From The Editorial Staff
Hello everyone and once again welcome to the SMITE
Official Magazine! If this is the first time you stumble
across us; Welcome to the fold! Before you lies the 18th
issue of this community project turned official Hi-Rez
Studios product! Even though we’re an official magazine,
the staff is almost entirely comprised out of community
members, sharing the same love and passion for the
game that you, the reader, has. If this is your first issue,
#18 does mean there are 17 other issues, and you can find
them all on our website http://gameonmag.com/smite.
Anyway, let’s return to this issue. Those of you who’ve been
following us for a bit might notice that one of the signatures
at the bottom has changed. Kris “HiRezKaostic” West has
stepped down as Editor and asked me to take over for him.
So I want to thank him and he’ll always be my Editor in
some way. Hell, I might even start calling him ‘senpai’!
With the public “thank you”s out of the way, there are
some other changes in this issue. Those who’ve read
previous issues are probably familiar with ‘Who Is’.
While this was a good introduction into a new character,
we felt like we could go deeper. Inspired by the new
promo pages Hi-Rez releases with each new god, we’ve
redesigned ‘Who Is’ into three different articles, providing
insight into the minds of the artists and developers that
worked on the god, and the experience of just another
player like you and me. Not surprisingly, we’ve called
them ‘Insight into’! We hope you all enjoy the change.
EDITORIAL
Editor-in-Chief - Steve Greenfield
Editor - Jorg “GreyAethelwulf” van der Velden
Production Mgr - Anthony “Baelfyre” Badalamenti
CONTENT CREATORS
Staff Writer - Derrick “absoluterev” Moody
Staff Writer - Kris “Kaostic” West
Staff Writer - Jon V
Staff Writer - Simon Holmbakken
Staff Writer - Thomas “Covertactician” Shaw
Staff Writer - Timothy “Tim63” Tian
Artist - Asim “imanpro” Shrestha
Artist - Dorine Pittet
Artist - Emily “Failmuffin” Barnes
Artist - Holly “Kisekii” Webster
Artist - Gwendoline Martin
Artist - Maria Manrique Ccopa
Artist - Michele “Katar” Trocchia
Guest Artist - Stephen Nickel
Photographer - Jonathan Costas
Photographer- Jason Tate
DESIGN
Lead - Kris “Kaostic” West
Of course we have our usual content as well! Our interview
with Stephen “SteveSketches” Nickel already got teased
on the Hi-Rez website, and he is joined by MaximumSalt,
a group of friends streaming SMITE on a regular basis. We
also have a deeply emotional look into the short lives of
Nu Wa’s Clay Minions and we throw a critical eye towards
Zhong Kui’s kit in this month’s ‘Tying the Connections’.
I’m going to leave you be, as I can see my excitement
has gotten the better of me! So sit back, relax and
enjoy issue #18 of the SMITE Official Magazine.
@TheGameOnMag
/GameOnMagazine
Steve Greenfield
Managing Director
Jorg van der Velden
Editor