Team Fortress 2 didn’t exactly go anywhere, but I couldn’t tell you the last time myself or someone I knew actually played it. What was once at the height of popularity on Steam slowly faded into obscurity, became plagued with bots, and later was bereft of any major updates.
]]>A whole bunch of Valve assets have leaked, as well as some cut content for classics like Team Fortress 2 and Half-Life 2.
]]>There are so many sub-genres of shooter that the best FPS games you can play right now vary wildly based on your preferences. After all, there’s no concrete formula when it comes to developing a first-person shooter: there are multiplayer battle royales, action-adventure shoot ‘em ups, and innovative takes on the genre which blend unique mechanics into the mix.
]]>Gaming is a pricey hobby, but not every game comes with an up-front cost — and indeed, the best free-to-play games never require you to spend a single penny of your own cash in order to enjoy them to the fullest.
]]>Team Fortress 2 has been plagued by bot issues for a while now, but Valve has finally pledged to fix them.
]]>Team Fortress 2 gets spooky with the latest update.
]]>The Scout from Team Fortress 2 is coming to Fall Guys.
]]>Team Fortress 2 Classic - a mod inspired by old-school TF2 - is available for players to download now.
]]>The leaked Team Fortress 2 code has some very colourful notes from developers.
]]>The recently leaked source code for two of Valve's biggest games should not result in compromised security for those games.
]]>A Steam Workshop moderation process is being applied to Valve's own games on the platform.
]]>A recently discovered hole in Valve's API revealed precise data for total number of players on Steam games - and Team Fortress 2 still leads the pack.
]]>Team Fortress 2 just received a big update that focuses on improving matchmaking, both for casual as well as competitive.
]]>The so called "catbot" bans some Team Fortress 2 players have been reporting are not as random as we were led to believe.
]]>Loot boxes are not inherently bad.
]]>Team Fortress 2 is getting a big surprise update called Jungle Inferno.
]]>If you thought Valve turning game submissions over to fans was a big deal, buckle up.
]]>A former Valve artists has shared some fantastic art for potential female Team Fortress 2 characters.
]]>In October, Team Fortress 2 will turn 10 years old. Before it hits this milestone, an update's coming to clean up some balance issues.
]]>Tempted to gamble your TF2 items? Valve has a suggestion for you: don't.
]]>2016 may have been Steam's biggest year in terms of the number of games released, but none of them topped the most-played charts.
]]>Team Fortress 2 is a multiplayer class shooter with no real narrative. Why am I so into its lore?
]]>TF2 fans will still get a taste of Scream Fortress action this year even though there's no new event.
]]>Valve releases a patch to fix Team Fortress 2's Meet Your Match update.
]]>Team Fortress 2 fans are not happy with the new Casual play mode - but they won't need to be angry for long.
]]>Team Fortress 2's summer update is more than just ranked play.
]]>Nine years later, Team Fortress 2 is getting competitive.
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]]>Valve is finally close to bringing a competitive mode to Team Fortress 2.
]]>Team Fortress 2 is finally embracing ranked play.
]]>Team Fortress 2 has received another major event-based update.
]]>The winners of the Steam Workshop Arkham Knight contest in Team Fortress 2 have been announced.
]]>You can now wear Gabe Newell's face as headgear in Team Fortress 2.
]]>This year's Scream Fortress includes a bunch of new content and everything you loved in the past.
]]>Team Fortress 2 is threatened by an alien menace in the latest special event.
]]>To stay focused on the next update, Valve will activate all six of their previous Halloween updates this year instead of creating a new one.
]]>Team Fortress 2 has received a new game mode that incorporates elements of sports into the free-to-play shooter.
]]>Team Fortress 2 content has been added to the simulation game I Am Bread.
]]>Team Fortress 2 just got a hefty update, but there's some evidence it contains the seeds of even more to come.
]]>The latest Team Fortress 2 update adds lots of new content for the budding gun collector in us all.
