Hi-Rez Studios has just announced that Tribes: Ascend, a fast paced free-to-play shooter, will be available to Australian gamers on Saturday, February 25th. Also being released alongside the open beta is a new patch that adds a new game mode, four new maps, and new regions.
All player progress and unlocks will be preserved with no planned character wipes. In advance of Open Beta, a significant patch this week will include:- New gametype, Arena Deathmatch, with two initial maps
- New Capture The Flag map, Temple Ruins
- New Team Deathmatch map, Inferno
- Two new unlockable items for the Soldier class: Proximity Grenade and Utility Pack
- New default suits for Doombringer and Brute
- Ability to view either Blood Eagle or Diamond Sword skins from Class menu
- Service supporting Name Change
- Large number of bug-fixes and balance adjustments.
As of Saturday morning, anyone interested can sign up over at the
official website with no need for a beta key. So make sure you have your guns loaded as this will be a wild ride.
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Thanks for the mirror!
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Posted 03:14am 24/2/12
It has been making leaps and bounds in changes. They merged the older classes back in a patch at the end of January and it uses the Unreal Tournament 3 Engine (heavily modified). Also more recently.
So we're getting real close to technical release, or maybe this is the technical release.
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The game now feels like tribes again and I'm loving it!
Give it a go!
Posted 07:36pm 25/2/12
edit: arrhhhh 2 hrs 50 left.
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2 Hrs 45 mins!
last edited by Tollaz0r! at 20:14:18 25/Feb/12
Posted 08:22pm 25/2/12