Huge Valve news came out of the latest EA summer press event: Team Fortress 2 is back! And it's got an approximate release date of later this year, simultaneous with Half-Life 2: Episode 2.

In sloppy 'live blog' style, Gamespot described what they saw of the game:

TEAM FORTRESS 2. WHERE DID THIS COME FROM? Hey, they're still making it! It's got a totally exaggerated, crazy art style now. Looks a little like Spy vs. Spy or No One Lives Forever, kind of a '60s spy feel. It's going to be the included multiplayer mode in Episode 2! Class-based, etc. You know the drill. Great news for shooter fans. We all thought this game was dead years ago.

We haven't seen any pictures of the new art style, but those of us who have had the privilege of getting various Valve employees drunk have heard mumblings that this project is still very real for years and would feature a stylized Cold War feel, so this is less a pleasant surprise than a confirmation that they weren't so drunk on Kotaku dollar they were hallucinating. Florian Eckhardt

360, PS3 Half-Life 2 top EA's Summer Showcase [Gamespot]

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