Hi-Rez Studios has today released the latest Tribes Ascend update known as “Accelerate Patch”. The new update offers 27 new weapons, a new upgrade system and 2 new capture and hold maps and more.

The new weapons will be spread across all the classes with each class receiving 3 new weapons each. The weapons are variants of existing weapons, the new weapons offer a slight statistical trade off for the weapons they are a variant of.

The weapon upgrade system change will see players will now automatically receive weapon upgrades as they play a particular weapon, without having to spend XP on the upgrade (allowing you to save your XP for other items). A progress bar on the weapon’s menu page will provide information as to when the next automatic upgrade occurs. If you are impatient and have excess XP, an option is still provided to immediately master an item using XP. Note that previously purchased upgrades are still owned.

Finally the two new capture and hold maps are Tartarus and Sulfer Cove.

For a detailed look at the new updates and changes to weapon balance check out the official patch notes.