A new era has dawned for Smite, the hero-themed third-person MOBA from HiRez Studios, with the developers hard at work putting the finishing touches on their massive sequel: Smite 2.

Smite 2 is sure to be a massive shake-up of the status quo, with heroes from the 2014 original making the leap into the modern era of gaming with improved graphics and updated MOBA gameplay⁠—including changes to every character, class, item, and the main Conquest mode.

The focus will remain on being the “console MOBA” (a moniker the HiRez developers believe is 100 percent necessary in the 2020s), but Smite 2 now represents an opportunity for the developers to turn things around for the better.

The sequel, which will remain free-to-play once it hits digital stores, is also closer than originally expected, with a major alpha release just around the corner.