Kotaku:

"Owners of the Xbox 360 version of Team Fortress 2 will be scarfing down sandviches and delivering payloads later this year, as Valve is finally bringing all the updates delivered via Steam to the Xbox Live Marketplace. That means new, class-specific Achievements, new unlockable weapons for the Pyro, Medic and Heavy, new gameplay modes and new maps, all on your Xbox 360."
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Welcome to the "Alpine" mountainside complete with foliage, mining camps, and lumberyards!
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New details on Team Fortress 2's Arena mode have been unveiled, shedding light on the multiplayer shooter's newest gametype set to arrive with tomorrow's release of the Heavy class update.

According to the update's website, the gametype "keeps the class diversity of Team Fortress 2 while focusing goals around combat between two teams." Rounds are won by eliminating every member of an opposing team, or securing a map's central capture point, which becomes unlocked after 60 seconds of play.
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MTV Multiplayer writes: "Do you ever get jealous at the amount of free updates Valve delivers for "Team Fortress 2? on the PC? You might be a console gamer.

Few people would blame you. "Team Fortress 2? has yet to receive a content update - free or otherwise - from Valve. But that doesn't mean they aren't thinking about it.

In response to the recent reveal of new maps, modes and character tweaks for "Team Fortress 2," I asked the studio if console owners could look forward to this, as well.

Valve's answer to MTV Multiplayer is open to interpretation. "[There is] nothing to announce - yet," said Valve vice president of marketing Doug Lombardi."
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Valve has just announced that a new update will be released for Team Fortress 2. The new update will target "The Heavy" and introduce a new gameplay mode and several new maps. Expect to see the update August 19th.
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Aeropause has received a letter from Mike Seedon on Orange Box PS3. Hit the jump to read through this well written text.
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TF2 Official Blog:

"For this week's update, we've got another set of trading card images to take a look at. The focus of our most recent achievement update, the Pyro is a character that players may have seeing a lot of lately - making life a nightmare inferno for both the Spy and Medic."
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TF2's Robin Walker shares his opinion on Instant Respawn servers.
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From our friends at PC Gamer UK:Have you heard? PC Gamer is having its very first proper LAN party this September: the PC Gamer Showdown. And we've got 35,000 reasons for you to be there.That's right: there'll be £35,000 in cash to be won by the best teams playing Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike Source, World in Conflict and Call of Duty 4.Trigger finger a little rusty? Don't fancy your chances against the best ... » Read More

Confirmed by Robin Walker on the official Team Fortress 2 blog, the Heavy will be the next class to receive new weapon unlocks. The blog post also outlines Valve's design process that goes into creating these new class unlocks.
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The Orange Box petition, handled by Mike Seedon, has reached 2,000 signatures. Has the time finally come for Playstation3 gamers to be heard? We sure hope so.
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Valve has released the Team Fortress 2 Pyro update.

Release notes:
* Added 2 community maps: cp_fastlane and ctf_turbine

Pyro
* Added alt-fire compression blast to the basic flamethrower
* Added The Axtinguisher, The Backburner, and The Flare Gun
* Hadouken taunt now kills people it hits
* Tuned the flamethrower hit detection to improve detection versus retreating opponents
* Removed Flamethrower's damage falloff (was falling off to 25% by the end)

cp_well
* Added a route from the forward central foyer up to the battlements
* Redistributed health and ammunition throughout the bases

ctf_well
* Added a route from the forward central foyer up to the battlements
* Removed central building, reduced overall map length
* Redistributed health and ammunition throughout the bases

Other Notes
* Removed Soldier's 40% damage reduction from his own rockets. Does not affect rocket jumps
* In-game avatar images will now have a badge around them if the player is your friend
* Fixed bug that allowed players to move around in a reference pose
* Added custom death icons for unlockable weapons
* The player join team message now specifies whether the player used the auto team option
* Payload maps now support four control points per stage
* Achievement dialog will stay open when you're moving in & out of the game and the main menu
* Added full Russian localization, with both fonts & speech
* Returned the "Report a Bug" option to the main menu
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Following yesterday’s Meet the Sniper machinima, Valve has released the full details on upgrades to the Pyro class in Team Fortress 2.Along with 35 new Achievements (Dance Dance Immolation for the win!), there are three new weapons at the Pyro’s disposal and two new maps, selected from the finest of community-made maps out there. CP_Fastlane and CTF_Turbine are sure to make for an interesting game, even if ... » Read More

Coinciding with the Pyro update to Team Fortress today, Valve has released the latest video in its "Meet the Team" machinima ads, chronicling the life of a sniper.As with the rest of the advertisements, the video is constructed using the game engine and focuses around the personalities and tactics of the class.Watch it now:Previous entries in the series include, Meet the Heavy, Meet the Soldier, Meet the Engineer, Meet ... » Read More

Though the official details aren't slated to arrive until tomorrow, the latest Team Fortress 2 character vignette contains a brief glimpse of Pyro's second unlockable weapon.
The device, which appears to be a blunderbuss, joins the Axtinguisher as one of the three unlockable weapons for the fire-happy Pyro class.

As with the recent Medic update, the weapons will be available to players once they earn a set number of class-specific achievements.

Hit the jump for images and a video.
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A complete list of the 35 new Pyro-specific achievements in Team Fortress 2 was leaked along with their respective images.
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Here it is folks, enjoy!
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Valve has just announced, in addition to the new weapons, levels and achievements for the Pyro, that players will be able to play Team Fortress 2 for free this weekend starting this Friday.
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CVG writes: "'Axstinguiser' weapon coming in next update, which focuses on the class with the flamethrower

Valve has released the first details on the next class revamp planned for Team Fortress 2, which as we revealed focuses on the Pyro.

"We've almost completely wrapped up the next big release for Team Fortress 2, which will focus on the Pyro class," reads the latest Steam update.

'We've spent time looking at how the recent Medic release went, and have rolled feedback from that release into the new item designs for the Pyro and into the design of the achievements required to unlock those items.'"
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The Pyro class is next in line to receive an Achievement and unlockables upgrade in Team Fortress 2, Valve has confirmed. The last class to receive the upgrade goods was the Medic, whom can now receive unlockable weapons for collecting specific Achievements based on its healing abilities.For example, earn all 36 of the Medic's achievements and you can get your hands on The Ubersaw, "which will take damage done in melee ... » Read More