<s>
Tribes	B-Device
:	I-Device
Ascend	I-Device
is	O
a	O
free-to-play	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Hi-Rez	O
Studios	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Tribes	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aspects	O
from	O
previous	O
Tribes	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
jetpacks	B-Application
and	O
skiing	O
are	O
featured	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2013	O
,	O
Hi-Rez	O
halted	O
further	O
development	O
on	O
Tribes	B-Device
:	I-Device
Ascend	I-Device
to	O
focus	O
on	O
Smite	B-Application
,	O
citing	O
lackluster	O
financial	O
returns	O
from	O
Tribes	B-Device
:	I-Device
Ascend	I-Device
and	O
Global	B-Application
Agenda	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sean	O
McBride	O
,	O
creative	O
director	O
of	O
Tribes	B-Device
:	I-Device
Ascend	I-Device
,	O
likened	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
history	O
to	O
be	O
“	O
death	O
by	O
a	O
thousand	O
cuts	O
”	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
delisted	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
and	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
Hi-rez	O
website	O
in	O
2018	O
for	O
unknown	O
reasons	O
,	O
however	O
it	O
is	O
still	O
accessible	O
from	O
the	O
official	O
Tribes	O
Universe	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tribes	B-Device
:	I-Device
Ascend	I-Device
features	O
a	O
class-based	O
loadout	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
have	O
compared	O
the	O
update	O
to	O
making	O
the	O
game	O
more	O
like	O
Tribes	B-Operating_System
2	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Capture	B-Application
the	I-Application
Flag	I-Application
:	O
Both	O
teams	O
have	O
a	O
base	O
that	O
contains	O
a	O
flag	O
;	O
teams	O
must	O
steal	O
their	O
opponent	O
's	O
flag	O
and	O
capture	O
it	O
to	O
score	O
points	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
map	O
Katabatic	O
,	O
which	O
originally	O
appeared	O
in	O
Tribes	B-Operating_System
2	I-Operating_System
,	O
has	O
been	O
remade	O
in	O
Tribes	B-Device
:	I-Device
Ascend	I-Device
along	O
with	O
some	O
other	O
maps	O
appearing	O
in	O
previous	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
to	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
were	O
originally	O
planned	O
but	O
scrapped	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
free-to-play	O
business	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tribes	B-Device
:	I-Device
Ascend	I-Device
was	O
met	O
with	O
positive	O
reception	O
,	O
with	O
IGN	O
giving	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
9/10	O
.	O
</s>
