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/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=153&t=27766
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/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=153&t=27766
For those unfamiliar with Sonoran Desert, it's a pretty basic, smallish but not tiny mmo pve zone.* 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