Team Fortress 2 update arrives on Thursday

Author: Joe Martin
Published: 17th June 2008
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The Pyro update for Team Fortress 2 will be hitting servers this Thursday.

The Pyro update for Team Fortress 2 will be hitting servers this Thursday.

If you still haven't got round to unlocking all the new achievements for the Medic class in Valve's Team Fortress 2 then you may want to get your skates on before you get drowned under another shed-load of achievements heading your way this Thursday - Valve has just dated the next update for the game.

The new update for Team Fortress 2 will hit servers this Thursday and will focus on the flame-throwing Pyro class, but will include content essentially along the same lines as that added for the Medic in the last update.

For those of you focused on gameplay, that'll mean the most important thing in the new update will be the new unlockable weapons for the Pyro, one of which is the already announced Axtinguisher melee weapon which does low damage to ordinary enemies, but constant criticals to anyone you've set on fire.

If you're more the kind of player who just wants to rack up the achievements though (*cough*Jamie*cough*) then you'll be pleased to know that the new Pyro update will also include 35 new achievements tailored specifically to the playing style of the Pyro.

What's more, Valve is also continuing the run of 'Meet the...' videos and has announced that the next video in the set will focus on the Sniper class and will be debuting tomorrow as a run-up to the new update.

Topping all this news off though is the fact that two new user-made maps are being added to the official map lists for players to have a bash at and that Steam will be running another free weekend for TF2 as well.

Are you still a big Team Fortress 2 player, or has the appeal drained away? Let us know in the forums.
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Quote steveo_mcg 17th June 2008, 09:22
/Muffled cheer...
Quote bowman 17th June 2008, 09:23
hudda hudda huh!
Quote Mentai 17th June 2008, 09:52
I'm really happy this is coming so soon, it seemed like it took the medic update agggges. Pyro is my favourite class as well :D
I wish they would make the weapons available to everyone though. I don't enjoy aiming for achievements, they're fun to get, but not when it's specifically to unlock something else. If they balanced the new weapons properly it makes sense for me to have everyone try them. I bet there's less than 1% of TF2 players that got all of the medic achievements =/
Quote toric334 17th June 2008, 09:53
Nice to see Valve still bothering to update its games. Moar plz!
Quote [USRF]Obiwan 17th June 2008, 10:06
"I just want to heal people"
Quote Arkanrais 17th June 2008, 10:37
http://images.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/thumb/c/c8/Pyro.png/652px-Pyro.png
Quote MERKiN 17th June 2008, 10:48
TF2 is weak. It's all about TFC. I still refuse to play TF2 and would rather watch TFC get shut down by Valve than to play TF2.

Old school gamers can appreciate sticking to a game until it is completely gone, and not changing to some cheap substitute.
Quote steveo_mcg 17th June 2008, 10:51
Good for you, now the rest of us can enjoy tf2 with out being pestered by snobby tfc players.
Quote shigllgetcha 17th June 2008, 10:58
is this a PC update or 360?
Quote donnie 17th June 2008, 11:06
Pc though 360 gamers will i think be getting this in a couple months but i may be wrong. I must admit i'm still missing a couple of the medic ones blah but i do like how it's all about the choas on release day, i can't wait for loads of pyro on pyro violence. To all you "old Skool gamerz" evolution is the buzz word, you need to stop holding on to you're TFC or even CS 1.6 like fanatical zealots and embrass change.
Quote Denis_iii 17th June 2008, 11:13
was hard enough gettin medic achievements playing alone....i just unlocked 1st weapon and now I have to do the pyro........any1 up for an achievement run?

its a great idea, makes you feel as if accomplished something once you have unlocked a gun but....to little time....any1 wanna jam tf2? add me, am on steam bittech community as grommit
Quote naokaji 17th June 2008, 11:14
http://i32.tinypic.com/2503xi1.gifall hail overlord Valvehttp://i32.tinypic.com/2503xi1.gif
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Quote Bauul 17th June 2008, 11:24
Sounds cool, although I actually got bored of TF2 a while ago now. It was fun for a bit, but I very quickly realised the specific bits of the game I enjoyed the most, and as such found myself 90% of the time getting bored or fustrated at stupid team mates. I guess once you achieve about 30 kills in as many seconds as a Heavy, not a lot can offer you a more satisfying experience.
Quote Jordan Wise 17th June 2008, 11:54
Quote:
Originally Posted by MERKiN
TF2 is weak. It's all about TFC. I still refuse to play TF2 and would rather watch TFC get shut down by Valve than to play TF2.

