SMITE 2 has their next closed alpha weekend starting on Thursday, June 27th, but Hi-Rez has also revealed that the game will soon enter a full time closed beta that will run 24/7 and will start at the end of summer.
I have played in the first two closed alpha weekends and while I thought the game was fun, it was clear that there was still A LOT of work that needed to be done before this game entered an open beta for everyone. Pushing back the beta and going to a 24/7 closed alpha I feel is the best course of action here in order to address the communities concerns and make sure the game is in a good state before it is opened to more people.
The 24/7 closed alpha for SMITE 2 will launch on August 27th.