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pantheons regardless of any
a Match of the Day were all great
would finally come out of beta
surrounding controversies. They
additions alongside the classic
and beckon in a new era of MOBA.
did, however, remodel Kali to give
Conquest. In August of 2013,
As the date grew closer, a skin
her a more respectful look in the
they announced a partnership
for Poseidon was released, with
later stages of the open beta.
with Tencent, a company known
proceeds from the skin going to
for making League of Legends
the 100k Launch Tournament
After nearly a year in closed beta,
explode with popularity in China. At
in Atlanta. Eventually the total
Hi-Rez finally decided to open it
this point it was very clear that Hi-
prize pool doubled, making the
up to everyone in January 2013.
Rez had laser focus on SMITE, and
100k tourney a 200k (and some
It was also announced that there
wanted to take the world by storm.
change) event. Teams from Europe
and North America showed up
would be a $100,000 tournament
to be held once the game came
In November, 2013, Hi-Rez finally
to battle it out, and it came down
out of beta. By this point, they
announced an official release
to a match between Dignitas and
had roughly 900,000 registered
date on March 25, 2014. SMITE
Team SoloMid. Europe versus
accounts and SMITE seemed to
You would have
been quazy not to
grab this skin!
be on its way to joining the big
leagues. Various changes had
been made to the map, gods and
goddesses in Conquest over the
course of the open and closed
betas. There were also quite a few
updates to the graphics across the
game as well. One of the changes
most appealing to the community
were the Titans. Instead of a
Minotaur in a team’s base, there is
a Chaos Titan, all hulked out and
fiery. Then there’s an Order Titan,
depicted as two women with only
one leg each, supporting each
other like they were one being.
Side camps were also removed
along with the defense, health,
and cooldown buff. In addition to
graphical updates, major map and
god changes, some new game
modes were added in as well.
Domination, Assault, Joust, and
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