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Bloody
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Tribes Coming to Instant Action
InstantAction
has obtained the IP for the entire Starsiege Universe and is bringing Starsiege: Tribes to its service,
Kotaku
has the exclusive:
The original jetpack shooter returns, as InstantAction gets ready to debut their web-based version of Starsiege: Tribes at the Game Developers Conference next week.
You can view Kotakus news post in full
here
and InstantActions blog post
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18/03/09 04:38:37
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Bloody
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I was sick of that damned cat and this seemed like a good excuse to push it down 
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18/03/09 04:41:05
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Sinister
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WOO!!!
Hope they do a texture upgrade at the same time.
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18/03/09 06:49:38
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Saraki
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Originally posted by justin
Some questions you might want answered :
* GarageGames purchased the ownership of the Tribes IP (all Tribes games) from Activision/Vivendi late last year.
* We do have the source code to the game, and the build has been updated with bug fixes
* Andrew has been working closely with us on it
* The build will be distributed through the website, but still playable as a standalone game.
* The game will use the existing Master Server system that the original game used. We will provide a new master server address with the release.
* The game is not compatible with version 1.11 but you should be able to play the same demos as recorded on previous versions
* Mods and configs used in 1.11 will not be directly compatible, without at least minor changes, as the base game scripts have been cleaned up considerably by Andrew
* The game does NOT have updated graphics, this was a PR misunderstanding. The game does support modern file formats (PNG textures, Zip files)
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18/03/09 06:50:59
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ColonelBlair
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thats pretty cool
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18/03/09 08:05:35
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KFC
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Nice, can't wait to see it in action.
That said, I can see the following happening:
- Brief surge in numbers as newbies / vets get back into the game.
- Vets either hang around or get bored
- Newbs tire of the learning curve and leave
- Numbers dwindle back again..
Hopefully that doesn't happen though.
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18/03/09 09:25:35
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dumbo
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sweet!
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18/03/09 11:30:32
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stingraylol
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hopefully this means t:v will be on IA soon.
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18/03/09 11:47:20
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deadpixel
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20 years from now
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18/03/09 11:51:06
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jpr333
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Won't this cannabalise their already huge legions user base tho????????!!!!1111
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18/03/09 13:01:15
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TurpS
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What is really interesting is that they purchased all the tribes IP. Including Tribes 2.
Perhaps we'll see tribes 2 revamped for browsers in the future (ala Quake live)
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18/03/09 14:13:43
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Nasty Hobbit
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tribes 3 plz
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18/03/09 14:15:56
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What does this mean for the actual tribes game though?
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18/03/09 23:00:08
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Kust0m
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I can't see this being a good thing in the long run.
A web-based gaming company that owns the Tribes IP... yay.
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19/03/09 08:53:31
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ColonelBlair
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as opposed to a company that wasn't going to do anything at all with the tribes franchise?
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19/03/09 11:52:51
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Kust0m
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Originally posted by ColonelBlair
as opposed to a company that wasn't going to do anything at all with the tribes franchise?
mmm yeah, true. I guess it will be better in the long run.
still not sure about the whole tribes browser thing. from my understanding its a different version to the actual tribes we all play now and it is incompatible. so seperate servers etc, possibly splitting up players between versions 
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19/03/09 15:05:28
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Oracle
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No, a Tribes revival will not happen just because GarageGames decided to port Tribes into the browser. It needs to have something new - something that will bring the vets back. The newbies also need to have competition at their own level - how you accomplish that, I don't really know.
Nothing will happen with this port. Tribes needs to be extended from the same design as Tribes 1.
Here's an interesting observation: Sometimes a new concept will bring a lot of gamers into a game when you market an old entity as a new concept. For example, Planetside was touted as being a big MMO, with jetpacks, although the concept had already existed with Tribes. Although PS isn't Tribes, the analogy holds.
The first thing that should happen in any event is for the veterans to throw off a few old egos and start jumping through hoops again. In other words, Tribes needs a new direction for revival.
So this news is really not at all eventful.
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19/03/09 17:03:59
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Oracle
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By the way, I really do not at all consider myself a good Tribes player, but I have thought about it from a design perspective.
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19/03/09 17:05:42
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RaVPup
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It's great that the developers that actually wrote the code have it back in their hands. It was one of their most successful titles and I hope that nostalgia brings them back to release a Tribes 3 which blows everyone away and leaves the vets grinning with that Tribes glow again.
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19/03/09 20:39:50
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marv3lo
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it's ok oracle you are a very good tribes player
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19/03/09 21:11:34
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