Over the weekend, hirez announced out of the blue, the first patch for. On july 12, 20, todd, the coo of hirez, announced that they had stopped development of tribes. Ascend and that it would be more likely that they would begin development of tribes. After two years, tribes ascend is finally getting a new update. According to hirez president stewart chisam, no one on the team felt good about their summary abandonment of support for the game. Patch notes for tribes ascend programmscustomer22s blog.
Ascend some love, and so next week a patch is incoming. Tribes ascend is the undisputed fastest shooter on the free to play market. The alpharetta, georgiabased studio first acquired the tribes license from instantaction. But at some point someone in the studio must have decided to give tribes. Over the weekend, hirez announced out of the blue, the first patch for tribes since march 12, 20. Hirez studios has announced the successful deployment of the latest update to tribes. Ascend official site, their freetoplay revival of the classic fps series, in 20 to focus on their moba smite. If you want to check out all the changes, peek at the full patch notes. The patch notes are live now screenshake has been completely removed from the game. It is available as a digital download for microsoft windows, through hirez studios. Because hirez servers are now down more often than not, this version introduces a new mechanism for getting verified that links accounts to email addresses.
Dec, 2015 hirez studios has announced a new update for tribes. With absolutely no warning, the aptly named out of the blue patch was announced earlier this. Ascend is being resurrected by hirez studios, as yesterday the enormous out of the blue patch went live. The games servers will be offline for around six hours during this time. Emerging from between green and violet onto a public test server later this month, itll bring a new map, balance changes, and more. This is a great opportunity to reward dedicated players of the tribes franchise and gather valuable perspective from top tier players, says todd. Aspects from previous tribes games such as jetpacks and skiing are featured in the game.
The new patch introduces a new map and communitydriven changes including changes to vote kick. Rather, its getting a complete overhaul of the class system. Tribes a subreddit for the tribes video game franchise. Two years later, tribes ascend gets a massive new patch updated dec 10, 2015 get every tribes game for free updated oct 30, 2015 tribes. Ascend is getting an update sep 7, 2015 pc gamer tribes. Prior to release on the live servers, this release will be made available for general public testing on a. Ascend, the jackpackfuelled shooter from hirez, is getting a 1. Ascend both before, and after the out of the blue patch. Tribes ascend out of the blue patch overview december. This time, the featured artwork showcases the diamond sword. Ascend is an freetoplay online multiplayer first person shooter from hirez studios with jetpacks where you will have total freedom of movement in aerial, dogfight like combat.
Patch notes for the latest update were posted to reddit the other day and they are quite surprising. Normally patches are common news, but theres something unusual about this one. Jul 07, 2016 i greatly enjoyed my time working on tribes. Writing on reddit, hi rez said initial patch notes represent a small fraction. Tribes ascend parting gifts patch 175105 user comments in the news comments forum at blues news. Ascend is the latest in a very long series of scifi firstperson shooters that began with 1994s metaltech. Sep 29, 2016 we caught up with developer hirez following last years rejuvenating patch 1. We caught up with developer hirez following last years rejuvenating patch 1. Ascend hasnt been resting on its laurels since its december 2015 revivification. Dec 10, 2015 in a surprise move, a patch was released thursday to tribes ascend that converts it to an almost completely free game and completely retools the shooter as a result. Of note, hirez is implementing a new vehicle queueing. Ascend with the series in addition to fixing many longstanding quality of life issues in the. Tribes ascend parting gifts patch blues news comments.
With the new tribes update i decided to finally use some of the hours of gameplay footage ive had in storage. Ascend receives some serious love after 3 years of silence. Ascend krijgt eerste update sinds meer dan twee jaar. Check out the patch notes here and this big spreadsheet of weapon statistics for the full scoop. In july 20, hirez cofounder todd harris said that the studio was going to take a sixmonth break from updating freetoplay shooter tribes. Ascend update is on its way to the public test server. With this new patch, titled out of the blue, the team at hirez are attempting to bring full build. Ascend is the latest game in the tribes franchise, and was released on april 12, 2012. At the end of the eight weeks the winning team will be rewarded with tribes. Two years later, tribes ascend gets a massive new patch. The update has been deployed and includes enough significant changes that all previous purchases have been reverted and all tribes. This patch is a return to form that will better spiritually align tribes.
