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more about #tf2 Gusdor: Correction there Plunkett! tf_bot_add red 5 It adds a single Jedi who spends the game checking out his visual scanning and pushing leetl cart into e... more » Ackers thanks Brian Ashcraft: So, if you had a each team full of bot you will finally be able to work out which team is better Red or Blu. more » Karth is Ego Tripping: That's nice, now how about those balancing updates for the game you broke? more » SuperTongue: Valve should eventually use these hand-in-hand with some sort of tutorial to the game. While being incredibly simple, small things like rotating your... more » NotTheGuy: The bot interface in the sdk has been broken since release, this prevented the mod community from creating bots. About a year and a half ago shows... more » Brazell: These could prove a formidable challenge to the game. Back before CS 1.5 came out, Valve created the "CS Bot" for the BETA roll-out of Steam... to at... more » NoBullet: You can also use the bots on other maps. Except they dont retrieve intel in CTF or push the cart in Payload. But they work great in CP and Arena. Loa... more » DouglasJayFalcon: So do I need my own server for this or can I just set up a match locally. That's right after years of playing I have no clue how to host local/lan mat... more » Danza: The coding for these is pretty much an exact copy of the L4D bots. Such is the beauty of source. more » Red-1: I really don't get the point of having bots...strange more » RawrSpoon: NO. GOD NO. DO NOT TELL THEM ABOUT THE BOTS. Pyros can reflect huntsmen and get a headshot, snipers will get headshots on rocket jumping soldiers, so... more » NickAVV: oh god, I do not want to see a day where TF2 is the utterly abandoned bot-riddled wasteland that poor TFC is. Of course, by then I'll be playing TF3 s... more » t33m killer: Have you seen this? [www.teamfortress.com] I found him on the victory page. more » deanbmmv: Remember folks, Kotakuites will be playing TF2 all weekend. Intermixed with L4D and, cos its also got a free week, Crysis Wars [steamcommunity.com] We... more » SonicTheMonkey: I'm not sure a pair of boots would be considered "a secret, exclusive seventh weapon." more » DefSheppard: Talk about a rough release for the update. Servers are borked all over - lag is never-ending. Now the weapon drops are INSANE. I have 4 of the 7 new ... more » Karth is Ego Tripping: Hey, guess what guys? Valve broke the game again! more » Super Violent St. Cannon- GOTY Edition: Just played about an hour ago and one of my buddies scored 2 Direct Hits within 5min lol I hardly got anything new except Equalizer. :P more » Gruntybreath: Demoman would have gotten something cool. Boots. Hah! more » [ZTF]Auspiciously Liminal: Servers are shot to hell, inventory system is FUBAR, and the matches I do play are virtually all Soldiers. And I couldn't be more excited. more » -
#tf2
Try Out Team Fortress 2's Bots
Valve have quietly been tinkering under Team Fortess 2's hood for some time now, and today would like you to try and help them test something out: officially-sanctioned, AI-controlled "bots". More » -
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TF2's War Ends With New Item, New Maps
And just like that, the war is over. The Soldiers, victorious, the Demomen, less so. The saying decrees that the victors get the spoils, and since the Soldiers won, their spoils are on the way. More » -
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Peace On Earth; TF2 War Ends, Soldiers Victorious
Valve announced the end to Team Fortress 2's Soldier vs. Demoman War with [update] Soldier winning the conflict, 6,406,065 Demomen killed versus 6,372,979 dispatched Soldiers. More » -
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TF2 Update Brings New Weapons, Achievements
Team Fortress 2's "War" update draws near it's conclusion with a bang today, both the Demoman and Soldier getting new items, new weapons and new achievements. More » -
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TF2's Propaganda Contest Winners Will Delight & Amaze
Well, this is a surprise. Those entrants in Team Fortress 2's propaganda competition we posted the other day? While good, they've got nothing on the eventual winners, which aren't just good. They're so much better than good. More » -
#tf2
TF2: Soldier Update, Free Weekend
Team Fortress 2's week of WAR rumbles on, yesterday's Demoman update followed today by a shiny new piece of kit for his arch enemy, the Soldier. More » -
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TF2 Update: Demoman Goes All Christopher Lambert (And A New Comic!)
