Global Agenda

Global Agenda Review

Posted on Mar 24, 2010

Anyone who makes it through this lengthy review of Global Agenda gets an anti-TL:DR cookie.  You all love cookies, yes? Character Creation: Bottom line, it’s present only so it could be listed as a feature on the box.  Sure, you can make a character, play with some sliders to make it “yours” but it is [...]

Global Agenda First Impression

Posted on Feb 26, 2010

February 2 saw the release of two MMORPG.  Both have subscription fees, both offer PvP and PvE content, they include guns and are set in science fiction universes.  The similarities pretty much stop there.  Cryptic Studios’ Star Trek Online is geared to satiate the hungered trekkies out there, while Hi-Rez Studios hopes to appease the [...]

Global Agenda: Recursive Colony Expansion Details

Posted on Aug 25, 2011

Today Hi-Rez Studios announced that the Recursive Colony content update to Global Agenda will be released in early Fall and will be completely free for all players. The Recursive Colony expansion, otherwise known as patch 1.5, will be the largest update to Global Agenda since the launch and will include a new open zone as well as much [...]

Global Agenda 1.5 Teaser Trailer – Signs of the Times

Posted on Jul 15, 2011

A teaser trailer for Global Agenda’s upcoming 1.5 patch update was released today called “Signs of the Times”.  The teaser trailer shows 3 different signs have some phrases spray painted on them, it’s actually pretty difficult to make out exactly what’s written without having to pause throughout the video. The first sign seems to be [...]

Global Agenda: 5X Player Base + Higher Revenue Since F2P Switch

Posted on Jul 05, 2011

In a recent interview with PC Gamer, Hi-Res Studio COO Todd Harris stated that since Global Agenda made the switch from subscription to free to play, their player base has not only increased by a factor of five, but their revenues  ”are higher than they ever have been before“. When asked about whether he thinks more and more [...]

Global Agenda v1.43 Jetpack’s into Dome City

Posted on Jun 03, 2011

Global Agenda is getting an update tomorrow in the way of patch 1.43, which includes bug fixes and improvements that are listed below.  One being that players can now strap on their jetpacks in Dome City and start flying around, but only if they are a booster member in Global Agenda.  Boosters are the premium [...]

Global Agenda Officially Goes Free-to-Play

Posted on Apr 17, 2011

There’s a lot on the agenda for Hi-Rez Studios’ troubled shooter MMO. Well, troubles no more (hopefully). Hot on the heels of their latest Free Agent announcement, the Georgia developers have dropped patch 1.4, the first version to offer Global Agenda sans subscription fees. With Global Agenda free-to-play, players of all income levels can enjoy fast-paced combat [...]

Global Agenda Goes Free-to-Play with “Free Agent” Expansion

Posted on Apr 08, 2011

Latest to jump on the F2P train is Global Agenda, Hi-Rez Studios’ futuristic MMO shooter. By mid-April, the devs will release update 1.4, otherwise known as Free Agent, which will enable free access to all of the game’s content. Global Agenda has never had a subscription fee, with the only source of direct income coming from digital [...]

Global Agenda UK is Coming!

Posted on Aug 25, 2010

Hi-Rez Studios and Iceberg Interactive have just announced that Global Agenda will be reaching European shores on September 10th, 2010.  The game will be available for box copy purchase throughout a variety of video game retailers in England and Ireland.  The game will also be made available for digital download on the following sites; Play.com, [...]

Global Agenda Reveals Sonoran Desert Open Zone

Posted on Aug 10, 2010

Last week, Hi-Rez’s Executive Producer Todd Harris posted a video blog about Global Agenda‘s newest addition, the Sonoran Desert. Unlike the majority of Global Agenda play fields, the Sonoran Desert will be an open zone. Hi-Rez Studios seeks to provide players with a sense of “place” in the game world, as you will finally be able to [...]

Global Agenda: Sandstorm Debut Trailer

Posted on Jul 12, 2010

Hi-Rez Studios brings us the Global Agenda: Sandstorm debut trailer, showing us five ways to survive the future. While the trailer looks great anyway, and makes me wish I owned a computer that could run Global Agenda in its full glory, I think the most important thing to note here is the value on offer. [...]

Global Agenda Now Free to Play

Posted on Jun 25, 2010

Though MMOs switching from subscription-based to free to play is no longer entirely out of the ordinary, particularly since the successful relaunch of Dungeons & Dragons Online and the anticipated relaunch of Turbine’s other MMO Lord of the Rings Online as free to play, it usually comes later in the life of a game. With [...]