Midair

The high-flying first-person shooter action of the Tribes games had returned in a roundabout way with the full launch of Midair, a game oh so very heavily inspired by the classics. Strap on a jetpack, skim across big rolling levels, raid the enemy base while defending your own, shoot baddies, and generally Tribes it right up. Sure, it doesn't have the Tribes name but mate…

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Who even walks these days? It's so pedestrian. No, Midair [official site] has only the briefest of dalliances with walking. Drawing heavy inspiration from vintage series Tribes, it sends players whooshing up hills and soaring through the air with that classic 'skiing' motion as they try to capture flags and shoot each other's face off. After whooshing down the hill of Kickstarter with a successful…

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Currently soaring in the skies over Kickstarter is Midair [official site], a free-to-play first-person shooter clearly based on Tribes. "But Alice, I... isn't there already a modern free-to-play Tribes?" you ask, tilting your head like a blue tit scoping out a foil milk bottle top on a frosty morning. "No, seriously Alice, enough with the florid similes. There is: Tribes Ascend. They're even updating it…

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