"Team Fortress 2" has had a big year, for the introduction of user-created items to its arrival on Mac and the recent Engineer update. Valve's implementing at least one more tweak to the game, however, and when they do you'll be able trade items with your friends and try out a whole new mode.
New items and hats will arrive as well, courtesy of the recent Polycount contest that was held, and Valve's planning to launch the updates next month, according to a report on PC Gamer where "Team Fortress 2" creator Robin Walker who spoke about his company's intentions.
Valve isn't talking specifics at this point as far as what the new game mode will consist of, but they are promising to go the extra mile with the Polycount items, admitting that some previous offerings haven't been up to snuff.
"We definitely have lowballed those in the past, in that...
New items and hats will arrive as well, courtesy of the recent Polycount contest that was held, and Valve's planning to launch the updates next month, according to a report on PC Gamer where "Team Fortress 2" creator Robin Walker who spoke about his company's intentions.
Valve isn't talking specifics at this point as far as what the new game mode will consist of, but they are promising to go the extra mile with the Polycount items, admitting that some previous offerings haven't been up to snuff.
"We definitely have lowballed those in the past, in that...
- 8/12/2010
- by Brian Warmoth
- MTV Multiplayer
"Team Fortress 2" has introduced more than just greeting cards for the 2009 holiday season. In fact, you can add the game's new "crafting" feature and a comic to their gift list this year. Both were included the "TF2" blog this weekend with the announcement that the so-called Soldier/Demo war has been stuffing lead designer Robin Walker's in-box full of feedback emails.
Crafting now enables players to piece together miscellaneous items in their inventory that might otherwise be useless, according to the "TF2" website. Those new constructable items will be made possible by blueprints, which the game will make available in various ways, sort of like a cookbook.
"Blueprints—some of which you’ll get right off the bat, others of which you’ll have to puzzle out on your own—will tell you which ingredients you’ll need to combine to make different items," the announcement states. "Think of blueprints as recipes,...
Crafting now enables players to piece together miscellaneous items in their inventory that might otherwise be useless, according to the "TF2" website. Those new constructable items will be made possible by blueprints, which the game will make available in various ways, sort of like a cookbook.
"Blueprints—some of which you’ll get right off the bat, others of which you’ll have to puzzle out on your own—will tell you which ingredients you’ll need to combine to make different items," the announcement states. "Think of blueprints as recipes,...
- 12/14/2009
- by Brian Warmoth
- MTV Multiplayer
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