi-Rez confirms
Global Agenda has long been a lament in the sliver of the MMO community that loved it. It was a Hi-Rez Studios free-to-play MMO...
SMITE community mourns the passing of a star Hi-Rez esports caster, halts league events
On Friday, Hi-Rez startled the SMITE community by abruptly postponing all of its esports events for the weekend, a move made more bizarre by...
Stewart Chisam will replace Erez Goren as CEO of SMITE company Hi-Rez Studios
Multiplayer online game company Hi-Rez Studios is seeing a leadership shuffle this week, as the man who's been CEO for 14 years is stepping...
Hi-Rez reorganizes SMITE, Paladins, and Realm Royale teams as newly renamed substudios
Hi-Rez Studios is making bold moves today: It's just announced that it's splitting up the band, unbundling its games teams into separate but joined...
Hi-Rez is basically maintenance-moding Hand of the Gods
Back in May, we covered the bizarre silence surrounding Hi-Rez's SMITE-infused free-to-play online card game Hand of the Gods. At the time, the information...
Overwatch’s Jeff Kaplan explains Brigitte’s design, while Hi-Rez implies she’s a Paladins ripoff
If you're the analytical type, you probably started formulating a playstyle for Overwatch's upcoming hero Brigitte as soon as you read about her abilities...
SMITE has officially racked up 20,000,000 players
Mythology MOBA SMITE has now racked up 20,000,000 players -- that's according to Hi-Rez President Stewart Chisam, who announced the milestone on Twitter...
Hi-Rez announces $100K Paladins tourney
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...
Tribes: Ascend’s first major patch since 2013 lands today
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,...
Hi-Rez Studios felt bad about abandoning Tribes: Ascend
Letting Tribes: Ascend lie untouched for a long while was a smart business decision for Hi-Rez Studios, but it wasn't one that the developers...
Hi-Rez really is working on Tribes: Ascend again
Shelve your snark, Hi-Rez detractors: It looks as if Tribes: Ascend isn't dead after all.
Following rumors last week that suggested the studio might be turning...