]]>Splatoon. Team Fortress 2. Together at last.
]]>Team Fortress 2 map makers now have a place to share their in-development creations for valuable work-in-progress feedback.
]]>Team Fortress 2 will soon feature support for competitive matchmaking, which Valve says is a "high priority" project for it at the moment.
]]>End of the Line is the latest community update for Team Fortress 2 and Valve's released the details and an impressive short film to celebrate.
]]>The millions of fans who get to play and enjoy Team Fortress 2 will now have a little something extra to look forward to, thanks to recent community creations.
]]>Valve is making some changes to counter hackers and people who just idle for gifts in the upcoming yearly Halloween update for Team Fortress 2.
]]>Valve as brought back five years' worth of its Scream Fortress events to prepare folks for the latest Team Fortress 2 Halloween mode.
]]>Team Fortress 2 is once again the subject of this year's all-round winner of the Saxxy Awards, Valve's celebration of the best of Source Filmmaker productions.
]]>Team Fortress 2 is not part of the US military-industrial complex (or is it??), but that didn't stop a Russian documentary from using a piece of fan art as an example of war propaganda.
]]>Meet the Team Fortress 2 characters as you've never seen them before - cute, cheeky, mischievous-looking kids. The fan art is by Vanessa Lalonde, a skilled Canadian artist who's also turned her pen to a handful of other game and comic characters - check out the gallery here.
]]>Team Fortress fans: sign up now help build the future of Valve's free-to-play multiplayer shooter.
]]>The latest Team Fortress 2 short gives the red team ust three days to live. What will Scout, Spy, Heavy and the rest of the crew do with their final hours?
]]>Team Fortress 2 developer Valve is counting down to something over on a newly-opened countdown site. Look, can we just have Half-Life 3 please Gabe?
]]>Valve could clean up with a Steam all-star crossover beat-em-up like Super Smash Bros. The proof's in this neat fan-made trailer.
]]>If you've ever encountered that Source engine error where various games crash part way through loading a map, today's round of Valve patches will be right up your alley.
]]>Valve has released an online-only Team Fortress digital comic aimed at catching folks up on the happens with the lore over the last seven years. It's all part of Free Comic Book Day.
]]>The DLC season pass for BioShock Infinite now provides an extra perk: some new hats and a doll for Team Fortress 2. BioShock creators and caretakers Irrational Games have announced on their blog that in the near future season pass holders will receive a Ben Franklin mask, a George Washington mask and a Mister Bubbles doll in their Steam inventories. See below for a look at this stuff.
]]>Team Fortress 2 has been updated, and while the patch notes are mostly fixes and tweaks, there's one standout feature - a quickplay option for official Valve servers only. No more accidentally jumping into the Official Fursuit TF2 Group's annual meeting, which is probably a thing that happens.
]]>Noticed some weird happenings in your Steam Library today? Some users have reported a strange error where the game labelled "Team Fortress 2" is actually Left 4 Dead, and vice versa. The issue only seems to apply to Valve-developed games, and doesn't seem to cause any major problems, but Valve has suggested a pretty simple fix which may resolve it for you.
]]>League of Legends developer Riot Games has revealed that its MOBA generated $624 million in revenue through 2013. However, it wasn't 2013's biggest F2P money-maker. Can you guess what was?
]]>Remember how Team Fortress 2 and Dota 2 item creators had earned over $10 million in royalties by June 2013? Turns out that figure was generated by a surprisingly small number of creators.
]]>This year's crop of Saxxy Award winners show off just how creative and talented the Team Fortress 2 community is, putting Source Filmmaker to work to produce some genuinely delightful shorts.
]]>Team Fortress 2's Medic is even more useful now that the Two Cities update has arrived; it takes us to his hometown of Rottenburg, gives him a revive ability, and powers up the shield's capabilities. Also: here's one of Valve's famous videos.
]]>Team Fortress 2's next update is called Two Cities, and while we don't yet have full details Valve has dropped a number of teases as to what's to come.
