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Team Fortress 2 update adds new Highlander game mode

by John Callaham Feb 3rd 2010 @ 8:30PM

Valve can still give its players some small little surprises, even in an update for Team Fortress 2 that technically doesn't add any new content to the multiplayer shooter. The latest update, delivered automatically via Steam, adds a new gameplay mode called Highlander. It's a 9v9 team play mode where each team has to pick one of the nine classes to play as, hence "Highlander" in that "In the end there can be only one."

The update also has some bug fixes and some changes and improvements to two of the game's maps. Oh and while you are downloading the update, you can also go to the game's official web page and check out the terrific work done in the recent Propaganda poster contest.

Filed under: FPS, Multiplayer, Team Fortress 2

Did cheating tip the balance in the Team Fortress 2 Soldier-Demoman War?

by John Callaham Jan 31st 2010 @ 7:00PM

The recent Soldier-Demoman War in Team Fortress 2 resulted in the Soldier class getting an extra cool item to use in Valve's recent content update to their multiplayer shooter. But was there some shenanigans in the final war results? In a tongue-in-cheek style, the game's official web site seems to suggest the answer is "Yes".

While they are quick to say they have no proof cheating took place, the web site produced numbers that show the Soldier class was killing a Demoman every 2.5 seconds for a week during the war. As they state, "In other words, he is either cheating, or he is a hallucinating sleep-deprived psychotic with severe constipation and unerringly good aim. In either event, I am confident he is ashamed of himself." Indeed.

[Via Blue's News]

Filed under: FPS, Multiplayer, Team Fortress 2

New Team Fortress 2 adds some hats, among other things

by John Callaham Jan 27th 2010 @ 10:00PM

It's a game that perhaps gets more updates and patches than any other PC game in history and Valve is doing it again with the latest patch, delivered via Steam, for Team Fortress 2. Tonight Valve has give players of the game a little new content to play with. No it's not the long awaited Engineer update but players will get access to (wait for it) three new hats.

Yes, we know you are excited to learn that TF2 players will now be able to put on the Towering Pillar of Hats, Noble Amassment of Hats and the Modest Pile of Hats (hey, talk with Valve; we didn't name them). In addition the special one-of-a-kind hats for the winners of the recent Propoganda poster contest are now available for those winners. There's also a ton of bug fixes in this update and Valve has also put in a few requests from the TF2 community in the new patch including new options for the Invade CTF mode.

Filed under: Downloads, FPS, Multiplayer, Team Fortress 2

Team Fortress 2 update fixes "Crazy Legs" bug for Scout class

by John Callaham Jan 26th 2010 @ 9:00PM

Leave it to Valve to make a seemlingly minor bug fix seem cool and important. The latest update to the Team Fortress 2 web site talks about fixing an issue in the Scout player class that let the player animations go all weird while the player attempts the Double Crouch Jump.

Yes, we know: "Double Crouch Jump" sounds like a new position for . . . intimate relations or the title for the new Lady GaGa song. But Valve has some fun with the whole bug fixing in their post. We don't want to give their story away but buses are involved.

Filed under: FPS, Multiplayer

More updates for Team Fortress 2 planned beyond Engineer class

by John Callaham Jan 19th 2010 @ 11:00AM

There's just one more class in Team Fortress 2 that hasn't received an achievement update and that's the Engineer class. You might think that once Valve makes that update go live that will be it for any new content updates for the 2007 multiplayer shooter. But according to Valve's Robin Walker, you would be wrong.

In a new chat over at the fan site CommunityFortress.com Walker states, "We've got multiple updates in the works still, at least one of which will land before the Engineer pack." That likely means the game will continue to get new maps, weapons, gameplay modes and other additions for some time to come. The interview also covers other topics including possible future training tools for the game and more.

