Tribes: Ascend News

Hi-Rez Leaves Tribes: Ascend On The Curb With Final Patch

September 29, 2016 Sean Sullivan Comments

Hi-Rez studios has released the final patch (1.4) for Tribes: Ascend once again, aptly titled Parting Gifts: "Hi-Rez giveth, and Hi-Rez taketh away." It was almost a year ago—January, 2016—that the studio refocused attention on their cult-classic shooter, only to turn around and say "sayonara," at least as far as patches are concerned. There are no plans to shut down [...]

Sunday Funday Round 32 - Tribes: Ascend

December 27, 2015 Omer Altay Comments

Tribes: Ascend Sunday Funday Gameplay Video Played some Tribes: Ascend with Erhan, Matt, Shurelia, and Sean this week for Sunday Funday. The week's game was Tribes: Ascend from Hi-Rez Studios, the same company best known for Smite and Paladins. The game originally launched April 12, 2012 as a free to play title with microtransactions, but it never took off. Many original Tribes [...]

Tribes: Ascend Finally Gets A New Update

December 12, 2015 Matt Chelen Comments

Following public testing beginning in September, Tribes: Ascend's Out of the Blue update is finally here. The more free-building system of light, medium, and heavy armor types has been introduced. Players now choose one weapon per class. The maximum number of weapons is decided by their armor class. Three new maps—Terminus, Perdition, and Ice Coaster—have been added. The Flak Cannon [...]

Tribes: Ascend Adds New CTF Map

December 4, 2015 Shurelya Comments

Tribes: Ascend has added a new map to the game called Perdition which is inspired by the Tribes 2 map Damnation. The new map has already been added to the PTS 2.1 CTF All Maps Rotation and is ready to go with a ton of balance changes made throughout all aspects of the game. Weapons have been rebalanced and the [...]

Upcoming Tribes: Ascend Patch Redefines Classes

September 7, 2015 Matt Chelen Comments

It seems that Tribes: Ascend isn't just getting more support from Hi-Rez Studios. Rather, it's getting a complete overhaul of the class system. Patch notes for the latest update were posted to Reddit the other day and they are quite surprising. With this new patch, titled "Out of the Blue," the team at Hi-Rez are attempting to bring "full build [...]

Tribes: Ascend Soundtrack

July 7, 2015 Sean Sullivan Comments

Tribes: Ascend Soundtrack Tribes: Ascend is a science fiction themed FPS featuring exhilarating, fast paced combat thanks to a unique movement system. The game was developed by American development company Hi-Rez Studios and is part of the Tribes franchise. The Tribes: Ascend soundtrack was composed by Chris Rockwood and was composed internally for the game. The Soundcloud embed features all [...]