]]>Enjoying Team Fortress 2's Hallowe'en celebration? So you ought, but according to the Team Fortress 2 blog, where you'll find full patch notes, it wasn't quite perfect. Valve has issued an update making a few fixes to the spooky event, as well as to the general TF2 experience. As ever, restart your Steam client if the patch hasn't downloaded automatically.
]]>Scream Fortress 2013 is upon us, bringing with it a new map, spells, achievements, and lots, lots more.
]]>Team Fortress 2 has received a new patch, which adds the Fall 2013 Acorns Crate and Gourd Crate keys. What is inside these crates? I am uncertain, but with Halowe'en just a few weeks away I have suspicions. The patch also applies a number of fixes including blocking automated craft bots from making hats and the like, and changes to Strange Part. Check the full TF2 patch notes for more information.
]]>Valve has announced that it's bringing back the Saxxy Awards for a third year. As always, the awards will be given to those with exceptional talent in making clips using Source Filmmaker and Team Fortress 2 assets.
]]>Valve has updated Team Fortress 2 with a variety of fixes; there doesn't seem to be any new content or major balancing corrections this time. A noclip exploit has been closed, and problems with Windows XP and the Rump-o'-Lantern have been corrected. Check the full patch notes for more details.
]]>Team Fortress 2 has received a new update, courtesy of Valve. The patch makes chemistry sets easier to use, along with other fixes. Get the full patch notes here.
]]>Total War: Rome 2 pre-purchases through Steam will hand buyers a wreath in the Team Fortress 2 inventory which upon being equipped, will change the look of TF2 to Rome 2. It's mad fun, really.
]]>Team Fortress 2's latest game update will put a stop to players idling to rack up game time. Previously, idle players could simply turn the game on and walk away to earn play-time rewards. Valve has now blocked the practice.
]]>Valve has unleashed an enormous title update for Team Fortress 2. The full patch notes are, as promised, extensive; if you're a fan, you probably want to go through them with a fine-toothed comb to find out how Valve's major weapon and item rebalance and map redesigns will affect you. The update itself 875 MB. TF2 is one of the most popular class-based multiplayer shooters in the world, and is free-to-play.
]]>Valve is bringing a huge pile of changes to Team Fortress 2 in an upcoming update, including overhauls to a number of weapons - and nerf to the Dead Ringer.
]]>Valve has big plans for Team Fortress 2's next update, starting with a couple of new maps and fixes to some of the more easily-exploited existing layouts.
]]>Team Fortress 2's latest update reeks like Steam's summer sale, which - in case you wondered - smells like empty leather wallets.
]]>Surgeon Simulator 2013 and Team Fortress 2 have teamed up thanks to Bossa Studios and Valve, adding the Medic and Heavy into the mix.
]]>Team Fortress 2 community members have had a total of $10 million paid out, and the 60 or so who participated in Robotic Boogaloo made a quarter of a million between them.
]]>Valve has announced on the Team Fortress 2 blog that the first community created update for the game, Robotic Boogaloo, is live.
]]>Team Fortress 2 developer Valve has dropped the update-bomb today, with a brand new patch that integrates the studio's new "Steampipe" content delivery method, among other things.
]]>Team Fortress 2 is getting some more Linux love from Valve this week, thanks to a new patch that addresses some client and physics issues. We've got the patch notes here.
]]>More from i48 in the UK this afternoon, with top Team Fortress 2 players going head-to-head for cash and glory. We're now live.
]]>Team Fortress 2 will add a "VR mode" this week, compatible with the Oculus Rift headset.
]]>Team Fortress 2 developer Valve has updated the game's Linux build to improve stability and to factor in some weird and wonderful Tomb Raider items.
]]>You can play Team Fortress 2 without paying any money, but will you be on an even keel with people who do drop some cash on better, crafted weapons than the free ones? Crytek's Cervat Yerli says no, and that TF2 is only "70 percent free-to-play."
