Top Eight Teams Selected For SMITE Launch Tournament

Hi-Rez Studios today announced the eight teams that have secured a spot to compete in the SMITE Launch Tournament in Atlanta, Georgia.

Teams from North America and Europe have been participating in weekly qualification tournaments since January 4th of this year. After this weekend, the final teams have been selected and seeded as follows:

NA #1: Cognitive Gaming
NA #2: Team Dignitas
NA #3: SNIPE
NA #4: Denial eSports

EU #1: Team SoloMid
EU #2: Cloud 9 HyperX
EU #3: SK Gaming
EU #4: Team Coast

The SMITE Launch Tournament will take place from March 28-30th at Center Stage Theater in Atlanta, Georgia. This tournament will mark the first time the best NA teams compete against the best EU teams in a LAN environment for prizing. The tournament prize pool began at $100,000 and community contributions through in-game purchases have increased the prizing to over $175,000 as of today.

Hi-Rez Studios also announced additional details about the SMITE Launch Tournament venue and schedule as posted here.