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All hail Gilgamesh, savior of Babylon and King of Uruk!
This April, Gilgamesh will join SMITE as a Warrior armed with a fiery scimitar. Among his signature moves is an impressive dropkick.
Gilgamesh will be the second God released in SMITE this year. He continues a grand Season 8 for Hi-Rez Studios’ free-to-play action MOBA featuring more than 110 legendary mythological icons like Zeus, Thor, and Athena.… Read the rest
Hi-Rez Studios has brought SMITE servers to the West Coast of North America with its latest update on March 23. This follows the game’s most successful year in terms of number of players, and answers the popular demand for western US servers.
Those new servers better accommodate the wave of new players by ensuring low in-game latency for SMITE’s action-packed, third-person MOBA gameplay.… Read the rest
Titan Forge Games celebrates SMITE’s seventh birthday with an all-new update, headlined by the Talons of Tyranny event.
New Event: Talons of Tyranny
Tthis four-month-long in-game event features dozens of purchasable Skins, plus Quests. In SMITE’s storyline, the event is linked to Tiamat’s increasing sway over the Battleground of the Gods.… Read the rest
SMITE’s new God Tiamat is the most ambitious playable character to date on all levels. Embodied as a majestic dragon, she is the first Goddess of the Babylonian pantheon, and a dual-stance Mage with elaborate, unique gameplay features.
Through an epic cinematic trailer in January, Tiamat banished Cthulhu back to the depths and reshaped the world—including SMITE’s Conquest map—in her image.… Read the rest
Danzaburou joins SMITE in the Legendary Tanuki update, the final SMITE update of 2020. This Hunter, belonging to the Japanese pantheon.
Even before Danzaburou, the year has been the best one ever for SMITE. And this is no small claim for a game in its seventh year.
With 12 content updates throughout 2020, Titan Forge released 5 new Gods including Cthulhu and Baba Yaga, 7 events and 6 Battle Passes.… Read the rest
This December, Danzaburou will shapeshift his way through enemy lines and into SMITE.
A cunning tanuki from the Japanese pantheon, Danzaburou will soon become the next god of SMITE. Adding to the excitement of this trailer announcement, he is the first Hunter of 2020.
In-game, Danzaburou makes good use of gold, as befits a skillful merchant.… Read the rest
Nickelodeon’s world-famous Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will soon become playable characters in the hit video game SMITE: Battleground of the Gods.
“Nickelodeon’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are a global, cross-generational classic and bringing them to SMITE is a thrill for us,” says Alex Cantatore, Hi-Rez Studios Brand Director of Live Games.… Read the rest
SMITE: Battleground of the Gods has released its newest version of Loki in The Trickster God Update.
Loki has undergone a community-requested rework, essentially making him a new character. Focusing on what’s best in his gameplay, the changes also open multiple new avenues for both those playing him and those facing him.… Read the rest
SMITE launched the “Odyssey: Reckoning” update.
Odyssey: Reckoning event
SMITE Gods and players alike begin an epic voyage set to last for months in the Odyssey: Reckoning. Divinities unite and strive to send Cthulhu back into the abyss in order to restore balance and sanity to the world. The event is detailed here on the website.… Read the rest
SMITE: Battleground of the Gods has released its newest deity, Tsukuyomi.
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Tsukuyomi is now reunited with his sister Amaterasu and the family reunion promises to be tense. The God of the Moon and the Goddess of the Sun are just as mutually antagonistic as you would expect – she is the one who once banned him from Earth.… Read the rest
This August, the Japanese God of the Moon Tsukuyomi will join his siblings Amaterasu and Susano on the Battleground of the Gods. Tsukuyomi will become the 111th playable deity of the free-to-play action-MOBA SMITE.
Tsukuyomi and Amaterasu hold more than a grudge against each other. This incredible trailer shows how irreconcilable the God of the Moon and the Goddess of the Sun are—and neither is willing to kneel.… Read the rest
Overflowing with content and crowned with the all-new Battle Pass in partnership with Nickelodeon, the Mid-Season Update is set to top even the resounding success of June’s Cthulhu release.
Avatar; The Last Airbender Battle Pass – Available: Aang Merlin, Zuko Susano, Korra Skadi and their prestige Avatar-state version, plus tons of thematic content
New in-game event – The ‘New Moon’ event features skins, quests and story developments
Hundreds of changes – Bringing a fresh feel to the fights: new abilities for jungle monsters, countless balance changes, and a new Ranked Split
For many players, the Avatar Battle Pass is the centerpiece of this content-packed Mid-Season update.… Read the rest
The iconic heroes of Nickelodeon’s beloved animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra will soon become playable characters in the hit mythological action video game SMITE.
This world-bending crossover event will see Aang, Zuko, Korra, and Naga face their toughest challenge yet: SMITE’s Battleground of the Gods.… Read the rest
This June, Cthulhu will be coming to SMITE, the free-to-play action MOBA featuring more than 100 legendary mythological icons like Zeus, Thor, and Athena.
Set to be one of the most memorable God releases in the history of SMITE, Cthulhu, the Great Old One, is joining the newly created Great Old Ones pantheon in mid-June.… Read the rest
Baba Yaga becomes the 109th Goddess of SMITE in the “Witch of the Woods” update. As the most community-requested character, the Slavic Mage delivers through uniquely eerie looks and out-of-the-box, chaotic abilities.
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