Valve has publicly acknowledged Team Fortress 2 bot issues following a community-led peaceful protest on social media, promising that the team is “working to improve things”. While that’s music to the ears of some, for others, it’s far too soon to call it a win. Fans gathered through #SaveTF2 (opens …
Read More »10 games to play on Halloween
Screw tricks or treats, lets play games Traditionally, Halloween festivities include trick-or-treating, pumpkin carving, costume parties, and watching scary movies. This year, you should ditch antics like bobbing for apples–which is totally gross–and instead opt for something better than tricks and/or treats. Were talking video games. Heres a mix of …
Read More »Why Team Fortress 2 is one of the greatest games ever made
What year are we talking about? The question needs to be asked because Valve’s Team Fortress 2 is like Madonna in this way, where each period of invention and reinvention warrants acclaim in its own right, in many cases warrants inclusion to this list in its own right, but when …
Read More »“Meet the Pyro” TF2 video arrives and its amazing, horrifying
Unfortunately, Meet the Pyro will likely be the very last of the official Meet the Team videos that we’ve enjoyed so much over the years. However, we’re likely going to hear more about Valve’s TF2 collaboration (opens in new tab) with Adult Swim soon. You may notice that the end …
Read More »Valves Steam Trading feature goes live
Valve’s Steam Trading feature has gone live, graduating from a four-week beta in which over 1,000,000 exchanges took advantage of the system. The feature adds an Item Inventory to your Steam Community profile, allowing Steam Gifts and items within compatible games to be traded with other users. So far, only …
Read More »Steam trading beta lets you exchange in-game items and (some) digital games
One drawback with purchasing a digital copy of a game is that there’s nothing to do with it when you’re tired of playing. Valve’s new program, Steam Gifts, doesn’t solve that problem, but it is a step towards letting players to get rid of unwanted games — which is a …
Read More »Team Fortress 2 is now FREE-TO-PLAY, “Meet the Medic” short launches
If you like Brink or Monday Night Combat, you owe it to yourself to check out Team Fortress 2. When it comes to class-based shooters, no one does it better than Valve. And now that Team Fortress 2 is free-to-play for PC and Mac, you really have no excuse. After …
Read More »TF2 Über Update übertaneously updated with gifts for the Sniper and Demoman
The überness continues over at the Team Fortress 2 website, where Valve has revealed another pair of character packs set to drop as part of the game’s Über Update this Thursday. Entitled Timbuk Tuesday, the desert themed freebies include new gear for the Sniper and Demoman, aka the Lawrence of …
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