Hi-Rez Studios Is Bringing The Tribes Capture-The-Flag Series Back To Life With Tribes 3: Rivals

Hi-Rez Studios is resurrecting Dynamix’s Tribes sci-fi shooter series when Tribes 3: Rivals launches on Steam next year. The first game in the series, Starsiege: Tribes, came out way back in 1998 and was followed by four more games, the last of which was 2012’s Tribes: Ascend.

Hi-Rez apparently snapped up the IP since then and tasked its subsidiary Prophecy Games to work on its own addition to the series, with all the features that the previous games were known for.

“Players ski, jetpack, battle, and race to capture the enemy team’s flag, all while ferociously defending their own,” teased Prophecy Games. “Players can choose from unique classes to customize their abilities, perks, and weapon loadouts, while moving across epic terrains from snow covered peaks to haunting deserts. Teamwork, tactics, high speed, and intense combat reign supreme in this rebirth of the world’s fastest shooter.”

The studio is running a large-scale playtest this week but are still accepting sign-ups for future testing rounds. If you’re looking to relive the glory days of capture-the-flag games, you can throw your name into the hat by signing up on the Tribes 3: Rivals official site.