]]>The crowdfunding effort for indie fighter Skullgirls is still going great guns, with Lab Zero Games able to add a bonus stage to the mix - but drawing back from a promise to deliver a Team Fortress 2 hat.
]]>Valve has announced the Linux client for Steam is now available with 50 Linux titles on sale for 50-75% off until Wednesday, February 21. You can grab the client from the Ubuntu Software Center. Team Fortress 2 is also now available on Steam for Linux and for a limited time, users will automatically receive a free in-game item: Tux, the Linux mascot. It's the penguin. Additional Valve titles available on Steam for Linux include Half-Life, Counter-Strike 1.6, and Counter-Strike: Source, Big Picture, and access to the Steam for Linux Community Hub.
]]>Valve founder Gabe Newell has given an hour-long lecture about his company's creation, the state of the games industry and insight into its various games and tools. Newell discussed all of this and more at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas yesterday, and it's a very interesting chat that touches on the issue of productivity in the PC market and the shipping of the original Half-Life.
]]>Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed will feature the Pyro, Heavy, and Spy from Team Fortress 2, SEGA has announced. The characters were first leaked for the title back in November. Shogun of the Total War series and the Manager Man from the Football Manager series are also included.It will be made available for PC digital download on January 31 for £19.99/$29.99/€24.99. A video is below.
]]>San Francisco Game Developers Conference organisers have begun announcing some of this year's panels and exhibitions, shedding light on an interesting development from Valve. A pair of talks appear to focus on the building of head-mounted displays, with particular attention on a free-to-play virtual reality port of Team Fortress 2.
]]>Team Fortress 2 is no stranger to weird and wonderful head-gear. An update from Mann Co. on the TF2 Blog reveals that nine of the game store's hats have become doused in rotten mayonnaise and have to be sold off quickly. Once they're gone, they're gone. Better get in quick.
]]>Team Fortress 2 developer Valve has lifted the lid on its festive Mann Vs Machine event, which sees players battling the mecha-horde across a new Big Rock map, and more.
]]>It seems to be a good day for Valve crossovers; Team Fortress 2 is about to snaffle a swag of new Adult Swim items. My approach to cable TV is somewhat Amish in nature so I can't illuminate the situation any further, but this Adult Swim page shows off some of the items. The new DLC will be presented in a dedicated Adult Swim store but has not been dated beyond "soon".
]]>Team Fortress 2 isn't shy when it comes to festive celebrations. Gamers have spotted that 'naughty' and 'nice' crates have been popping up in the game following an overnight patch. Get the details below.
]]>Valve has registered three domain names for what could be a handful of movies, or one large project. The domains are FreeToPlayTheMovie.com, AheadOfTheGameTheMovie.com and AheadOfTheGameMovie.com. Get the details below.
]]>Sonic All Stars Racing Transformed will be released on PC at some point, and when it lands on the system, it will contain Team Fortress 2 characters - according to the video posted below.
]]>Scribblenauts Unlimited pre-orders on Steam will unlock a Team Fortress 2 hat modelled after Maxwell's rooster cap.
]]>Team Fortress 2's fifth yearly Mixup match has been detailed. It's a fundraiser game featuring some of the PC world's biggest names. Those who donate most to the charity will have a better chance of playing alongside Notch, the game's creator Robin Walker, and more. Check out the details below.
]]>Company of Heroes 2 pre-purchase customers on Steam have collectively unlocked the first tier of rewards. Early bird customers can now doll up their Team Fortress 2 characters with military insignia and head gear, but there's another tier waiting to be unlocked once enough people pre-purchase the game, and it's something rather neat indeed.
]]>Check out the Team Fortress 2 homepage - what's going on with the Spy's head? Click the skull-like visage and you'll be taken to a mysterious classifieds page torn from a magazine or newspaper. If there are any clues as to what Valve has in store for its free-to-play shooter this Halloween, except the fanbase to have wrangled them from the publisher's teases in short order. Otherwise, stay tuned.
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