It’s been more than two years since Hi-Rez Studios announced that development would cease on Tribes Ascend, owing to the fact that the game just about broke even in terms of revenue versus cost to develop. While much of the community has long since given up hope of Hi-Rez ever returning to the game, given the ongoing success of Smite, the recently announced Paladins shooter, CEO Erez Goren announced via Twitter that the company now has the resources to go back to their old games.
With the success of Smite and Paladins, we have more resources than ever in the Studio. We can now afford to go back and improve older game.
Right now we only have confirmation of a new map and small updates, but a further Tweet also indicates “continuing support.”
Tribes will be getting a new map and some other small changes as well as continuing support. PTS in about two weeks if all goes well.
Tribes players will no doubt be happy to hear of the game’s revival.
(Source: Twitter)
