The developer behind Smite, Hi-Rez Studios, has addressed the allegations that its hero shooter Paladins: Champions of the Realm, which recently went into open beta, is copying aspects of Blizzard's Overwatch.
In a statement exclusively provided to IGN, Hi-Rez's COO Todd Harris asserted that Overwatch "was not the inspiration for Paladins" and that characters in the game who appear to mimic Overwatch heroes "were available and playable in the Paladins beta long before similar character abilities were shown in Overwatch."
Read Harris' full statement below:
While Overwatch is a fine game, it was not the inspiration for Paladins. Game development is an interactive process with ideas coming from many past projects. For the hero shooter genre, the game that deserves the most credit is Team Fortress 2. We released a TF2 inspired class-based shooter called Global Agenda way back in 2010. Paladins was conceived as a fantasy version of Global Agenda and of the approximately 85 combat abilities currently in Paladins, the vast majority are from the game Global Agenda we made 10 years ago.
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