Old school gamers can appreciate sticking to a game until it is completely gone, and not changing to some cheap substitute.

you can just go and do some rude things to yourself. TF2 is awesome, far better than the original for the lack of grenades if nothing else.

This is perfect, my last A2 exam on thursday, then a night of partying, then burning of a hangover with a flamethrower in hand, perfect
Quote Timmy_the_tortoise 17th June 2008, 12:34
I played TF2 for a bit back in October when I got the Orange Box... In fact, that was while it was still in Beta..

I've not played since, I still much prefer CSS.
Quote Mo_ 17th June 2008, 13:37
Quote:
Originally Posted by MERKiN
TF2 is weak. It's all about TFC. I still refuse to play TF2 and would rather watch TFC get shut down by Valve than to play TF2.

Old school gamers can appreciate sticking to a game until it is completely gone, and not changing to some cheap substitute.

How can you say that about TF2 :(, TF2 is why i am a hardcore gamer! MERKiN have you even played TF2!!!
Quote Delphium 17th June 2008, 14:47
Niiiiiiiiiice :D

http://pandora.ispeeds.net/~delph/bit/TFR1FB8.gif

Always look forward to the extra content for TF2, fun game, but with the added content, just help its from geting stale.
Quote Gunsmith 17th June 2008, 15:47
ive not actually bothered with tf2 since getting hte orangebox, i guessi should install it and give it a try
Quote Notional 17th June 2008, 15:50
Awesome news. I always thought the pyro was a bit weak, but it's my favortie class, so I'm looking so much forward to this. :-D

Buuuurn baby, BUUURN.
Quote feedayeen 18th June 2008, 07:23
Meet the Sniper is already out on steam.
Quote Delphium 18th June 2008, 11:55
Meet the Sniper video highly amusing "boom, head shot" :D :)

Pyro achievements leaked, but not yet known what each is officially or how many are required to unlock the extra weapons.
However I would assume that its 12/24/35 achievements for each weapon upgrade, much like the medic class.
Here are the new pyro achievements, some are easy to work out what they for, others not so.

"http://www.shacknews.com/screenshots.x?gallery=10078&game_id=4049"

Some further info with regards to new weapons.


EDIT: Full low down on new weapons and achievment requirements.
Quote TreeDude 18th June 2008, 13:56
Quote:
Originally Posted by MERKiN
TF2 is weak. It's all about TFC. I still refuse to play TF2 and would rather watch TFC get shut down by Valve than to play TF2.

Old school gamers can appreciate sticking to a game until it is completely gone, and not changing to some cheap substitute.

Still playing pong? It's still around, why are you not playing that instead? Not hardcore enough?

You can play both you know. No one is going to think less of you. You should at least give the game a chance before prejudging it. I played the original TF about 5 years ago or so and hated it. It just seemed so blah. At least I played it though. I gave it a chance. Don't compare TF2 to TFC. Just take it for what it is.
Quote Delphium 19th June 2008, 19:57
Has ANYONE!! recived the update yet?!

Com'on Valve sort it out, only 4 hours left of the day :(
Quote Notional 19th June 2008, 20:27
I think leaky valve forgot the time or something :(
Quote Delphium 19th June 2008, 21:42
Choo Choo
Quote steveo_mcg 20th June 2008, 19:43
Arrggh, just gone to have a game but its taking ages to update, can't seem to get a decent connection speed. Bloody VM.


Edit: Ah crap there's a free weekend on as well.... Sorry VM not your fault after all.
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