Smite Tactics enters closed beta with paid access now available

Hi-Rez's turn-based competitive strategy game Smite Tactics enters closed beta today, with guaranteed access—along with the customary pile of incentivising stuff—available as part of a paid Founders Pack.

Smite Tactics takes the MOBA's roster of mythological figures and deploys them in an isometric, turn-based strategy game. There's a card collecting and deck-building element that determines the tools at your disposal in each match, with each deck themed around a specific pantheon and led by one of the main gods from that pantheon.

In addition to access to the game and a pile of card packs, the $20 Founder's Pack nets you Enyo, the Greek equivalent to the Roman war goddess Bellona. Appropriately, you'll also receive an Enyo skin for Bellona in Smite. Hi-Rez are knocking 25% off the price of the Founder's Pack for the duration of HRX 2017, which runs until Sunday. Check back soon for more on Smite Tactics as it enters this new phase, and until then click here for more on HRX itself.

Chris Thursten

Joining in 2011, Chris made his start with PC Gamer turning beautiful trees into magazines, first as a writer and later as deputy editor. Once PCG's reluctant MMO champion , his discovery of Dota 2 in 2012 led him to much darker, stranger places. In 2015, Chris became the editor of PC Gamer Pro, overseeing our online coverage of competitive gaming and esports. He left in 2017, and can be now found making games and recording the Crate & Crowbar podcast.