Team Fortress 2 Free-To-Play

Team Fortress 2 Free-to-play

 Team Fortress 2 is now free-to-play. Just download and install and you can play the game as it is. They still have a premium account which is for those who have purchased it before free-to-play or activated a retail game or have made a purchase from the store.

The comparison between the two accounts are not that huge game-wise.


So, people who don't get TF2 now are CRAZY!

Free to play FAQ
And don't forget Meet to the Medic

The MANN-Conomy Update

Team Fortress 2: Mann-conomy Item Sets

With this update, Valve is turning TF2 into something like Diablo. There're item sets now. Gather all the items in a set to get an added bonus.

For example, gather all the items for the Tank Buster set (The Black Box, The Batallion's Backup and The Grenadier's Softcap) and you'll get a resistance to damage caused by sentries by 20%.

If the items seems familiar well, it should. They were the result of the contest that was made at Polycount, a 3D modelling community. The contest was held from 24th May to 28th June and the winners were announced on 12th July early this year.

Like all things TF2, some of the items here are outrageous and funny. Imagine being hit by the Holy Mackeral (Scout Baseball Bat replacement which is a mackeral wrapped in a newspaper). Personally, the Spy's new hat, the Familiar Fez, cracks me up.

It amazes me every time I see things like this. It just goes to show how close to their community Valve is... unlike lets say, Ubisoft.

Team Fortress 2: Mann-conomy Item Sets

TF2 Polycount Pack Contest Winners

TF2 Polycount Pack Contest

Team Fortress 2: The war is over!

Team Fortress 2: Victory!

Finally, the Soldier is the victor in this war. And the reward, are these special shoes:

Originally designed to solve the problems of going up to the second floors before stairs were invented, these boots now serve to reduce the amount of damage received while rocket jumping (or sticky jump if it were for the Demoman)

The week-long war have seen a very close match between the two classes. With 6,406,065 dead Demomen and 6,372,979 dead Soldiers. It was a close match that surprised even the developers.

Good job Demomen. Even though we lost, we put up a good fight.

Team Fortress 2 Blog: The War Update

Team Fortress 2 Blog: It's a Bloodbath!

Team Fortress 2 Blog: War, Day 2

Team Fortress 2 Blog: Weekend Update

Team Fortress 2 Blog: Casualties of War

Team Fortress 2 Blog: The Big Red One

Team Fortress 2 Blog: It's Close: 5,727,928 Soldiers, 5,742,720 Demos

Team Fortress 2 Blog: Countdown: War ends in less than an hour

Team Fortress 2 Blog: VI Day

Team Fortress 2 Blog: And the winner is...

Team Fortress 2: WAR!!!

Team Fortress 2 - Halloween Special

Team Fortress 2: Pumpkin Patch

Team Fortress 2 Halloween Special
Apparently there's a new King Of The Hill map - koth_harvest that is haunted by the ghost of old Zepheniah Mann.
An interesting event where you can shoot pumpkins to make them blow up near enemies and meet the haunting ghost of Zepheniah Mann who causes players to freeze in fear.

Guard Dog - Classless Update Day #2!

Another update for the Guard Dog mock Team Fortress Update. Complete with new hats and maps (oh my god, he added ctf_convoy! :))).

Team Fortress 2 Guard Dog Update - Day #2

Valve and the Community

Valve Software, the creators of Team Fortress 2, Left4Dead, Portal, and the Half-Life series. They have a knack for not taking things seriously in a serious way. They even play along with some of the eccentricities in the community. Which makes it pretty fun.

This is especially true in the Team Fortress 2 community. The game itself is over-the-top and humorous. Add to that the frequent replies of Mann Co., the fictional company that provides the Team Fortress 2 classes their equipment, and their CEO Saxton Hale just completes the picture (and I have to say, I am a HUGE fan of Team Fortress 2).

Here's a few compilations of their interactions with the community.

Giving sound advice on forum posting.