Paladins (video game)
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Paladins: Champions of the Realm is a 2018 free-to-play online hero shooter video game by Hi-Rez. The game was developed by Evil Mojo, an internal studio of Hi-Rez and was released on May 8, 2018, for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, followed by a Nintendo Switch version released on June 12, 2018.
Paladins: Champions of the Realm | |
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Developer(s) | Evil Mojo Games |
Publisher(s) | Hi-Rez Studios |
Engine | Unreal Engine 3 |
Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows PlayStation 4 Xbox One Nintendo Switch[lower-alpha 1] |
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Genre(s) | First-person shooter, Hero shooter |
Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
Paladins was initially announced in 2012 as Global Agenda 2 and was scheduled to be released in mid-2013.[1][2] which would be the sequel or the spiritual sequel to the pvp mode of Global Agenda according to some developers.[3] The game changed its name several times, in the end the developers renamed the game as Paladins in early August 2015.[4] The game had pre alpha and alpha versions during 2015 but were not shown until August 3, 2015 when news channels like IGN were given permission to show the game content.[5] The Paladins closed beta started on November 17, 2015.[6] In the Open Beta, the game appeared on September 16, 2016, in the Steam Early Access program.[7]
Evil Mojo ended support and sunset the Nintendo Switch version on June 21, 2023.[8]