By Alex Chen | January 01, 0001
[[link]] Fans
of the deep, strategic, jetpack-powered combat of Tribes have been clamoring for [[link]] a new game since the 2004 release of Tribes: Vengeance. Hi-Rez Studios delivers this year with Tribes: Ascend, a downloadable game for Xbox 360 and PC.(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); Hi-Rez already had a pretty good head start on creating a Tribes game in their massively-multiplayer online shooter Global Agenda. In that Unreal Engine 3 powered game, teams in combat armor jetpacked their way across futuristic landscapes, participating
in massive multiplayer battles with other players.
In the Unreal Engine 3 powered Tribes: Ascend, players will likely be doing something quite similar. We first thought Tribes was coming back in 2009, when gaming portal InstantAction teased a new version of Starsiege:
Tribes playable in a web browser. InstantAction [[link]] went down last year, and Atlanta-based Hi-Rez Studios revealed that they were the new holders of the Tribes license.
https://kotaku.com/instantaction-brings-tribes-to-your-web-browser-5171349 Hi-Rez teased a persistent-world version of the game called Tribes Universe. While that game is still on the way, Ascend is coming out first.
https://kotaku.com/there-is-a-new-tribes-game-coming-30860203 “Before Halo, before Modern Warfare, and before Battlefield, there was Tribes.”, says Todd Harris, Hi-Rez Studios COO. “Tribes fans appreciate the game’s essence – athletic FPS combat combined with teamwork and strategy. As we began development of Tribes Universe, we focused first on capturing that essence – refining and modernizing iconic elements like jetpacks, skiing, and vehicles. We’ve had tremendous fun play-testing and realized the potential of a multiplayer focused title ahead of Tribes Universe. The community has been waiting for a multi-player shooter that is the modern successor to T2. Tribes: Ascend is that game.”
We’ll no doubt see more of Tribes: Ascend as the year progresses. Seeing as Hi-Rez Studios is only three exits down from me off of Georgia 400, maybe it’s time for a road trip. Also, I tip my hat to Hi-Rez for calling the game Ascend, a name so easily bastardized should the game not live up to expectations.
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