Interview: Hi-Rez talks Tribes: Ascend, PAX Prime, skiing and loadouts

XMNR: Hi-Rez Studios has kept busy the past month with a trip to Quakecon to show off Tribes: Ascend publicly for the first time and then a trip to Germany for Gamescom to give SMITE its first demo to the press and give more players hands on time with Tribes: Ascend. We caught up with Hi-Rez COO Todd Harris in between conventions as the studio gets ready for the PAX Prime convention in Seattle, Washington this weekend to talk about what they've learned from the public playtests of Tribes: Ascend, changes in the gameplay so far, a clarification on how the loadout system works and what goodies Global Agenda players can get by visiting the studio’s PAX booth.