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Tribes: Ascend gameplay shots ascend on Facebook
Hi-Rez Studios has posted the first two gameplay screens from Tribes Ascend on the game's Facebook page, and we're required by federal regulations to tell you that they are ... looking pretty good! Blue skies! Wide open landscapes! Some gun that looks like an updated version of the classic Spinfusor! It's enough to get your blood pumping if you're an old-school Tribes fan. You can see both shots (the second one has a jetpack!) in the gallery below. [Thanks, Underbridge Resider]%Gallery-123158%
Tribes: Ascend concept art shows off battleground (and battlesky)
The official Facebook fan page for Hi-Rez Studios' Tribes: Ascend has been revealing concept art on a slow drip since its announcement. The latest, a reward for the group hitting 4,000 fans, shows off one of the shooter's flight-friendly arenas. Check out all the art released (so far) below.
Tribes: Ascend rises on XBLA, PC this year
Hi-Rez Studios announced last year that it's doing something massive with the Tribes IP. It just revealed a much smaller-scale project as well. Tribes: Ascend is an Unreal Engine 3-based, multiplayer-only, downloadable Tribes game heading to XBLA and PC in 2011. "Tribes fans appreciate the game's essence–athletic FPS combat combined with teamwork and strategy," Hi-Rez COO Todd Harris told PC Gamer. "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." Rocket past the break to see the trailer, which openly positions the game as a followup to Tribes 2.
PAX East: Hi-Rez Studios unveils new Tribes: Ascend title
Way back in October of 2010, we broke the news that Atlanta-based Hi-Rez Studios would be revisiting the Tribes franchise in an upcoming online persistent-world shooter. At the time, Hi-Rez was focused on Tribes: Universe, and our interview with CEO and lead designer Erez Goren shed a bit of light on the company's followup to Global Agenda. Today at PAX East, Hi-Rez officially took the wraps off a second Tribes game, and Tribes: Ascend is set to re-introduce the venerable franchise to gamers all over the world. "Before Halo, before Modern Warfare, and before Battlefield, there was Tribes," says Todd Harris, Hi-Rez Studios COO, before going on to reveal that the new game will be available in late 2011. Hi-Rez will distribute Tribes: Ascend as a digital download and is targeting Windows PCs as well as the Xbox 360 for the initial release. Why a second Tribes title? "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 multiplayer shooter that is the modern successor to T2. Tribes: Ascend is that game," Harris said. Massively's on the ground in Boston during the weekend of March 11-13, bringing you all the best news from PAX East 2011. Whether you're dying to know more about SWTOR or Guild Wars 2 or any MMO in between, you can bet we'll have it covered!
