There’s a new item in Team Fortress 2 that the Scout can employ which plays music. Sounds pretty trivial, but man, you’ve got to read Valve’s description of the item.
Brazilian artist Will Murai has worked extensively in the video games, comics and advertising industries. But that’s not why we’re here today. We’re talking about Will because of his amazing fan art.
Should you ever feel the need to propose to that special someone in the middle of a game of Team Fortress 2, you can now do just that, after developers Valve added an official wedding ring to the game.
Done with that Zynga story? Thought that was all the economics you were getting today? Nope. While he’s not recommending investor action, writer Paul Manwaring did some number crunching and conservatively valued Team Fortress 2‘s unique items economy at, oh, about $US50 million.
I celebrate Australian Christmas with cold beer and barbecued meat. Valve, well, Valve celebrate it a little differently. In 2010 they took Team Fortress 2 all medieval, and in 2011, they’re sending it into space.
Prop builder Zander Brandt, whose awesome Mass Effect rifle we’ve featured previously, has for his next project done something a little faster, a little more obnoxious.
It shouldn’t be hard to guess who it is, either. Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson was invited to play in Team Fortress 2‘s third Mixup event. Playing on RED, he was teamed with Valve’s Jon Lippincott and Cobalt’s Daniel Brynolf (against a BLU comprising filmmaker Freddy Wong, Valve’s Robin Walker, and others). After Notch collected the “Primeval Warrior” medal in a later game, Walker also presented him with the “Top Notch” hat.
The creators of this video, HouseholdGamer, call this series of Skyrim tweaks a “Team Fortress 2″ mode. I can see the resemblance, but to me, it looks like like a Killer7 mode.
If you’d like a free insane costume for the Heavy in Team Fortress 2, you have about two days to pick it up. It also helps if you want Saints Row :The Third on PC, as that’s what you have to preorder to grab it.
