Smite and Realm Royale developer and publisher Hi-Rez is shifting most of its remaining staff and resources away from some of its current games in order to support 2024's Smite 2. This means the ...

Priye's fondness of gaming started early when he first beat Double Dragon II and couldn't stop himself from doing it all over again every chance he got. Since then, playing a bunch of Contra, GTA, ...

Hi-Rez, who some of us on staff haven't exactly forgiven for slowly dropping Tribes: Ascend way back when, has more or less proven that time is a flat circle by doing almost the exact same thing with ...

ALPHARETTA — In less than two months, dozens of employees of an Alpharetta AAA game studio will be out of work. Hi-Rez Studios, the makers of games like Paladins, Tribes Ascend, SMITE and SMITE 2 and ...

Layoffs are happening at Hi-Rez Studios as the group moves to reform its priorities around Smite 2. Alongside an layoff of allegedly 70 employees, several games in the Hi-Rez portfolio are halting ...

Alex Co has been writing about games for 15 years and running, and is a huge fan of online shooters and anything horror related. Hi-Rez Studios laid off nearly 30 Smite team members, impacting QA, ...

Less than six months after laying off an estimated 70 people, Smite 2 developer Hi-Rez Studios has made another round of cuts. But this time, rather than rank-and-file employees, the layoffs are ...

UPDATE 06/02/2025: A post on X from user Hocky2001 spotted by Dexerto points to Hi-Rez Studios having not only laid off up to 60 developers, but that Hi-Rez has also ended the development for the ...

At least 20 staff have lost their jobs following another round of cuts at Smite developer Hi-Rez Studios. Whilst the layoffs have not been formally announced by the studio at the time of writing, ...

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