You could argue that being free-to-play immediately gives Hi-Rez's shooter an advantage. But the free-to-play game is quickly picking up popularity on Steam, surpassing long-time favourites on Steam such as Rust, Skyrim, Arma 3 and GTA V.
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The first god in the Japanese pantheon launched in deity-powered MOBA Smite today, and while she might not be the Amaterasu many gamers are familiar with, she's just as fierce.
These five gentlemen, collectively known as team Enemy, clawed their way into the 2016 Smite World Championship grand finals only to lose three straight games to Europe's Epsilon, letting all of North America down. As punishment, they only get $US230,000 ($330,810). I blame myself.
After North America's Enemy secured a spot in the Smite grand finals over Europe's Paradigm, all eyes went to returning champions Cloud9. Then those eyes got really sad.
The goal in a Smite Conquest match is to kill enemy players, destroy their fortifications and eventually take down the titan guarding their base. In the first match of the 2016 Smite World Championship, one team accomplished none of those things.
The latest patch for action MOBA Smite dropped today, adding achievements, a brand new god, a revamped store interface and all sorts of item and god balance tweaks. Great! I'll just watch this menu animation for the two dozenth time then.
2.5 million dollars is on the line this weekend, as players from all over the world face off against each other in Hi-Rez's online arena game Smite. You can watch the god battles go down in real time.
