The fine folks over at Kotaku have made my day. If a brower based Quake wasn’t to your liking, then perhaps you’ll be pleased to hear that the classic Starsiege: Tribes will also be coming to a browser near you. Since Tribes brings me back to a younger, happier place, I will be kind and indulge those of you who have failed life enough to not know what I’m talking about. Tribes is a classic FPS that puts you into 2 teams, each with a base and a flag, straps a jetpack on your back, and hands you your military issued spin fuser. This was one of the first online games that I can remember that really pushed teamwork etiher in the form of piloting vehicles or using a targeting laser for your Heavy’s mortar. I can’t wait to see how this plays, especially if it will run as well on my netbook as Quake Live does.
Awesome news.
Tribes 2 is also free.
I’ve put up an article about how some folks have cobbled together myriad servers and launched Tribes 2 free to the gaming public. Click on my name to see the article.
Hey, thanks for the heads up! I’ve been craving some spinfuser action lately. Rocket targeting makes it that much better.
You’re welcome!
It’s not as popular as current games but there are servers where you see 20+ people duking it out at certain times of the day.