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"The update adds eight new items, including some new guns and cosmetic options. Diligent "TF2" fans can access these guns for free through standard drops and trading, but the less patient can pre-order "Deus Ex" on Steam for instant access to them.
Cross over lovers eat your heart out!"
Valve is launching yet another new service for its online Steam platform. Trade Team Fortress 2 items and even full games with Steam Trading. The beta is underway.
"As if there wasn't enough incentives to play Team Fortress 2 these days. After becoming free to play, Team Fortress 2 is as popular as ever, and it looks like it's about to get even better. According to an update on Valve's Team Fortress blog, Team Fortress 2 will be getting a medieval update soon."
"First off let me introduce myself, I am Les Barton. I am deep into web and server development, I love game servers, and I'm considered a "theoretical network engineer", basically I like to think outside the box. With my introduction I bring to you fine TF2 players a little bit of freedom when it comes to our Modification Auto-Installs, for the last three days I have been writing an automatically updating service which keeps all mods/plugins up-to-date within 10 minutes of a new release, what'..."
"Valve is not only blowing our minds with their recent Steam sales but now they are putting tons of Team Fortress 2 items on sale as well. For a limited time you can pick up a ton of weapons and aesthetic items for a lower price. Valve has also created a slew of new items that will only be available during this sale, so if you want flip-flops you better act fast."
Valve's extremely popular Team Fortress recently became a whole lot cheaper. By cheaper, I mean free. In light of that recent reality, Team Fortress 2 has just topped one of the best of the best digital download services. Can you guess which one?
It's no secret that Team Fortress 2 is a great game, it still pulls in thousands of players every day. A few months ago Valve launched an item store for the game where they sell new weapons and of course hats for your various characters. Many theorized that the game would be making it's way to the free to play business model, prophecies fulfilled as Vale announced today that Team Fortress 2 is becoming a free to play title.
"Today marks Day One of the Team Fortress 2 Uber Update. Touted as being the biggest, most ambitious update in Team Fortress 2 history, Valve is playing their cards pretty close to their chest with this one. In preparation for the update's release this coming Thursday, Valve has given gamers several little hints that, if thought about hard enough, will provide insight as to what the biggest, most secretive part of the update is."
"Team Fortress 2 players may have noticed the heaps of bird poop all over the Team Fortress 2 Blog, along with several culprits: doves. Players have also spotted doves within the game itself. What’s the poop?"
Half Life Developer announced last week they would launch 3 in game limited edition hats with price tags starting at $7.99. He also commented that all proceeds would go directly to the Japanese Diaster Fund.The developer is amazed at how much money was raised in the limited time they had.
Some games clearly deserved the "M" rating that it got (Grand Theft Auto??) but there are some games that straddle the line between the "T" rating and "M" rating...
For those who still play Team FOrtress 2, you can have a part in assisting with the Japan relief efforts. Valve will sell TF2 hats and the proceeds will go towards the relief effort...
"According to a fan who visited Valve‘s offices, the next Team Fortress 2 Meet The Team video will star the Medic, and it’s coming sooner rather than later.
While at the Valve headquarters, the extremely luck fan got to see an unfinished version of the Meet The Medic video, along with some DOTA 2.
The breakdown of the fan’s once-in-a-lifetime experience can be found here, where he eagerly recapped the events of that day on the Steam forums.
His words exactly regarding the “Meet The Me..."
Fan and modder, Decap has transformed the entire Badlands map from Team Fortress 2 into the Game Grid resembling the virtual reality world found in Tron.
"Developers all over town are SLASHING prices this Halloween - you could say that these games are SO CHEAP IT'S SCARY. (Please don't hurt me...) What I'm trying to say here is that Halloween's an excellent time for the cheap or thrifty to grab something new!"
"There’s quite a lot of details that have gone into the new Mann Co. Store update, all of which are addressed in their lengthy FAQ. A few points to take home are the following: for starters, players can continue to play TF2 and earn and craft items like they always have been, without seeing any difference at all, and Valve will continue to hand out free updates."
