Tribes: Ascend Beta Release Date Announced

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Posted October 10, 2011 - By Leah Jackson

Tribes: Ascend Will Be A PC Exclusive For Now

Hi-Rez Studios has announced that their free-to-play first person shooter Tribes: Ascend will begin beta on November 4. There are several ways to get in to the beta: you can apply for a beta key via the Tribes: Ascend website, get a code on their Facebook or Twitter pages, or pre-order the game. The beta will include four multiplayer maps, two game modes, three vehicles, and will support up to 32 players with 12 classes.

If you pre-order the game you'll get access to the VIP Starter Kit, which, according to Hi-Rez COO Todd Harris, includes beta access, a 33% cost saving, VIP status in game which will put you in a more elite set of queues, in-game gold, and some form of booster.

Tribes: Ascend Beta Gameplay Trailer »

I'm not sure how pre-ordering a free-to-play game works but the VIP Starter Kit sounds very enticing, especially since you have to pay for loadouts in Tribes: Ascend. The 33% discount sounds like a good deal.

If chosen, will you be participating in the Tribes: Ascend beta?

Source: PCGamer

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Tags: eSports, PC Gaming, Videogames, Xbox 360

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starkiller_42

got let into the beta it is awesome

Posted: December 7, 2011 1:01 PM
Blue_Vortex

Every time I see a screen shot of this game or video I keep confusing it with Halo Anniversary, is that sad on my part?

Posted: October 10, 2011 12:29 PM
NeySevour

I like the first tribes, versions after it just didn't cut it for me sry. You alrdy got a lot of shooters like MW, KillZone, BF etc etc. I doubt this game will have any impact, not even talking about sales :/

Posted: June 29, 2011 3:47 PM
justified1111

Hey this is anything like halo

Posted: June 29, 2011 12:56 PM
shmaron

Isn't free to play on Xbox Live an oxymoron?

Posted: June 29, 2011 9:31 AM
Baykem

Oh god it looks like reach :(

Posted: June 29, 2011 6:36 AM
lucidity

The Xbox 360 F2P story is on this site a few pages back.

Posted: June 28, 2011 7:16 PM
Mofobian

What came first, the Chicken or the Egg?

"We asked Hi-Rez about its plans for the Xbox Live Arcade version of Tribes: Ascend, especially considering there has yet to be a free-to-play title on the service. Hi-Rez's Todd Harris informed Joystiq that the studio is currently "focused on delivering Tribes: Ascend for PC only."

Posted: June 28, 2011 6:46 PM
Aaron82

awesome

Posted: June 28, 2011 6:19 PM
lucidity

Shall we check metacritic

http://www.metacritic.com/fe ature/best-video-games-of-2010 ?tag=supplementary-nav%3bitem% 3b1

How about you deal in facts and not pull random numbers out of your anus.

Posted: June 28, 2011 5:51 PM
kinghunter64

@lucidity
twice the content, 5 times the crap.

Posted: June 28, 2011 5:38 PM
lucidity

And again, another example of an online game not available on PS3.

Looks like NPD was right about XBL have twice the online content.

Posted: June 28, 2011 4:52 PM