Filed under: Downloads, FPS, Multiplayer, Team Fortress 2

Valve's Gabe Newell to receive Game Developers Choice Pioneer Award

by John Callaham Jan 15th 2010 @ 11:00AM

He's the co-founder and head of one of the most influential game developers of all time and now Valve's Gabe Newell is being honored for his many achievements. The Game Developers Choices Awards have announced that Newell will be the 2010 recipient of their Pioneer Award.

Newell, who becomes the third winner of the Pioneer Award, is being honored not just for his achievements in game development with the Half-Life series, the Left 4 Dead series and more but also with Valve's creation of the Steam download service. He will receive the Pioneer Award at ceremonies at the the Game Developers Conference on March 11.

Filed under: Biz, Contests, Culture, FPS, Multiplayer, Team Fortress 2

Team Fortress 2 adds contribution web site; new update fixes bugs

by John Callaham Jan 14th 2010 @ 8:00AM

Valve's community for its multiplayer shooter Team Fortress 2 continues to grow thanks in part to Valve's regular content updates to the game's various character classes. This week the developer is launching a way for its fan to suggest its own game changes in terms of fan submitted items and avatars.

To that end, the developer has launched their new Team Fortress 2 Contribute web site for that very purpose. As the team mentions on the official TF2 web site, "Many of you have been building fantastic TF2 work for a while now, and we wanted a way for you to get it in front of all TF2 players, and for everyone to see that you were the one that built it." In related news a new update for the game has been released via Steam with quite a few new bug fixes including some that center on the Spy character.

Filed under: FPS, Multiplayer, Team Fortress 2

Another big Team Fortress 2 patch released on Steam

by John Callaham Jan 6th 2010 @ 6:00PM

Valve continues to tweak and balance their multiplayer shooter Team Fortress 2 after the Demoman-Soldier content update was released last month. Today Valve issued another big bug fix and balance update to the game via Steam that addresses a number of issues.

The full list can be read at the Steam web site but some of the highlights include balance changes to the new Dead Ringer and Force-A-Nature weapons/items and dealing with some achievement bugs. There's also been some improvements in the game's new bot feature that was first revealed just before Christmas. Valve has even put in new bot names at the request of the Team Fortress community.

Filed under: Downloads, Patches, FPS, Multiplayer, Team Fortress 2

Guide to TF2 Demoman Achievements, Part 7

by James Murff Dec 30th 2009 @ 11:00AM

Laddy! Yeah, talkin' ta you! I see ye've got a chip on ye' shoulder regardin' the whole eyeball thing. Don't worry 'boot it, 'm sure ye'll find a way to get back at all those lazy bloody nuisances with their eyes all intact. However, I canna stress enough that ye've gotta be usin' smart strategy, aye? Ye canna just waltz onto the battlefield with yer knickers in the air shootin' grenades all over the place. Tha's why I've got ye this great big list of things that need doin'. Ye get 'em done, I'll teach ye all I know about the fine art of blowing bloody betrayin' Soldiers ta pieces. HQ will even give ye some goodies for all yer hard work. So get out there and kill 'em all! Ye can see me first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth sets of tasks if ye lost track of them too.

Continue reading Guide to TF2 Demoman Achievements, Part 7

Filed under: Features, FPS, Multiplayer, Team Fortress 2

Guide to TF2 Soldier Achievements, Part 7

by James Murff Dec 30th 2009 @ 10:00AM

Maggots! The lot of you are spineless, inbred maggots! You are not even fit to lick the blood and snot off of my pristine boots! I will have you know that by the time I was your age, I had earned 3 Congressional Medals of Honor! For a single engagement! Regardless, if you want to be as fine of a Soldier as me, I'll give you some tips. If you can do all these simple, easy-as-American-apple-pie tasks, you'll be a Soldier in no time! You'll also get some fancy gear as well as the satisfaction of humiliating the Demoman to boot! Don't forget the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, or sixth pages of my riveting and inspiring advice!

Continue reading Guide to TF2 Soldier Achievements, Part 7

Filed under: Features, FPS, Multiplayer, Team Fortress 2

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