With the new "Out of the Blue" patch, we wanted to bring back classic elements from older Tribes games, while not alienating Tribes: Ascend fans. This patch is a return to form that will better spiritually align Tribes:Ascend with the series in addition to fixing many longstanding quality of life issues in the game.




An all new map named Terminus has been added to the game. This map is based on well received Tribes:Ascend maps Katabatic and Arx Novena. Two new legacy inspired maps Perdition, based on the T2 classic Damnation, and Ice coaster, based on the T1 classic Rollercoaster are also now available.

We have removed Classes in favor of the classic 3 armor types. Light, Medium, and Heavy. That, by popular request, may carry additional weapons for the classic Spinfusor, Chaingun, Grenade launcher gameplay. With the removal of classes and the addition of extra weapon slots Tribes:Ascend now allows more flexibility than ever in both outfitting your character and playing a role that you enjoy.

Character outfitting has been redesigned. Players now pick 1 weapon from weapon classes to eliminate annoying or broken weapon combinations. In addition to those weapons that offered little to no unique gameplay have been removed from the game to streamline and simplify choices while equipping. New weapons have been added such as the Flak Cannon, and some classic weapons return such as the ELF Projector. Finally, all weapons have been rebalanced and refined based on community feedback.

We have increased weapon impulse, rebalanced weapons, vehicles, and base assets. Tribes:Ascend is faster, more refined, and more balanced than ever before. All of this has been made possible by excellent feedback from you, the Tribes community, across multiple PTS server cycles. A huge thank you to everyone that helped us out with our public testing.

These large changes may have you worried about your past purchases. Due to the dramatic changes to the underlying game, all in-game purchases have been reverted. What a well placed sound effect. That’s right, all Tribes Gold and XP has been refunded to your account, so if you have previously purchased the Ultimate Weapon Pack or Game of the Year it will be re-added to your account. If there is any Tribes Gold on your account you will be automatically gifted the Ultimate Weapon Pack.

And on top of all these changes, if you’re looking to dive into the history of Tribes, you can head over to

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There are so many changes it's impossible to cover them all here. Head on over to

Tribes Ascend

to check out the full patch notes, and until next time Tribes fans, we'll see you in the wilderzone.

We are actively working on an update to Tribes: Ascend. We currently expect this version to go onto Public Test Server on or before Sept 14, 2015. The "live" date for the release is not yet scheduled, and will depend on the results of the PTS testing. Substantial changes may occur prior to the live release.

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Today we released a very small patch to correct an issue many users were having with the Tribes:Ascend launcher.

Get ready Tribes gamers! Coming hot off the heels of Quakecon and NASL comes the next high-octane, competitive tournament for Tribes: Ascend; the Get Primed for PAX Cup! This tournament will be hosted by Cyber-Sports Network and Hi-Rez Studios and will feature all of the same exciting, fast-paced, flag-capping excitement as its predecessors. The Get Primed for PAX Cup will begin on August 18, 2012 and will feature seven versus seven tournament action with a prize pool of $2500 (with $1050 going to the first place team). Matches will run on the weekends of August 18th, 19th, 25th, 26th, and September 1st and 2nd (all from 5pm to 9pm EDT and conducted exclusively online).


If you haven't already visited the CSN website at www.cyber-sports.net and signed-up for this event, make sure to head over there as soon as possible to get your team registered. Sign-ups for the Get Primed for PAX Cup have already begun - so don't miss out in the fun and glory! Matches will be casted by Bart ‘HiRezBart’ Koenigsberg from Hi-Rez Studios and will feature different special guests all hosted on the Cyber Sports Network stream located at http://cyber-sports.net/live. Be sure not to miss out on the next big, competitive event for Tribes: Ascend and get signed up today!

Welcome new Tribes: Ascend players! Hi-Rez Studios, along with the help of the wider Tribes: Ascend community, will be hosting a new "competitive" tournament specifically designed for new Tribes: Ascend players.

Coming off the success of the first Newbloods Tournament (which recently concluded at the end of June 2012), we are proud to present Newbloods Part 2! In this round, we will again offer an open and friendly environment for new players (or those that still consider themselves to be "new") to compete for great prizes, great matches and a great time! This Newbloods Tournament will offer seperate divisions for North America, Europe and Australia, but will all be conducted in a concurrent time frame.

More information will be coming soon regarding details on how to sign-up, what tournament prizes will be offered and what you can expect for this new tournament!