Sierra/Dynamix tried this once and it was bad.  I hope Hi-Rez makes it great.  I really wish the trailer showed off more than just a pre-rendered model though. 
 
EDIT: 
I have an intense love for the Tribes franchise and I'm a tad wary of Hi-Rez taking it over.  It can't be any worse than Tribes: Vengeance, right?

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Urgh... Tribes 2 was my favorite online shooter of all time... but I can't imagine this will be anywhere near as good.
 
It'll be made with Xbox limitations and dual analog controls in consideration, and Hi-Rez's track record is spotty.

OH MY GOD THIS IS A TRAVESTY.
 
 
Cool.

Right. They don't mix. This hopefully will be a PC game. Tribes is the best multiplayer shooter for the PC, and still has a community after over 10 years. The game is also free now. Google "Tribes free" and i think CNET has it.

YES.

It just hit me that Tribes did the Battlefield thing before Battlefield even came out. Vehicles and infantry, great player counts, huge maps, objectives.
 
So.. how do we transfer Tribes IP ownership to EA so EA can arrange for a proper Tribes to be made using the BF3 iteration of Frostbite..?

Just what the doctor ordered.

Global Agenda is shooting off some red flags in my head that indicate this might not be the best studio for the game.  
 
But I'll be a good boy and reserve my judgement until I play it. There is an empty hole in my heart where Starsiege Tribes used to be. 

FPS skiing comes to XBLA

Epic rock paper scissor battle at the end. 

I was thinking to myself a few days ago "Man, there really needs to be a new Tribes game" and here it is. Now where's that MechWarrior game you fuckers teased!?

" It just hit me that Tribes did the Battlefield thing before Battlefield even came out. Vehicles and infantry, great player counts, huge maps, objectives.  So.. how do we transfer Tribes IP ownership to EA so EA can arrange for a proper Tribes to be made using the BF3 iteration of Frostbite..? "

HOLY SHAZBOT!

To be fair, Codename Eagle was also Battlefield before Battlefield.

Good to see Tribes is coming back.  I wish this was going to be on the PSN as well.  I had a lot of fun with Tribes: Vengeance back on the PS2.

brings back memories of dial-up internet

  So.. how do we transfer Tribes IP ownership to EA so EA can arrange for a proper Tribes to be made using the BF3 iteration of Frostbite..? "

well if they are talking about all of the good praise they got, they better live up to expectations...

I'll have to chat with one of my friends who works at Hi-Rez to see if he's on the project.   If so,  I'm requesting the grappling hook and swinging mechanics to make a return.

Wait? There was shooters before Halo?

SHAZBOT!

I actually live only about 20miles form this studio, the High-rez guys got shafted with Global Agenda, as an old tribes fan I look forward to what they do with this franchise.

Battlefield 2142 tried to be a new Tribes, but too many asshats shit on it for the in-game adverts and that it wasn't BF 3.  Maybe if they actually played it instead of bitched it would have gotten more support instead of being a footnote in the BF series.

" I'll have to chat with one of my friends who works at Hi-Rez to see if he's on the project.   If so,  I'm requesting the grappling hook and swinging mechanics to make a return. "

Reading about Tribes and PC Gamer makes me question which decade we are living in now.

Vanilla Tribes was great, but I'll hold off until a paintball mod is released. Tribes 2 paintball was some of the most fun I've ever had in a multiplayer shooter. 

Yes, yes, and before Starsiege: Tribes, there was Starsiege, and before that, there was Earthsiege. If they really wanted to revive an old franchise, why did they pick a first-person shooter? Why not pick a currently uncontested genre like mech combat or a space sim?

lol way to mix halo theme music and mass effect

" @This_Dude said:

" I'll have to chat with one of my friends who works at Hi-Rez to see if he's on the project.   If so,  I'm requesting the grappling hook and swinging mechanics to make a return. "

And what makes you think that your friend will listen to you and pass that request to the senior designers up at Hi-Rez?  "

"  Wait, Tribes and a controller don't mix, right?" 
 
Not this shit again. 

" @This_Dude said:

" I'll have to chat with one of my friends who works at Hi-Rez to see if he's on the project.   If so,  I'm requesting the grappling hook and swinging mechanics to make a return. "

And what makes you think that your friend will listen to you and pass that request to the senior designers up at Hi-Rez?  "

Talk about hoping that nostalgia keeps your game relevant.

Shazbot! 
I was a Tribes purist (ass) that believed Tribes 2 ruined a lot of what made the original so great. I think I've been out of the club for long enough to let me guard down; I'm excited.

the thing I remember most about Tribes 2 is all of the insane weapon and armor mods that came out for it, such that when I went back to an unmodded game, I felt kind of limited with the weapon selection

I like video games, right?

Tribes and a controller can work; it was great on PS2 back in the day.

TRIBES 1: SHIFTER MOD.
 
AM I RIGHT GUYS?
 
you fuckin' bet it.

Keep in mind that this game is separate from the upcoming Tribes Universe from the same guys, which I believe is a PC exclusive. I'm guessing the idea behind putting Ascend on xbla is to create a playerbase for the MMO when it launches.