Jan 16, 2008 Valve has revealed tweaks in the pipeline for Team Fortress 2 classes in the wake of news that the developer plans "a large scale modification" to the core of the game. According to Valve's Robin Walker, the Pyro is set to receive an important boost and the developer's tinkering with the Solider too. "We are indeed investigating Soldier changes, and one of the changes we're trying out is focused on making Soldiers a little more careful firing their rockets at point blank ...
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14 Jan 2008

New Team Fortress maps shun 360, PS3?

PS3 News | Team Fortress 2

Jan 14, 2008 Two new Team Fortress 2 maps that are being created by Valve may not be released for Xbox 360 and PS3. ShackNews reports that the developer has told them that the maps are "undecided" for the consoles. But they will definitely release on Team Fortress 2 on PC. One of the new maps remains a mystery, however the other is a remake of Badlands, which players of Team Fortress Classic will be familiar with. Valve additionally expects to ship other TF2 content before the two maps ...
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11 Jan 2008

New TF2 Maps, Achievements and 'Large Scale' Gameplay Shift Within 2 Months

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PS3 - Team Fortress 2 - New TF2 Maps, Achievements and 'Large Scale' Gameplay Shift Within 2 Months

Two new maps for Valve's Team Fortress 2 will hopefully arrive within the next two months, the studio has informed Shacknews.

One of the new arenas is a remake of Team Fortress Classic's Badlands map, with an emphasis on more vertically-oriented gameplay due to the presence of control points on towering spires.

"Our estimate is that both these maps should be out within the next 2 months," Valve employee Robin Walker told Shacknews. "We expect to ship other new content before that."
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31 Dec 2007

The Orange Box and 19 Games Available for $75 on Steam

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PS3 - Team Fortress 2 - The Orange Box and 19 Games Available for $75 on Steam

As if The Orange Box weren't already the best value in gaming, those who have yet to make the $50 plunge can get an even better deal through Valve's Steam service. For a mere $75 gamers can purchase Orange Box and 19 additional titles.

If you already have The Orange Box then you can still get some more Half-Life goodness by downloading the game's main tune, "Still Alive" by Jonathan Coultan at Amazon.com. The entire album is discounted by about $2, available at Amazon for $7.99.
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12 Dec 2007

New Team Fortress 2 maps in the pipe

PS3 News | Team Fortress 2

Dec 12, 2007 Valve Software is set to release new maps for Team Fortress 2, the team-based multiplayer sequel featured in The Orange Box. Shacknews reports that the developer plans to release the maps individually for PC and in a map pack for TF2 on Xbox 360. As yet there's been no mention of the maps releasing for the PS3 version. Quite what the maps are and precisely when they'll be released also has yet to be announced. In related news, a patch for Team Fortress 2 on Xbox 360 that ...
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10 Dec 2007

Valve on art style: industry plays it safe

PS3 News | Team Fortress 2

Dec 10, 2007 Valve's art director on Team Fortress 2 reckons games have a long way to go when it comes to art style. "I think video games are at such infancy in terms of art style, actually developing it. We're dealing with 4000 years, really, of art and conceptual design," Moby Francke told Gamasutra. "For it really not to be utilized, and for the industry to basically dwell in a certain type of genre, which has been around the 1980s up to present time - it's pretty much all they're ...
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10 Oct 2007

Team Fortress 2: The Demoman speaks

PS3 News | Team Fortress 2

Oct 10, 2007 Here we go again. Valve effortlessly displaying its rapier wit and sublime touch for character, with the fourth 'Meet the...' video feature from Team Fortress 2. This time it's the Demoman who's ready for his close up and personal monologue. And reet funny it is too, like. We've been playing The Orange Box all day, from Team Fortress 2's chaotic action to Portal's deliciously atmospheric brainwrangling. This movie just about puts the cherry right on the top of the cake. Speaking ...
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9 Oct 2007

Team Fortress 2 primer

PS3 News | Team Fortress 2

Oct 9, 2007 The Orange Box goes live at 12:00 am Pacific Time on Oct 10, and 8:00 am in the UK. If you're on the beta now, prepare to own some noobs when the great unwashed come flooding in. And if you haven't preordered, you're going to need a headstart. Either way, it's time to brush up on a few of the lesser-known factors in the TF2 ...
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3 Oct 2007

Rumour: Team Fortress 2 beta not as stable as first assumed ?

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PS3 - Team Fortress 2 - Rumour: Team Fortress 2 beta not as stable as first assumed ?

Opposable Thumbs (Ars Technica's Journal) have shown their love for Team Fortress 2 a few times, and have also noted the game's surprising stability for a beta. Those remarks haven't been sitting well with some people, it turns out.

Opposable Thumbs received an e-mail from a reader who wanted to talk about some fairly catastrophic error experiences:
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26 Sep 2007

TF2 - Friendly Fire Being Removed

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PS3 - Team Fortress 2 - TF2 - Friendly Fire Being Removed

RPS can confirm that friendly fire will indeed be removed from Team Fortress 2 in the update rolling out in a couple of hours.

Lead developer Robin Walker told us that he did indeed email German forum Gamestar to say that the mode was never meant to be left in.

"We shipped it by mistake, as it wasn't something we wanted to be a part of the game. We haven't built the game around having it in, and it just stops it from working," explains Walker. Breaking both the Spy and the Pyro, the TF2 team decided that friendly fire prevented the game from being any fun to play, and it will soon be gone completely.
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