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Tribes: Ascend announces a single-purchase option
I've always wished that free-to-play games would allow me to pay a certain amount of cash upfront and just give me everything I want. Well, Tribes: Ascend is doing exactly that, starting February 15. Stop reading my diary, Tribes! Titled the "Tribes: Ascend Game of the Year Package," a single payment will unlock "all gameplay impacting items" including weapons, perks, and classes. Starting at a discounted price of $29.99, it seems like a pretty reasonable price. If you're a VIP, it gets cut even further to $19.99. It's a bit of a bummer for the people who have spent more than that and still don't have everything, but for the many who hold their money back this could be a nice investment. There are also new maps being added and some balancing tweaks in a new patch, also arriving on Friday. The Tribes: Ascend Game of the Year Package will be available starting on February 15, and the patch notes can be read here. Did you know? You can now get daily or weekly email notifications when humans reply to your comments.
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| 5:00 PM on 08.22.2012 Tribes: Ascend gets new mode, Technician goodies |

Tribes: Ascend has just received an update, adding not only a new mode but a slew of new items and upgrades. CTF Blitz is the mode, which will move the flag to a different location each time it's captured. It will conti...more
| 7:30 PM on 06.27.2012 Tribes: Ascend is now on Steam |

There's a weird subdivision of people who will only play PC games if they are on Steam. I understand the basic notion of this (it's easier), but I do not understand the fundamentalists who follow this notion. Shouldn't you wa...more
| 4:30 PM on 05.10.2012 Summer of Tribes tournament headed to a stream near you |

Tribes: Ascend is, fittingly enough, becoming a popular eSport at alarming speeds. It shares a lot of common themes as traditional sports, like football, so the transition into watching eSports is less jarring for some ...more
| 4:30 PM on 05.08.2012 Hi-Rez shares new maps and changes to Tribes: Ascend |

Tribes: Ascend has been getting a lot of positive feedback from not only the gaming press, but also the community. After less than a month after it's release, Hi-Rez shares some footage of it's 2 upcoming maps and gameplay c...more
| 3:45 PM on 05.08.2012 Destructoid versus Machinima in Tribes: Ascend live! |

Destructoid is taking on Machinima once again, this time in the free-to-play Tribes: Ascend. Destructoid.TV's King Foom, and associate editor Ryan Perez will be leading the charge with our community team made up of the winne...more
| 1:10 AM on 04.28.2012 Here's 10,000 codes for the Spinfusor in Tribes: Ascend |

Tribes: Ascend is the fast paced free-to-play first-person shooter from Hi-Rez Studio that just launched this past month. A bunch of us at Destructoid have been playing like crazy, including Patrick Hancock. If you haven't t...more
| 2:30 PM on 04.24.2012 Tribes: Ascend gets new content for the Raider class |

Tribes: Ascend introduced the Cloak and Dagger pack for the Infiltrator about a month ago, including three weapons and two skins for the class. Today the Raider class got some new toys and skins to play with in the Raid...more
| 5:00 PM on 04.23.2012 Review: Tribes: Ascend |

We are at the doorstep of a new generation of games. The free-to-play market is doing its best to shake the stigma frequently associated with its business model. These new free-to-play titles have no barrier to entry, and the...more
| 11:30 AM on 04.09.2012 PAX: The future of Tribes: Ascend |

Tribes: Ascend will soon be exiting its open-beta stage and will finally be considered a full-release-quality product. Sterling and I already agree that the game is incredibly fun to play even if we aren’t the best skie...more
| 7:30 PM on 05.16.2013 Star Trek Online adds a new preorder ship, goofy clothes |
Star Trek Online is less than a week out from its latest big free content update, Legacy of Romulus, which, as may be expected, will introduce the playable Romulan Republic faction and a new line of Romulan Warbirds...more
| 1:00 PM on 05.16.2013 New EA MOBA Dawngate coming from Waystone Games |
It appears as though EA is looking to delve further into the MOBA genre with the premature reveal of Dawngate. The main site went live yesterday, only giving a glimpse at the art style as well as some background on the develo...more
| 6:30 PM on 05.14.2013 The WWII dogfights of War Thunder are headed to PS4 |
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