Hi-Rez Studios has today announced that their fast paced shooter Tribes: Ascend is now available on Steam for free. The multiplayer shooter is equipped with two new game modes and an exclusive Steam Starter Pack to celebrate the new home ground, and is also offering several localised languages.

The updated version of Tribes: Ascend available on Steam will introduce a new Capture The Flag map called Stonehenge and a new Team Deathmatch map, Stonehenge as well as first-person spectator mode to support the growing Tribes competitive community.

The game is also being localized to support German, Russian and Brazilian Portuguese. Beta versions of these languages are available in the latest patch, with final versions and support for additional languages on the way.

For more info on the new free-to-play title, check out the Steam page, which also features a run down on what the exclusive Steam Starter Pack offers, priced at US$9.99.

Awesome, I'm looking forward to playing this when I get a new PC.

Just downloaded Ascend and now its out on Steam GG. Oh well, would rather have it linked to my steam, its worth the extra few gigs.

Are we able to continue with the unlocks we've earned from the standalone game or does the steam version reset everything?

Unlocks are all server side dude, no worries there.

Turns out you can, awesome!