Team Fortress 2's "WAR" update continues, with today's addition to the game being a couple of new in-game items for the Demoman. More » -
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Team Fortress 2 Propaganda Invokes The Spirit Of '42
You might have noticed. There's a war going on in Team Fortress 2 right now. Where there's war, there's propaganda, and where there's TF2 fans, there's great propaganda. More » -
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#tf2
Team Fortress 2 Craftily Crafts Crafting Update
The Team Fortress 2 blog deliberately buried the lede in its post yesterday, following 84 words of trivial nonsense with "Oh, also: Crafting." As in, yes, a weapon-making system will be coming to Team Fortress 2. Also: Saxton Hale. More » -
#dundundunnnn
Team Fortress 2: Friendship Ends In 1 Day
The blue Soldier and red Demoman are friends, and the administrator can't have that. "Call Mr. Hale. Tell him we have some custom orders for him. Tell him money is no object." Can Soldier and Demoman class updates be far behind?
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#valve
Valve: Team Fortress 2 Mystery Update 'Not A New Game Mode'
The most recent update to Valve's two-year-old shooter Team Fortress 2 did more than just fix bugs, it added a bunch of new sound files for the game's Announcer, newly referencing friendships, betrayals and mercenaries. So, new game mode? Nope! More » -
#clips
Next Team Fortress 2 Update To Get Friendly?
Watch this video. Listen to the lengthy looping of audio files reportedly dug up from the depths of TF2's latest update, dated December 7. Then try and make heads or tails of what it all means. More » -
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Travis Touchdown Gets Lost, Ends Up In Left 4 Dead, TF2
While No More Heroes' Travis Touchdown isn't the most fitting crossover possibility for a Valve game, there's still a fair amount of joy to be had from seeing him be a credit to team. More » -
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Team Fortress 2 Gets Updated A LOT
There's an interesting statistic to be found in a Gamasutra interview with Steam's Jason Holtman, published earlier today. Concerning Team Fortress 2, and just how often Valve feel the need to tinker with and improve the game. More » -
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Cute Alert: Team Fortress 2 Babies
I was actually in the US for Halloween this year. And found something out: it's not about pumpkins and scary things. It's about parents dressing their kids up in stuff they, not the kids, like. Not that we're complaining! More » -
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TF2's Mann Co. Responds to Its Customers Once More
September's "Team Update" brought another mention of Team Fortress 2's macho product supplier Mann Co., and some folks took the hint and wrote the company's address again. Lo and behold, here's more form-letter hilarity. And - classic comic book covers! More » -
#deals
Team Fortress 2 For $2.49
By the time this post goes live, you have approximately 40 minutes to purchase Team Fortress 2 on Steam for only $2.49. Why are you still reading this? More » -
#valve
A Very Team Fortress 2 Halloween
The spirit of Halloween has infected Valve's Team Fortress 2 Team, spawning a Haunted Hallowe'en Special update, complete with new achievements, a ghost-infested new map, exploding pumpkins, and scary hats!
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#tf2
You Know What Team Fortress 2 Needs? Guard Dogs
There's a TF2 "Team Update" doing the rounds at the moment, which has people thinking a new class - guard dog - is being added to the game. It's not. But Valve have still given the concept the thumbs up! More » -
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Heavy Channels Lady Gaga in 'Babyman'
Ah, the TF2 soundfile, the gift that keeps on giving. Here's a remix of Heavy crooning "Babyman," a sendup of Lady Gaga's chart-topper "Pokerface." Warning, 30 seconds of this is enough to get both songs stuck in your head. More »
