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Sunday Comics: Dead Island Most of our game performance reviews feature triple-A blockbusters, but we’re changing pace for this write-up as we examine Tribes: Ascend, a free-to-play shooter released by Hi-Rez Studios on April 12. The Tribes franchise has deep roots in multiplayer shooter history, with Starsiege: Tribes making huge waves in the late ’90s and two other PC entries following in 2001 and 2004. The series has lain dormant since, but Hi-Rez hopes to revive the classic shooter with a 21st century monetization scheme.
If you’re not one of the more than 300,000 players that participated in the closed beta test for Tribes: Ascend, your time has come. On February 24 you get to stop reading about what Hi-Rez Studios has done with your beloved Tribes franchise and experience it first-hand.
Direct from QuakeCon 2011, here’s 20 minutes of Tribes: Ascend in action, filmed during a demonstrations of Hi-Rez Studios’ revitalisation of the beloved franchise. Makes me want to play it all over again.
Fans eager to see what Atlanta-based Hi-Rez Studios is doing to the Tribes franchise should head for QuakeCon in Dallas August 4 through 7, where Tribes: Ascend will be available in playable form, with closed beta keys up for grabs.
The mid-April Free Agent update for Hi-Rez Studios’ online multiplayer shooter Global Agenda will drop the game’s purchase requirement, making it free-to-play for anyone that has the urge.
