Tribes Ascend announces Summer of Tribes tournament

Hi-Rez Studios has announced the Summer of Tribes tournament series for its new shooter, Tribes Ascend.

The tournaments will run between May and August, awarding over $30,000 worth of prizes. All tournament events will also be broadcast, with commentary, through TwitchTV (selected games will be broadcast in the game client). It will be featured by several league and tournament providers.

The first finals will be held on Saturday, May 12 with Cyber Sports Network (CSN) and offer over $2,500 in prizes. The top prize will offer $10,000 in a prize pool for NASL Season 3, and the semi-finals for this round will be broadcast from E3. The grand finals will take place at a live LAN event in Toronto, Canada.

Hi-Rez Studios also publishes Global Agenda.

Tribes Ascend Gameplay Screenshot

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Hi-Rez Studios Announces Summer of Tribes Tournament Series and Broadcasting

Cash Tournaments Begin For Tribes: Ascend. Integrated Live Streams Coming Soon

ATLANTA. May 11, 2012. Hi-Rez Studios, independent developer of AAA free-to-play online games, today announced the Summer of Tribes tournament series. Between May and August 2012, Tribes: Ascend tournaments will award over $30,000 in cash and prizing, with each event being broadcast live over the internet with supporting game commentary.

Tribes: Ascend, billed as the World’s Fastest Shooter, will be featured by leagues and tournament providers including North American Star League (NASL), Electronic Sports League (ESL), Cyber Sports Network (CSN), European Game Series (EGS), Curse Networks and FPS General.

The finals for the first event are this Saturday, May 12th with CSN and over $2,500 in prizing.
http://cyber-sports.net/event/2500-tribesascend-launch-cup

The top prize for the summer will be $10,000 prize pool for NASL Season 3. The NASL Tribes: Ascend semi-finals will be broadcast from E3 and the grand-finals will be a live LAN event in Toronto, Canada.
http://nasl.tv/News/Article/20120504nasl-launches-tribes-ascend-tournament

“Given that we just released Tribes: Ascend mid April, we’re pleased with how quickly the e-Sports community is growing,” says Todd Harris, Hi-Rez Studios COO. “Our team believes that Tribes can be a premier spectator event and we’re thrilled to have partners who share this vision and support the community with great broadcast content as well as prizing.”

Hi-Rez announced intent to stream selected tournament games within the Tribes: Ascend game client itself. The next digital update to Tribes: Ascend will integrate live viewing of featured games powered by TwitchTV.

Todd Harris continues, “The community is already using TwitchTV to stream Tribes: Ascend game activity. With the next update we’ll feature certain streams as viewable within the game itself so those become broadcast events.”

“We enjoy working with developers like Hi-Rez Studios who harness live video to support their game community,” says Kevin Lin, TwitchTV Chief Operating Officer. “At Twitch we’ve seen a phenomenal rise in eSports, and it is exciting to see the growing popularity of a fast-action FPS like Tribes: Ascend.”