iGame Radio

Garage Games has announced that they have obtained the IP for the entire Starsiege universe, including the original Tribes, for InstantAction and will be showing it off at GDC.

From their blog:

In addition I’ve got some info straight from the lead on the project:

1. GarageGames purchased the ownership of the Tribes IP (all Tribes games) from Activision/Vivendi late last year.
2. We do have the source code to the game, and the build has been updated with bug fixes
3. The build will be distributed through the website, but still playable as a standalone game.
4. The game will use the existing Master Server system that the original game used. We will provide a new master server address with the release.
5. The game is not compatible with version 1.11 but you should be able to play the same demos as recorded on previous versions
6. Mods and configs used in 1.11 will not be directly compatible, without at least minor changes, as the base game scripts have been cleaned up considerably by Andrew
7. The game does NOT have updated graphics, this was a PR misunderstanding. The game does support modern file formats (PNG textures, Zip files)

Still waiting to hear back on any info regarding Mac support, though. But wouldn’t that be awesome!!