The long awaited Polecount Pack we were waiting for has finally arrived with the Mann-Conomy Update! With many new weapons for the Scout, Soldier, Sniper, Spy, and Pyro.
Valve has released the new Trading System that everyone was hoping for, they also added a store named, "The Mann Co. Store" to buy and sell items. They have also added the "Steam Wallet" to allow to buy or receive money from people by the Mann Co. Store. You can use the money in your Steam Wallet to buy anything on Steam.
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"Poker Night at the Inventory is more than just another poker title since the characters featured in the game have so much unique personality. Watching Max react to winning a hand and in turn The Heavy's gun is a sight to be seen. Anybody that knows Max can anticipate how he would react to acquiring such a perfect tool of destruction."
"Valve announced yesterday that between now and Thursday, when the Engineer Update will be released for Team Fortress 2, it will be issuing Golden Wrenches. To get a Golden Wrench you must craft, craft and craft again folks! Every 25th Wrench awarded unlocks more information abour the upcoming update! (there’s a top 100 crafters here)"
"Every single person playing Team Fortress 2 knows the stakes—Valve issued the challenge, and despite the legendary Golden Wrenches being but a cosmetic gift, players worldwide are frothing at the mouth to land their own piece of gold. What most players fail to see, however, are the inherent problems that such a situation creates. When all the chips are on the table, the only one left smiling is Valve. This little gilded tool will be the end of all of us. The Golden Wrenches bring a curse."
"An update to Team Fortress 2, along with the discovery of the official update webpage, indicates that the TF2 Engineer Update is finally upon us. A new objective has been unleashed—the collection of 100 Golden Wrenches—along with an image of the engineer’s bulletin board adorned with photographs from the “Loose Canon” comic."
"Where were you when TF2 turned 119? Team Fortress 2 has seen 119 game updates since its release with the Orange Box way back in October of 2007. 119 may seem like an insignificant number, but Valve Software sees it as a reason to celebrate. To commemorate this joyous occasion, the TF2 team have posted a lengthy blog post that champions long-time players with freebies, details some fun statistics on the game, and displays every single change log for TF2 since its release."
The war ended yesterday at noon PST and the winner was revealed: the Soldier is the lucky class to receive the extra weapon. Indeed, they've killed 6 406 065 Demomen for a loss of 6 372 979 of their own.
So here come the Gunboats, boots that are reducing rocket jump damage...
For that last day, Valve revealed two new maps: CP_Gorge and CTF_Doublecross. CP_Gorge is an attack/defense map with only two points, for a more nervous gameplay and CTF_Doublecross has two brigdes with plenty ways...
Valve revealed the last weapons for Demoman and Soldier as their achievements. But first, let's look into the casualties of the war: Soldiers are still ahead but for only 14 000 less deads. Demomen are closing the gap but we still don't know who will win.
The Demoman will receive the Scottish Resistance, a new sticky bomb launcher, that will let you explode the group of bombs you want by looking at them. It's also destroying enemies bombs but it's having less power when it comes to airburs...
After the Demoman yesterday, it's time for the Soldier to get an insight on the weapons he'll be receiving the 17th December. It's not really surprising to see a new rocket launcher, called the Direct Hit, as unlockable.
The rockets coming from it have less blast radius damage but the destructive force for a direct hit is higher without forgetting an increased speed for reaching the target. And if you're hitting on a target who is in the air, you're guaranteed to do a mini-crit.
The dai...
It's time to motivate Demomen for Valve. Indeed, they're still loosing the war by having more deads (200 000) than Soldiers. So, they've revealed our favorite bomber's background and new weapons.
Valve continued their comic with the Demoman accepting the challenge when seeing the proposed weapons. And we can ask yourself if Valve loves Moms. After Scout's mom, meet Demoman's mom!
But the most important thing here are the Eyelander, an haunted sword that kills and gives health and speed,...
