Tribes: Ascend

[Insanecyclone]

Hi-Rez Studio has been pretty busy with the Tribes series. The announcement of Universe(MMO) last year was defiantly a shocker and they seem to be bringing a new Tribes out this year as well.



http://forum.tribesuniverse.com/foru...php?f=27&t=596

ATLANTA - March 11, 2011 — Today at the PAX East game festival, Hi-Rez Studios released an announcement trailer for Tribes: Ascend™, proclaiming the return of the sci-fi, online multi-player shooter franchise Tribes.

The Tribes collection of games have been played by well over 1 million people.

Tribes: Ascend, developed using the Unreal 3 engine, is being positioned as the multi-player successor to the much lauded Tribes 2 and a re-introduction of the franchise to the gaming world.

Hi-Rez Studios acquired Tribes in October, 2010 and revealed plans to develop a massive scale, persistent world shooter called Tribes Universe. Today’s announcement confirms that long-term franchise strategy, but Hi-Rez has chosen to first deliver the single-purchase, digital download Tribes: Ascend this calendar year.

“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.”

Tribes: Ascend is targeted for release in late 2011 as a digital download on Windows PC and the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. Additional platforms are currently under consideration as well.

For more information:

Website - http://www.TribesAscend.com

Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/TribesAscend

About Hi-Rez Studios

Hi-Rez Studios, Inc, located just outside of Atlanta GA, was established in 2005 to create exceptional online interactive entertainment. In February 2010 the company released the squad-based Shooter-MMO Global Agenda. Hi-Rez is currently developing other competitive online games including Tribes: Ascend. For more information, visit http://www.hirezstudios.com

Unreal is a registered trademark of Epic Games, Inc.

Windows, Xbox, Xbox 360, and Xbox LIVE are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies.

On a related note does anyone here still play Global Agenda? Going to start playing it again and want some bros.

[Gryffes]

Tribes 1 was my first real online FPS.

So much love for the game and so much hate if they fuck this up.

[Ketna]

Yeah, Starsiege: Tribes was my first online FPS as well. I still believe that Tribes is the best online FPS out there. Nothing else combines the flying, shooting, base building, objectives and size like Tribes did. Everything out now only ever covers 1 or 2 of the many things that made Tribes awesome.

[Shnaklaha]

On a related note does anyone here still play Global Agenda? Going to start playing it again and want some bros.

I haven't in a while....Rift and RL stuff kinda got the best of me in terms of time to do it, but my Assault is one mean mother. Top damage most of the matches i do (well unless my teammates suck). My robo was my first highest, but its kinda gotten lackbuster.

I think tribes will be great. Might not be what people will be expecting, but reguardless of how GA did, they seem to be a good studio.

[Eggroll]

Been waiting for this announcement for way too long, all I need now is to hear they're making TimeSplitters 4 and my life will be complete.

[JigglyJam]

tribes was pretty fun but i want an earthsiege game

[Kaisha]

Cautiously optimistic for this. I enjoyed Vengeance, but the multiplayer was kinda meh. Grapple hook was awesome (albeit laggy) but the maps were too fucking small compared to Tribes 1/2.

What made Tribes 1 awesome for me was how moddable it was, and how all that modded stuff can transfer to the clients on the fly. Was awesome going into a server and seeing everything changed about for a different experience. One of my fav servers had an adjustment that was essentially "The Floor is Made of Lava", so all the focus was on getting the transport vehicles out and flying over as a group to the enemy base.

[BadKarma]

le bamp. Le cannot wait. Le post.

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/27/tr...sed/#continued

[Insanecyclone]

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[Gryffes]

Cautiously optimistic for this. I enjoyed Vengeance, but the multiplayer was kinda meh. Grapple hook was awesome (albeit laggy) but the maps were too fucking small compared to Tribes 1/2.

What made Tribes 1 awesome for me was how moddable it was, and how all that modded stuff can transfer to the clients on the fly. Was awesome going into a server and seeing everything changed about for a different experience. One of my fav servers had an adjustment that was essentially "The Floor is Made of Lava", so all the focus was on getting the transport vehicles out and flying over as a group to the enemy base.

That was the Team Aerial Combat mod, and it was great fun

[Insanecyclone]

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Beta sign up.

[Vandole]

welp, mentioned i competitively played tribes and quake and such, also submitted dxdiag. i better get in

[Insanecyclone]

Beta starts November 4th

http://www.tribesascend.com/buypage.html

Pre-order it to get:
VIP Status($20)
800 Tribes Gold($10)
30-day booster($15)
Admission to Beta for a low price of...$30.

Nope, I'll just hope I get a beta invite. Global Agenda's store isn't pay2win so I assume the store in this will probably be cosmetics and xp n shit boosters like usual.

[Trocian]

Man, those videos kinda reminds me of the days of HLDM. Lightspeed bunnyjumping ftw.

[Arelian]

Beta started today, got my key. Looking forward to good old fashioned jetpack goodness!

[Moosey]

What little I could play, I totally enjoyed. It really FEELS like a Tribes game, skiing is great, the weapon selection is a bit...different though. Jetpacks are a bit low on the energy, but overall this game hits the mark pretty well. Unfortunately my current PC isn't quite up to handling the game, but that will change in the coming weeks :D

[Gryffes]

As you level up you get to invest in % jetpack energy regen and friction reduction, so it feels better as you level up.

It definitely feels tribes like, a few weapon changes and loadout changes and I would be pretty hyped.

[Insanecyclone]