History
A sequel, Tribes 2, was released in March 2001. Sierra licensed the franchise to Irrational Games for a third installment, Tribes: Vengeance, which was released in October 2004.
Vivendi Universal released Tribes and Tribes 2 for free on May 4, 2004 on a DVD-ROM with Computer Gaming World magazine and on FilePlanet, in order to promote the release Tribes: Vengeance.
On July 16, 2007, Sierra Entertainment announced that they would cease online support of Tribes starting on August 16, 2007. As of November 2007, the Sierra Master Server is no longer active, and has been replaced by multiple community-run Master Servers.
In March 2009, GarageGames announced they had purchased the Intellectual property and source code for Starsiege: Tribes and would be releasing it at PlayTribes.com through an update on their browser-based game service, InstantAction. PlayTribes was available for play during the 2009 Penny Arcade Expo at InstantAction's display in the expo hall.
On October 23, 2010, it was announced that Hi-Rez Studios were the new owners of the Tribes franchise, thus canceling development on PlayTribes. The company released Tribes: Ascend in April 2012.
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