Continuing EA's slow screenshot walkthrough of the stages of evolution in Will Wright's Spore, we now take a look at the Tribal Stage. In this stage the game slips even deeper into RTS waters, with you controlling a herd of whatever it was you ended up with after the Creature Phase of evolution. Your creatures hunt, gather, fish, and use your foodstuffs to barter for tools, forging and breaking allegiances with other tribes using super powers determined by how you played the Cell and Creature phases.

Once your tribe comes out on top it's time to move on to the Civilization phase of development, which I am sure we'll be hearing more about in the coming weeks. For now, check out these screens of tribes doing their thing.

Fallen Empire: Legions In InstantAction

The Evolution of the Team Multiplayer FPS

Video, Details on Tribes-Like Legions

This brief snippet of GarageGames' Fallen Empires: Legions really looks like Tribes to me, but of course I just have a passing interest in the game. I'm not obsessed like lots of fans are. Tim Aste, the game's project manager, told us that they definitely were taking the best of Tribes and trying to turn it into their own game:

"The approach we took when deciding what we would focus on when making this game was to attempt to find the core element that we all enjoyed about Tribes... after a bunch of discussion in which we attempted to break down 'what made Tribes so much fun'... we hit upon the core element of 'Freedom of Movement'.

Freedom of movement is what it is all about. Instead of trying to recapture the same game play, we wanted something that captured the same feel."

Shack News is reporting that they've discovered videos showing off GarageGames' unannounced Tribes-esque shooter for InstantAction.

The videos depict early alpha work on the game and were meant for internal use only, a source close to GarageGames told Shack News. Shack News edited the audio-free clips into a single video which you can check out on their site. The site also broke out a bunch of screens from the footage. It looks interesting, though not nearly as interesting as what we saw more than a year ago.

Tribes-like GarageGames Web Title Revealed by Alpha Video Leak [Shack News]

Starsiege: Tribes

Joel is an inconsolable mess right now. He only had the energy to IM me about Sierra's announcement today before curling back up into a fetus position.

Starting August 16, Sierra Entertainment will be pulling the plug on mulitplayer support for 20 of the developer's older games. The list... yes, Starsiege: Tribes is on the list:

Tribes Designer Joins Red 5

"Scott is exactly the caliber of team member we're looking for at Red 5," said Mark Kern, president and CEO of Red 5 Studios. "We founded this company on passion and vision, two qualities that Scott has embodied throughout his career as a top-tier game designer. Scott's vision directly complements ours, and we're excited about having him join our growing team."

GDC '06: Hands-On with Garage Games' 'Not Tribes' Legions Demo

Potential First Look at Tribes Blood Eagle Model

Garage Games to Show Next Tribes Game at GDC?