16 Years After Release, Team Fortress 2 Getting A Major Update

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I do know it’s nonetheless out there and being performed, however Team Fortress 2 can at occasions really feel like a recreation from a unique age. Partly as a result of it is, but additionally as a result of it’s so previous—and has gone so lengthy with no main replace—that you just’d be forgiven for pondering it was on its final legs. But no!

The recreation’s web site—which charmingly hasn’t appeared to have been up to date for the reason that recreation’s launch—hummed into life immediately, posting a information weblog referred to as “Attention, Steam Workshop Creators!”. It says that not solely will the sport be getting a “a full-on update-sized update” later this yr, with “with items, maps, taunts, unusual effects, war paints and who knows what else?!”, however that the replace may also embrace some contributions from the sport’s group as effectively.

Steam Workshop Creators, can we now have your consideration please. The following message is so pressing, so time-sensitive, we made the chief resolution to skip TikTok and Twitter solely and break the glass on essentially the most bleeding-edge communication know-how out there.

Welcome to the long run. Welcome… to a “blog-post”.

“Wow!” you’re in all probability pondering. “I forgot how hard reading is!” Yeah, it’s scary how briskly you lose that. Don’t fear, we’ll be temporary:

The previous few Team Fortress summer season occasions have solely been merchandise updates. But this yr, we’re planning on delivery a full-on update-sized replace — with objects, maps, taunts, uncommon results, conflict paints and who is aware of what else?! Which means we’d like Steam Workshop content material! YOUR Steam Workshop content material!

So get to work! (Or again to work, when you had been already working however acquired distracted when the complete web concurrently discovered about this state-of-the-art blog-post.) Make certain to get your submissions into the Steam Workshop by May 1st, to allow them to be thought of for this as-yet-unnamed, un-themed, however nonetheless very thrilling summer-situated (however not summer-themed) (until you wished to develop summer-themed stuff) replace.

This is the primary excellent news the sport’s group have had for some time, since over the previous couple of years the one issues outsiders have heard about Team Fortress 2 has been the large points the sport has had with bots, and the userbase’s subsequent protests about it.