Tribes Ascend - Released
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14 Apr 2012, 04:45
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News
Anticipated fast-paced shooter now generally available
April 12, 2012. Hi-Rez Studios, independent developer of AAA free-to-play online games, today announced the official release of Tribes: Ascend. The fast-paced, sci-fi multiplayer shooter has completed Beta testing and is now a live PC game available for digital download.
Tribes: Ascend is the world’s fastest shooter. The game features jetpacks, skiing, vehicles, team-based gameplay, and cutting-edge graphics using Unreal 3 technology. With this official release, the game is available for download directly from the developer at www.tribesascend.com .
The Tribes: Ascend release build includes 9 playable classes, 5 game-modes, and 16 unique maps.
Recent additions include the CTF map Raindance, as well as a new game-mode called Capture and Hold. The Release build also includes a preview of the Custom Server functionality that will soon be available to players.
“For the past 15 months, we’ve had a very passionate dev team working hard toward this goal”, said Todd Harris, Hi-Rez Studios COO. “Along the way some publishers told us modern gamers couldn’t handle an FPS that was fast-paced and skill-based. We believe otherwise. Players seem to agree since we’ve had well over 500,000 join our Beta. We’re excited to now grow the community further with the official release.”
Hi-Rez Studios also released a summary of Beta statistics including:
575,000+ beta participants
150 million player kills
Over 3 million Blue Plate Specials
Over 3 million flag captures
For press assets, including art, trailers and screenshots, visit: http://press.hirezstudios.com . For press review kits, please contact press@hirezstudios.com
About Hi-Rez Studios
Hi-Rez Studios was established in 2005 to create exceptional online interactive entertainment. In February 2010, the company released their first title, the squad-based shooter MMO Global Agenda. The team is now developing two other AAA free-to-play online games – Tribes: Ascend, the next installment of the popular Tribes franchise, and the upcoming MOBA game SMITE. For more information, visit www.hirezstudios.com .
Been playing it whole night together with known community members such as
Please add me as a friend (Gokusan) or give your nickname so we can have many hours of fun! :)
Idle on the IRC channel for questions etc
e: Use this link to create an account if you want to boost me :-) https://account.hirezstudios.com/tribesascend/?referral=1409427&utm_campaign=email
A few tips:
the console is chat (t)
to show your fps open console and enter /stat fps
Playstyle is new and different imo and will probably take a while getting used to , first game i played i was like 2kills 6 deaths or so xD hope that will improve.
] key is to open console, no idea what the options are though
Add me : DeathR
only thing i did first game
The only hitscan weapons are snipers and eagle pistol for Solider I think.
Most of the weapons in Tribes are fun and pretty well balanced imo.
I usually play sentinel and love it, but yesterday I tryed out pathfinder and I have to say I find spinfusor even more fun to use, not just shooting infront of the feet, but getting somebody killed midair is even better than getting pixel perfect shots with snipers!
I just do my job!
edit: dling
any idea wth? Just dl'ed it, all patches too, it happens after 30secs in-game, and game crash.
whats the best weapon/class to play :[
I'd say Soldier in Tribes is like the medic in ET.
But I advise you to just unlock whatever you think will suit you the most :) (read the mini description in the classes menu or check the wiki)
You need xp to unlock Sentinel anyway, so have fun with the other classes till then :P
What's your in-game nickname anyway?