Paladins (video game)

Paladins: Champions of the Realm
Xbox store artwork, featuring the game's playable characters
Developer(s)Evil Mojo Games
Publisher(s)Hi-Rez Studios
EngineUnreal Engine 3
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Nintendo Switch[a]
Release
  • May 8, 2018
  • Nintendo Switch
  • June 12, 2018
Genre(s)First-person shooter, hero shooter
Mode(s)Multiplayer

Paladins: Champions of the Realm is a 2018 free-to-play online hero shooter video game by Hi-Rez Studios. 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 was initially announced in 2012 as Global Agenda 2 and was scheduled to be released in mid-2013,[1][2] intended as the sequel or 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 outlets like IGN were given permission to show the game content.[5] Despite attempts to hide it, there were leaks about much of the game's content.[citation needed] 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 for the Nintendo Switch version on June 21, 2023.[8] Following layoffs at Evil Mojo, active development was halted on February 6, 2025.[9]


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  9. ^ "Paladins development Is being halted". www.reddit.com. Retrieved 2025-02-06.

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