Tribes ascend out of the blue patch overview now live. With absolutely no warning, the aptly named out of the blue patch was announced earlier this month. On december 10, 2015, a new patch was released, version 1. Hirez studios rereleases every tribes game for free.
The big news is the addition of the new ctfblitz hellfire map, which hirez described on reddit. Hirez studios freetoplay, lightning fast reflex shooter tribes. Mcbride acknowledges this when he notes that the revival is less about making a profit out of the game and more to steady the ship and make sure that the conclusion of development is done in an orderly fashion rather than just ending it abruptly like what happened in 2014 when the team decided that they needed to turn their attention to smite. All ingame purchases made at any point during the games lifespan will be refunded to players accounts. This is a massive patch with new maps and other new content, but another goal is to remove paytowin elements from the game, so they are reverting previous purchases, as explained in this excerpt. Ascend isnt just getting more support from hirez studios.
Ski over beautiful landscapes you wont have time to marvel at as rockets and bullets whiz around you in an adrenaline fueled heyday of raw action. With the new out of the blue patch, we wanted to bring back classic elements from older tribes games, while not alienating tribes. Welcome tribes fans to the newest patch overview for tribes ascend introducing the out of the blue patch, landing december 10, 2015. Iconic aspects from previous tribes games such as jetpacks and skiing are featured in the game.
Ascend closed beta, we still have keys left to give away. Ascend website announces the out of the blue release of a version 1. Tribes ascend out of the blue patch overview december 10. When they recently announced a new f2p fps, the mobatinged paladins, well, they chances of them returning to tribes seemed even slimmer. Ascend alle diskusjoner skjermbilder kunstverk kringkastninger videoer nyheter veiledninger anmeldelser alle diskusjoner skjermbilder kunstverk kringkastninger videoer nyheter veiledninger anmeldelser. Ascend gets final update, again rock paper shotgun. Ascend creative director resigns, hirez plans final. As promised, hirez studios has released the first patch for freetoplay shooter tribes. Patches are updates to the game, pushed out by hirez. Ascend forum and subreddit for the tribes franchise, which includes starsiege. If you have already verified before you can set an email address for your account that allows you to get an authentication code later if you. Dec 10, 2015 welcome tribes fans to the newest patch overview for tribes ascend introducing the out of the blue patch, landing december 10, 2015. Ascend official site unexpectedly received the out of the blue update, reviving development on the superfast multiplayer fps, here comes parting gifts.
Ascend to get a new patch two years after the last. Tribes ascend parting gifts patch 175105 user comments in the news comments forum at blue s news. This is a massive patch with new maps and other new content, but another goal is to remove paytowin elements from the game, so they are reverting previous. Tribes ascend, a 2012 game which in 2015 made a surprising comeback from the dead, is now dead once more, with developers hirez today issuing the games final patch to a.
Ascend is freetoplay, relying on microtransactions as their. The tribes ascend facebook page has been updated with another pair of great concept art shots from the forthcoming mmo from hirez studios. Iconic aspects from previous tribes games such as jetpacks and skiing are featured in th. Tribes ascend developer bids farewell in final update. Ascend in well over two years, and its a substantial one following a round of public testing that began. In february 20, hirez released a game of the year edition, which unlocked all classes. Tribes ascend out of the blue patch overview december 10, 2015.
The preliminary patch notes list changes like rolling its nine classes. It has an angled creativity walls ala icecoaster i dont like the square ones. Hirez, maker of popular moba smite and the recentlyreleased hero shooter paladins, breathed new. Ascend, the multiplayer shooter revived by hirez studios, has once again come to an end. Hello tribes fans, and welcome to the patch overview for the out of the blue patch. Fittingly dubbed the out of the blue update, the patch makes some major updates to the game. Ascend servers are offline right now for the games impending 1. Dec 10, 2015 as promised, hirez studios has released the first patch for freetoplay shooter tribes. Ascends first patch in over 2 years rock paper shotgun. Following decembers out of the blue update and another patch in january, last night hirez released version 1. Tribes ascend out of the blue patch overview now live on. Ascend is a freetoplay firstperson shooter developed and published by hirez studios for microsoft windows, as part of the tribes series. The soinvoked senior software engineer hirezeverett does indeed appear to have picked up the torch and collected input from mcbride and the community throughout june on what ought to go into the 1. We made a lot of mistakes in a lot of different places.