On November 20, 2018, Hi-Rez released an update for their launcher, which removed Tribes: Ascend, making the game only playable via Steam, even though Hi-Rez set it so that the game will not appear in Steam searches. On April 04, 2018, Hi-Rez took down the Tribes: Ascend website and began redirecting users to the game's Steam page. Version 1.1 made sweeping changes to the class system, reducing it to only three armors similar to previous Tribes games, and allows the player to now have three to four weapon slots. On December 10, 2015, version 1.1 was released after four PTS releases.

Some Reddit users believe that the closure has more to do with Hi-Rez's inability to resolve the SQL errors on the forum, as removing the official forums will do more harm to the community with, no way to provide feedback or report bugs related to the game. On August 05, 2013, Hi-Rez announced that they would be closing the official forums down due to an increase in the use of social media outlets. On Jin an interview with Todd he announced that Hi-Rez was looking into releasing mod tools and map tools, but no date was confirmed. The very next day a discussion was started about having the community creating an SDK for the game. On July 12, 2013, Todd, the COO of Hi-Rez, announced that they had stopped development of Tribes: Ascend and that it would be more likely that they would begin development of Tribes: Ascend 2 than release a major update for Ascend. Three classes are available to all players for free, the others must be unlocked with experience or purchased with Gold. To accommodate this model, the game uses class loadouts with predefined armors and weapons. Unlike the other games in the series, Tribes: Ascend is Free-to-Play, relying on micro-transactions as their business model. Iconic aspects from previous Tribes games such as jetpacks and skiing are featured in the game. It is available as a digital download for Microsoft Windows, through Hi-Rez Studios. Tribes: Ascend is the latest game in the Tribes franchise, and was released on April 12, 2012.

ATI or Nvidia graphics card with 512MB video ram or better and Shader Model 3.0+ support.

Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or Althon X2 2.7 GHz.

Unreal Development Kit (UDK) - January 2011 Version

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