They hired experienced game developers from other successful titles, including City of Heroes, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and Call of Duty.

[4] Hi-Rez Studios employs more than 450 people at its development facility in the northern Atlanta suburb of Alpharetta, Seattle, and Brighton in the UK.

The game, along with Hi-Rez Studios' Tribes intellectual property acquisition from InstantAction, was first announced on October 23, 2010.

[10] Hi-Rez Studios representative Todd Harris announced the company's abandonment of the game on July 12, 2013.

[11] Smite is a free-to-play third-person MOBA for Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and OS X.

Hi-Rez Studios announced Smite on April 21, 2011, at PAX East, and began its closed beta period on May 31, 2012, for PC.

[12] Throughout the beta, Hi-Rez Studios also hosted a series of LAN and online events with cash prize pools.

[17] The current version of the card system permits pre-designed loadouts that provide augments to various abilities and stats, as well as “items" that can be purchased by credits.

Rogue Company entered closed beta in June 2020 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and on Microsoft Windows via the Epic Games Store,[19] and included full support for cross-platform play and cross-progression.

[21] Divine Knockout (DKO, for short) was a third-person platform fighter developed by Red Beard Games, in Brighton.