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Team Fortress 2 Updates Soldier On With New Modes, New Weapons Next Month*

Now that every Team Fortress 2 class has received his (or her) class updates, where does developer Valve go from here? Onward and upward, with at least one new substantial update, due soon(ish).


December 11, 2009
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Team Fortress 2′s “The War Update” Lets Players Vote With Kills

Valve’s next Team Fortress 2 update will add new maps, new “surprises” and new weapons for the Soldier and Demoman classes. Somewhat surprisingly, a seventh top secret weapon is also en route. And it’s up for grabs.


December 9, 2009
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Team Fortress 2 Mystery Update Is “Not A New Game Mode”

The most recent update to Valve’s two-year-old shooter Team Fortress 2 did more than just fix bugs, it added a bunch of new sound files for the game’s Announcer, newly referencing friendships, betrayals and mercenaries. So, new game mode? Nope!


July 22, 2009
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Valve Rethinking Team Fortress 2 Item Drops

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.


July 7, 2009
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New Demo Format For Team Fortress 2 Nearing Beta

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.


May 29, 2009
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Valve: Team Fortress 2 Random-Item Issues Improved Last Night

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.


May 23, 2009
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Meet The Players Unhappy With The New TF2 Update

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.


May 6, 2009
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Valve Teases Team Fortress 2′s Close Range Sniper Update

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.


January 22, 2009
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Team Fortress 2 Getting One More New Gameplay Mode

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.


November 15, 2008
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Left 4 Dead Teases Tenth Team Fortress 2 Class

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!”