First images of new Tribes game by Prophecy Games emerge

Over a decade after the release of Tribes: Ascend

Marco Wutz | Nov 23, 2023

First images of new Tribes game by Prophecy Games emerge /

Here’s a nice surprise for fans of super speedy shooters: It looks like a new Tribes game is on its game. Prophecy Games, an off-shoot studio that split from Hi-Rez in 2020, is behind the revival.

There is an official Discord server for the game, where interested users can join an upcoming playtest for the first-person shooter at the end of November 2023. Tribes is planned for release on PC via Steam with long-term plans for a subsequent console launch, though that will depend on the game’s reception.

Screenshot from Tribes (2023). — Shazbot! / Prophecy Games

First images of the project have been posted there as well, showing scenes that are reminiscent of 2012’s Tribes: Ascend from Hi-Rez, the latest entry into the series. Tribes’ gameplay is based around momentum and speed with players skiing down hills to build more and more tempo and then launch themselves into the air, staying mobile the entire time as they fight. Aerial battles and high-speed chases characterize the fights.

The Tribes screenshots (via ResetEra) that have appeared show Capture the Flag being played, which is a classic mode for the series, as it makes full use of the movement mechanics. The title doesn’t seem to have a name as of yet and is simply called “Tribes” on all of the visible UI elements.

Prophecy Games has already released one game in its short history – an extraction shooter called Starsiege: Deadzone, which was announced in 2022 and launched in Summer 2023.

Published Nov 23, 2023

MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg