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Valve Rethinking Team Fortress 2 Item Drops

3:30PM Luke Plunkett | To try and make things easier on newer players, Valve recently instituted a “random drop” policy regarding rare items in Team Fortress 2. It was a bad idea. One they regret, and are looking at changing in the future. More »
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New Demo Format For Team Fortress 2 Nearing Beta

8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Via email, Valve mentioned that it was developing a new demo type format — for Team Fortress 2 or perhaps all Steam Games. This comes as players have been breaking demo files after downloading new updates. More »
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Valve: Team Fortress 2 Random-Item Issues Improved Last Night

8:30AM Stephen Totilo | Some tweaks on Valve’s side of things may already have improved the controversial but still-evolving new system the company has been using to randomly grant players access to new items in Team Fortress 2. More »
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Meet The Players Unhappy With The New TF2 Update

8:30AM Michael McWhertor | After a week’s worth of largely entertaining Team Fortress 2 “Spy Vs. Sniper” updates, Valve has released new content for two of the game’s classes. But things aren’t exactly going as planned. More »
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Valve Teases Team Fortress 2’s Close Range Sniper Update

9:40AM Michael McWhertor | The Team Fortress 2 team isn’t quite yet ready to reveal what changes are in store for the game’s Sniper class, on deck to receive new unlockables, but it’s quite ready to tease those additions. More »
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Team Fortress 2 Getting One More New Gameplay Mode

8:40AM Michael McWhertor | Valve’s team-based shooter Team Fortress 2 may have at least one more gameplay mode left in it, according to the developer’s Robin Walker. On top of that, a tenth class is in the works. More »

Left 4 Dead Teases Tenth Team Fortress 2 Class

11:40AM Michael McWhertor | Eagle-eyed Kotaku reader Srider spied something interesting during his playthrough of the Left 4 Dead demo, amusingly enough on the back of an in-game box of “Chocobites” cereal. Seen in the first apartment in the game’s first campaign — and wherever cereal is eaten in Left 4 Dead — the back of the box promises a free six-inch Team Fortress 2 action figure. The catch? It teases us to “collect all 10!” More »