Tribes Universe

Fuzzle · 23rd Oct 2010, 07:34 PM

Seems HiRez (Global Agenda) bought the Tribes IP and are working on an mmo called Tribes Universe.
Apparently the story goes that they saw the players' demand for larger scale battles in GA, but the tech just wouldn't allow for it unless they pretty much rewrote the whole thing. So instead of doing that, they're keeping GA as a 10v10 game and making the Tribes game the large scale, persistent outdoor 100's of players game. Sounds a bit like Planetside. I'm excited!

http://forum.globalagendagame.com/ph...?f=153&t=27766

Quote:

* Three Tribes (factions)
* Full clan (agency) support
* First person view (third person for some vehicles)
* Full vehicle support (ground and air)
* Full persistent world with territory control (no instances)
* PvP focused
* Huge outdoor maps (about 10x the area of sonoran desert)
* Large scale fights (100+ players)
* Jetpacks, skiing, lots of weapons, etc

For those unfamiliar with Sonoran Desert, it's a pretty basic, smallish but not tiny mmo pve zone.

*Sir_Brizz* · 23rd Oct 2010, 07:45 PM

UE3?

Fuzzle · 23rd Oct 2010, 07:48 PM

I'd imagine so, considering that's what GA uses and I'm under the impression the tribes game will be based on GA, tech wise.

also -

Quote:

In order to develop the new game many significant steps had to be taken, including: A significant rewrite to the unreal engine servers to allow for 100+ players to be fighting in the same map (...)

*Sir_Brizz* · 23rd Oct 2010, 08:15 PM

I wonder if they are pirating any APB technology for that.

|*BILLY$CLINT*| · 25th Oct 2010, 06:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sir_Brizz

I wonder if they are pirating any APB technology for that.

Nah they are probably going to be using ATLAS for the server...

Fuzzle · 3rd Nov 2010, 12:06 AM

TenTon Q&A, though no groundbreaking news in it that I can see, other than maybe confirming the engine stuff.

Quote:

We are using the Unreal Engine and many of the technologies we developed for Global Agenda. The Unreal engine is flexible and allows for many different game implementations.

The major tech work on this project, and it’s very substantial, involves a significant server-side re-architecting to better support very large battles. We’re also switching to Scaleform technology for our user interface, which will allow for a significantly sexier UI.

http://forum.globalagendagame.com/ph...=28394&start=0

Fuzzle · 11th Mar 2011, 11:09 AM

Official announcement teaser along with some info tidbits.
Edit: I guess it's actually a separate game, and the persistent-world variant will come later?

Quote:

"We've had tremendous fun play-testing and realized the potential of a multiplayer focused title ahead of Tribes Universe. The community has been waiting for a multiplayer shooter that is the modern successor to T2. Tribes: Ascend is that game."

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...-tribes-ascend

-Jes- · 11th Mar 2011, 11:27 AM

That makes me happy in my pants.

Vitamin-Carrot · 11th Mar 2011, 02:27 PM

okies so what happens to the free version of tribes2?

http://www.tribesnext.com/

tomcat ha · 11th Mar 2011, 02:47 PM

should be fun

Fuzzle · 27th Jun 2011, 05:40 PM

A short gameplay vid and some tidbits on cash shop model.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oevWde_F-yU

http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/117/1178865p1.html

Still no word on Tribes Universe. I think they are solely focusing on Ascend first.

Polychron · 27th Jun 2011, 05:55 PM

Global Agenda was a mediocre MMO, Tribes: Ascend will be a mediocre MMO. How predictable...

-Jes- · 27th Jun 2011, 05:57 PM

Sadly.

I had expected a lot more out of GA when I dl'ed it. Talk about a bad joke.
Still, the video's got promise. Let's hope it stays that way.

Fuzzle · 27th Jun 2011, 06:00 PM

Ascend isn't an mmo. It's just skirmishes. Universe is the mmo.

Fuzzle · 4th Aug 2011, 06:09 PM

Cam video and some impressions/infos of Ascend.

http://www.quartertothree.com/game-t...ad.php?t=65925

Manticore · 4th Aug 2011, 06:21 PM

Sounds interesting.

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Fuzzle spam noob Join Date: Jan. 29th, 2006 Location: Norway Posts: 1,784	A short gameplay vid and some tidbits on cash shop model. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oevWde_F-yU http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/117/1178865p1.html Still no word on Tribes Universe. I think they are solely focusing on Ascend first. __________________ SPIWAWAWWO

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-Jes- Shreddin' Join Date: Jan. 17th, 2005 Location: DM-HyperBlast Posts: 2,524	Sadly. I had expected a lot more out of GA when I dl'ed it. Talk about a bad joke. Still, the video's got promise. Let's hope it stays that way. __________________ Last edited by -Jes-; 27th Jun 2011 at 06:04 PM.

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