Valve is offering to the players to make their own items with a new feature in the player's backpack. Remember all the duplicate weapons, sandwichs or even hats that you're not using and that are taking some space in your inventory? Now, you can get rid of them with the Crafting.
You can create your own item (well, at least, what Valve will let you do it with it) by combining what you're judging as useless. Not every try will be rewarded with a new useful item, though. Valve wants you to f...
The amazing dual class update from Team Fortress 2 brings Demoman and Soldier updates to the table, but with an unusual twist: Players will decide who gets a secret weapon by playing their favorite class this week.
A new Team Fortress comic seen at the Teamfortress.com blog reveals that the administrator (the female announcer in the game) is unhappy to discover that Red Demoman and Blu Soldier have become...friends?
Those who pre-order Left 4 Dead 2 may find a surprise waiting for them in Team Fortress 2 today—Bill's Hat. Bill is a character from Left 4 Dead, but his hat made it into the colorful world of Team Fortress 2.
Valve released a new update for gamers who love to make their own Team Fortress 2 videos by adding more props and models for them to use. The SDK will feature models and props from the Meet the Sniper video.
Team Fortress 2 idle programs are now being considered against the rules by Valve (which makes complete sense) but it appears that people don't really agree with that and the TF2 players seem to start splitting in groups: those who agree and welcome the measure and those who are hating it with all their heart. Which group is right, though?
"Looking for something to play this weekend? Short on cash?
Not to worry, as you can play Team Fortress 2 (the full game) for free until May 25 courtesy of Steam, and it will feature the recent Sniper vs Spy update."
Last week, we wondered if the Sniper update was actually a cover for something more sinister. Turns out, it was!
Day 6 and the Spy Update has gone into full swing following a leaked "Meet the Spy" video. Okay, so the video is officially out now; so is a sexy new Spy revolver, the Ambassador.
The Day 5 of Spy/Sniper update is very interesting in many ways. Indeed, the two characters are associated in the TF2 Official Blog and could be an indication to an update for both classes.
As you may know, the Meet the Spy video was leaked on YouTube but it didn't stop Valve to do an official page for it with interesting references to that leaking like a false achievement.
Finally, the Day 5 is also about achievements for Spy. The game of guessing can begin as Valve released only the i...
TF2 Official Blog is indicating that it will be not a sniper update but a spy one. Indeed, instead of having a new thing revealed for sniper, today, we found a page about Spy and two new gadgets. And another thing is pointing towards it: the fact that we have a link and a date for a Spy update. The update will be released the 21st May, according to the blog.
Actually, we don't know if what was revealed during the past three days will remain, if the sniper will get these weapons in a future...
When we first heard about the Team Fortress 2 Sniper Update, many of you Spy players thought, "Sweet! Easy kills!"
Oh, Valve knows how you think, and they've already got a special treat for Snipers. It's a painful new item that will make Spies think twice before they shove that switchblade up a Sniper's rear end.
Meet the Razorback!
The TF2 official blog announced that the next class to be updated would be the Sniper. A lot of players could have thought to an April's Fool as the blog showed an image of the Sniper with a new weapon the 1st April. Apparently, it wasn't. No release date is given.
The developers are also updating the game on XBOX360, mainly for giving what the PC gamers have: the new achievements and unlockables. A technical problem was at the origin of the fact that the XBOX360 wasn't updating. The devel...
Apparently, some Team Fortress 2 players did exploit a bug for wielding weapons on invalid classes. An quick update was released but for the cheaters, they're exposed to the following punishment: no unlockable weapons for a month. TF2 Announcer on TF2 Blog was pretty harsh in his news.
With the scout update apparently scheduled for the 24th February, some of them will regret to have exploited this bug. Anyway, the TF2 crew has put a site online where you can discover the new melee weapon, ...
"While the concept was ahead of its time and we are extremely proud of what we've accomplished, it became increasingly clear as this ambitious project evolved, that profitability was too far in the future for us to sustain operations in the interim.
