NEWS
News Round-Up
WHAT ARE HI-REZ UP TO NOW?
Well with the release of SMITE just passed us, we’ve
seen our beloved Lionheart transfer to Hi-Rez at the start
of the year and Drybear also joining Hi-Rez studios as the
forum manager upon release. Todd announces just before
the release on March 12th that various positions are open
as he tweets:
“@SmiteGame growing and we are hiring. Design, QA,
and more”.
“Sleepy,” is a potential second life as he falls asleep for
With Hi-Rez expanding more and our dearest community 8 seconds and if not hit with enough auto attacks, comes
members becoming official employees, SMITE is hoping back to life with 25% health and man
to see a wonderful progression with the community
behind them every step of the way.
Skins in the Kumbhakarna patch included Rip Van
Khumbha and Scarlet Coven Isis, which gives our
SMITE NEWS - KUMBHAKARNA AWAKENS
favorite winged goddess a dark, sultry, almost witch-like
AND ISIS SHOWS HER DARK SIDE
look. Scarlet Coven Isis can be yours for 400 gems.
Last week’s patch brought us plenty of goodies including
a more updated Unreal engine to improve performance Other patch highlights included some reduced prices
as a whole. The spotlight of the patch, however, was on items, nerfs to warriors (Chaac, Nemesis, Odin, Tyr,
the addition of a brand new guardian to the battlefields: and Vamana got hit) along with a nerf to Bastet. Zhong
Kumbhakarna, the Sleeping Giant! Our big, yawning Kui, Hun Batz and Thor were the lucky ones this week,
friend uses his first ability, “Throw Back,” as a nice wave receiving a couple of small buffs to their kits. We can
clear and his second ability, “Groggy Strike,” is a nice only hope this will allow them to shine more in battle!
built-up root. His third ability, “Mighty Yawn,” is a giant
mesmerize that will slow enemies that are awakened Some final important tidbits were the removal of mastery
early from it. As an added bonus, Kumbhakarna can use levels on the loading screen cards which have been
this ability while asleep! Finally “Epic Uppercut,” his replaced with player icons and some changes to the new
ultimate, knocks enemies directly up in the air for a brief player experience. New players now have to “unlock”
time and, upon falling, deals massive damage and knocks PVP modes by playing a Co-op or Practice Match of the
up anybody in the area upon landing. His passive though, same game type.
Issue 1 • May 2014
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