New game on studio’s Global Agenda.
Global Agenda developer Hi-Rez Studios is the new owner of the Tribes licence. The studio will use the IP to make new game Tribes Universe.
“We can’t transform Global Agenda to a large scale battle format but since we liked this concept a lot, we decided to create a new game based on large scale fighting. In order to develop the new game many significant steps had to be taken, including: A significant rewrite to the unreal engine servers to allow for 100+ players to be fighting in the same map, a new UI system that is more efficient, a different implementation of character visuals, a new terrain system, etc. In addition the combat gameplay required many significant changes as well,” Hi-Rez founder and CEO Erez Goren wrote on the GA forum (via RockPaperShotgun).
“While working through the design we kept coming back to one old and loved game that represented many of the concepts we where incorporating into the new game (jetpacks, vehicles, large open space, three armour types, futuristic weapons, etc). Many of you will know this game as Tribes, the original on-line multiplayer shooter.