Our goal was to be ahead of the curve in the e-sports space, and we conceived of CGS as a true sports league. We invested wholeheartedly in the venture and presented viewers with a top-notch production, but the economics just didn't add up f..."
A short news story about the final updates of Team Fortress 2 for the year of 2008. The new updates will come in 2009 and the news story covers what some of the new DLC will be.
New details have been revealed about TF2's latest "gametype" called Arena Mode, which will be coming out tomorrow, along with the Heavy Class update.
The official website of TF2 says that Arena Mode "keeps the class diversity of Team Fortress 2 while focusing goals around combat between two teams." To win a round, you must kill everyone on the other team or capture a map's central point, which becomes available after a minute of playing.
There will be five "Arena-specific maps". Some of...
After the announcement of the Heavy update coming to Team Fortress 2, the MTV Multiplayer Blog recently asked Doug Lombardi, Valve's vice president, if the update would be coming to the consoles.
Lombardi responded by saying that "[There is] nothing to announce yet." With that statement, do you think a TF2 update will ever find the console versions?
"Valve has just released new details on their latest update to Team Fortress 2. The new update will be "the largest update to Team Fortress 2 since it was first released as part of The Orange Box last October." Gamers can expect to see new unlocable weapons, achievements, a brad new gameplay mode and some new maps. The new update will be available next Tuesday, August 19th."
Ton Khodee, aka TiTON has conjured up some extremely comprehensive case mods to celebrate Team Fortress 2, Iron Man, and some other games, of which the mods are currently in the works.
For all the detail, it's almost more impressive he got at least the Iron Man one done in just three weeks!
Check out the site for some posts on the construction of each - fascinating stuff if you're into it.
"Next time you're on a multiplayer server, you might want to ask everyone who's a Canadian, and then ask who among them are dudes. Because according to a Microsoft survey, every fifth one of them (in the long run) has gamed in the nude, and might be doing so now.
Microsoft commissioned a pretty serious poll up in the Great White North, asking Canadians all sorts of questions that sound like a Cosmo bedside astrologer survey, if "game" is used as a euphemism for "sex." Do you game at work? (..."
XboxFocus goes through the Ten Commandments governing over the sacred ways of the Xbox Live Achievements. The things that everyone is gunning for, no matter how ridiculous the means to achieve them are.
"I’m sure a lot of us have our hands full helping out Niko with all his unlawful missions, but who can pass up a free game? All this weekend, Valve is giving out Team Fortress 2 to anyone who wants to try it out. Did I mention it’s free? And it’s not only the basic TF2 experience, either. You’re getting the whole enchilada with this offer.
It comes complete with the latest TF2 add ons such as the Gold Rush map and achievements for the Medic. Of course those achievements will also unlock a n..."
So, it's a pretty slow release week this week, especially considering that three of the more notable releases this week are really just The Orange Box being split up into parts. But this week also sees the release of the dark RPG for the Wii and PS2, Baroque, and the PC Director's Cut of Assassin's Creed. Assassin's Creed: DC probably still has all the repetition of the original version, though.
Notable games this week:
Arcana Heart (PS2) [Official Site | Wikipedia]
Assassin's Creed: D...
Valve has released some fun and interesting statistics on TF2. Stats include things such as most class time played, most damage from a weapon, time played on per map, etc. They also give "Death maps"; these maps contain mappings of where the least to most deaths occur.
On another tab is 'achievements' which give in percentage how many users have obtained it. The top obtained achievement is Hard to Kill (Get five kills in a row without dying.) @ 62.4% and the hardest achievement being With ...
"After playing four maps and testing out all nine classes in Team Fortress 2, it seems this game should be another of this year's entertaining arena shooters. It comes as part of the Orange and Black Box packages, which both contain Half-Life 2: Episode 2 and the first-person puzzler Portal. Like any team shooter hoping for longevity in the online space, the game needs an emphasis on teamwork. Valve seems to be on the right track in this department, with many of the classes complementing each ..."
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