Hello-Rez Studios Launches Esports Production Subsidiary, Skillshot Media

Hello-Rez Studios, the crew behind SMITE and Paladins, introduced their esports division will now be launching as a separate subsidiary with a new title.

Skillshot Media will operate as a 35-person esports tournament operator and manufacturing firm based in Alpharetta, Georgia. The company will officially launch its brand new 16,000 sq ft production studio on May ninth and can reportedly produce seventy five hours of esports content material weekly.

Hi-Rez Co-founder and Skillshot President, Todd Harris said: “Smite and Paladins have accumulated properly over one billion video views while growing a registered player community of over forty five million. We began dwell-streaming video games from a bedroom, then a tiny workplace, and now a devoted manufacturing studio. However our aim has at all times been to foster community by way of esports and video content. By organizing ourselves as a separate entity targeted only on esports and content material product, we’re excited to deliver much more devoted esports consideration to Smite and Paladins and also explore partnerships with new video games and extra recreation publishers and developers”.

“We are pleased to extend our commitment to and give attention to esports with this organizational change.” mentioned Hello-Rez Studios President, Stew Chisam. “We believe the Smite and Paladins competitive communities will profit from the dedicated focus, sustainable leagues and world-class production facilities.”

Again in February the company announced a partnership with streaming service, Mixer to stream all SMITE Professional League and Console Collection games. As both SMITE and Paladins esports function on a weekly “league” format, the main focus of Skillshot Media will solely be on content material creation for Hello-Rez’s most popular titles at launch whereas exploring the chance to work with other builders in the future.

Esports Insider says: An interesting transfer from the U.S. sport developer. Most tournament operators begin as separate entities so as to cover multiple esports. In this case Hello-Rez is exploring the other choice in order to totally deal with SMITE. Paladins esports whereas opening up work with different developers sooner or later. It is going to be notable to see how this move will help (or harm) Hello-Rez esports together with esports in the state of Georgia.