Shacknews, in addition to sporting a sexy new visual upgrade, has an excellent in-depth preview of Valve's upcoming team shooter Team Fortress 2, still on schedule to ship for the PC, Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 in October.

The preview provides further details on the game's classes—their skills, weapons and attributes—as well as touching on the specifics of Valve's new dynamic map system. The only bad news to come out of the preview is that Team Fortress 2 will ship with an anemic map count. Only six maps will be available at launch, making even Shadowrun look content heavy. Valve's justification for the low map count, that gamers tend to stick to a handful of familiar maps, rings true but still doesn't sit well.

Regardless, this bonus multiplayer game included with the Half-Life 2: Orange Box still looks amazing, with the new screenshots cementing my opinion that TF2 is the best looking game ever. Michael McWhertor

Team Fortress 2 Preview [Shacknews]