Tribes MMO announced by Hi-Rez

[Draconis]

This from Massively (http://www.massively.com/2010/10/23/hi-rez-studios-announces-development-of-tribes-universe-mmo/):


Hi-Rez Studios CEO Erez Goren announced today that the company is the "proud new owner of the Tribes franchise." The company now has two teams in the studio, one devoted to Tribes Universe, which is expected to enter alpha testing at the beginning of 2011.


Shazbot!

[Cavadus]

Wait, I thought the Tribes universe was the Starsiege universe?

And hopefully HiRez makes a real MMO this time around; Global Agenda is nothing but a match maker service.

Combat is good, though.

[Draconis]

A bit more detail on massively, Hi-Rez talks Tribes Universe (http://www.massively.com/2010/10/26/massively-exclusive-hi-rez-talks-tribes-universe/). Where they get to say such promising things as:


...
Tribes Universe is more targeted to FPS players and for much larger-scale combat. It's primarily a first person view; it's based on loadouts rather than specific classes; the scale of the battles is very large; and there is a very limited amount of PvE.

...
Tribes Universe is not a traditional MMO. All character progression is designed to give more options in gameplay (not inherently greater player strength), levels are more for reputation, and the skill system is much more similar to a game like EVE.

Of course, all game development begins in a state of perfection.