Question: who is the independent game developer from Alpharetta, Georgia?
Context: Realtime Worlds Ltd was a video game developer based in Dundee, Scotland from 2002 until its closure in September 2010.  Realtime Worlds was the largest independent game developer in Scotland with over 200 employees as well as a small Boulder, Colorado office. Hi-Rez Studios is an independent, privately held video game developer based in Alpharetta, Georgia, United States.  The company was established in 2005 by Erez Goren and Todd Harris.  Hi-Rez Studios' games include the squad-based shooter "Global Agenda", the critically acclaimed "", the third-person MOBA "Smite", card game "Hands of the Gods : Smite Tactics" and the Hero shooter "".  In 2012, Hi-Rez Studios was recognized as a Top 30 Video-Game Developer by Game Developer Magazine and Gamasutra.  Hi-Rez are the current owners of the "Metaltech" license, including "Battledrome", "", "Starsiege", the "" series, and the "Tribes" series.  With the exception of "Battledrome", and "Cyberstorm", the games were released as freeware by Hi-Rez on October 30, 2015. Video game development is the process of creating a video game.  The effort is undertaken by a game developer, which may range from a single person to an international team strewn across the globe.  Traditional commercial PC and console games are normally funded by a publisher, and can take several years to reach completion.  Indie games can take less time and can be produced at a lower cost by individuals and smaller developers.  The independent game industry has seen a substantial rise in recent years with the growth of new online distribution systems, such as Steam and Uplay, as well as the mobile game market, such as for Android and iOS devices. Vanpool, Inc. is a Japanese developer of video games, music software, computer software and toys. Its employees include Taro Kudou and Kazuyuki Kurashima, both of which worked for the independent game developer Love-de-Lic. Christopher Howard Wolf (born September 21, 1979) is an independent game developer and writer.  He is the founder of independent game company WRONG Games, for which he works as a game designer.  He is known for work on the games DragonSpires, I'm O.K - A Murder Simulator, Hell Rising, and Scroll Wars.  He also authored a graphic novel retelling the story of Nosferatu, and has appeared on Dawson's Creek and in the English dubbing of You're Under Arrest! .  Currently, he now runs a horror story website called "Slimebeast", which has released several "Creepypastas" including "Funnymouth", "Whimsywood", "Lost Episodes", its sequel "Sid's Video", "Abandoned by Disney" its sequels "Room Zero" and "Corruptus", and prequel "A Few Suggestions". The Independent Games Festival (IGF) is an annual festival at the Game Developers Conference, the largest annual gathering of the indie video game industry .  It was founded in 1998 to assist and inspire innovation in video game development and to recognize the best independent video game developers. IGF was founded to create for the independent game community the same benefit the Sundance Film Festival has brought to the independent film community, and is produced by the CMP Game Group, producers of the Game Developers Conference, Game Developer magazine, and Gamasutra.com. Reflexive Entertainment was a video game developer based in Lake Forest, California.  The company was cofounded by Lars Brubaker, Ernie Ramirez, James Smith and Ion Hardie in 1997.  They developed nineteen games independently (for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 and Mac platforms), published two games, started distribution of downloadable casual games on their online Arcade, created a division of their Arcade entirely devoted to Mac games for Mac users and started hosting ad supported free online web browser games.  In 2005, Reflexive's "Wik and the Fable of Souls" won three awards at the 2005 Independent Games Festival which included Innovation in Visual Art, Innovation in Game Design and the Seumas McNally Award For Independent Game Of The Year.  In October 2008, Reflexive Entertainment was acquired by Amazon.com.  On February 3, 2009, Amazon.com began hosting casual game content for internet download. Beyond Protocol was a subscription based Sci-Fi Massively multiplayer online real-time strategy game (MMORTS) Computer Game developed by the independent game developer Dark Sky Entertainmentand and released in November 2008.  The 3D game modelled a persistent and player-driven fictional galaxy.  Beyond Protocol was an entirely Player versus player (PvP) game, no Non-player characters (NPCs) exist within the game, all activities (trade, combat, and diplomacy) happened between the players. Paladins: Champions of the Realm is a free-to-play hero shooter video game developed and published by Hi-Rez Studios. Serpent in the Staglands is an old-school isometric computer role-playing game developed by independent game developer Whalenought Studios for Microsoft Windows, OS X and Linux.  Using the tagline “a 90s CRPG in every way but the release date”, The game resembles several classic games such as "Fallout", "Baldur's Gate", and "Darklands".  The game is notable for being "brutally old-school", lacking several features seen in modern RPGs such as introductory or tutorial levels, automatically updated journals and quest-markers.  It also has a distinct pixelated graphics style.  The game uses the Unity Technologies' Unity engine.
Answer: Hi-Rez Studios