The Meet the Sniper movie will drop tomorrow (Tuesday) and the new Pyro Pack, with alternate unlockable weapons and achievements, will land this Thursday. It’ll all be capped off by another TF2 free weekend starting at 11am Pacific Time Friday.
Good news, as always, spilled by RPS.
Well, hot diggedity!
37 responses so far ↓
1 Punjabi Fury // Jun 16, 2008 at 3:04 pm
OH MAH GAWSH.
2 friccish // Jun 16, 2008 at 3:06 pm
Already! Wow, that was fast. Was setting myself up for another 1-2 month wait. Better hurry and finish up my last 8 or so Medic achievements!
3 Design // Jun 16, 2008 at 3:07 pm
I’ll believe it when I hear it direct from Valve
4 WeakLemonDrink // Jun 16, 2008 at 3:09 pm
Well, fuck me.
5 WeakLemonDrink // Jun 16, 2008 at 3:20 pm
See, normally I’d be inclined to not even remotely believe this release date, but the fact it’s tied to a free weekend makes it seem that little more set in stone.
Look like we’re getting two community maps included in the update, too. All excellent stuff, this.
6 Christopher // Jun 16, 2008 at 3:21 pm
Yeah, I’m wondering what the maps are. Those I’ve seen with a real polish on them (Redstone, for example) aren’t nearly as much fun as those sort of goofy looking ones (Mach4, Chaos). So, I wonder.
7 WeakLemonDrink // Jun 16, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Maybe they’re legitimising the pl_dustbowl that’s doing the rounds? I’d like to see Steel, too, but at the same time I hope the maps have had a bit of a run through by the magic Valve comb.
8 Draco_2k // Jun 16, 2008 at 3:31 pm
Fuck yeah!
9 Jonah // Jun 16, 2008 at 3:33 pm
I’m gonna try this free weekend to see how well TF2 runs on my PC. I know that Valve is always good about making their games run well on older PCs. I’ve already got the Orange Box for Xbox 360, but the PC version wins on so many levels.
10 friccish // Jun 16, 2008 at 4:14 pm
My guess/wish is lazytown_nighttime, and steel. But pl_dustbowl would be impressive too.
Can’t wait.
11 AlphaHawk // Jun 16, 2008 at 4:25 pm
They churned this update out much faster than the last one. Then again, they were working on 2 completely new things
It’s a shame they haven’t told us what the other 2 things the pyro will be getting. O well.
12 Sam // Jun 16, 2008 at 4:43 pm
Awesome. I love the meet the… videos.
I still have no idea what those new pryo weapons are.
13 sQUEAKYfOAMpEANUT // Jun 16, 2008 at 4:45 pm
Yeah, maybe in some other dimension. It’s more likely a live badger will shoot out of my rectum than the achievements will come out this week.
14 Newt Pulsifer // Jun 16, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Omg!
Burning Fest starting this weekend!!
Beware reckless spies!
15 WeakLemonDrink // Jun 16, 2008 at 5:37 pm
> It’s a shame they haven’t told us what the other 2 things the pyro will be getting. O well.
We’re getting a website for the Pyro Pack tomorrow, so I’m guessing all will be revealed then!
16 WeakLemonDrink // Jun 16, 2008 at 5:38 pm
> It’s more likely a live badger will shoot out of my rectum than the achievements will come out this week.
PREPARE THE HEAVY WEAPONS BADGERS.
17 AlphaHawk // Jun 16, 2008 at 5:42 pm
By the way, if you’re still suspicious to if this is real or not, it is, valve confirmed.
18 randomscripter // Jun 16, 2008 at 6:56 pm
Wow, sweet! I can’t wait for Thursday to come!
19 Sentry Gun // Jun 16, 2008 at 7:44 pm
It’s on Steam news. Valve has confirmed. Now to see if they delay it.
20 Super Jesus // Jun 16, 2008 at 8:10 pm
I hope the maps are pl_dustbowl and some incantation of Toy Fort.
21 Baggie // Jun 16, 2008 at 11:02 pm
MORE FIRE! BAHAHAHAHAHA!
Yeah, although it’s my favorite class I don’t think I’ll be able to play it for like a month. Oh well.
22 nmanguy // Jun 16, 2008 at 11:58 pm
When you guys talk about steel, is it the one by Ultimatum or Fishbus?
23 Punjabi Fury // Jun 17, 2008 at 12:25 am
Fishbus I think.
It’s a TEAM ROOMBA thing, the intro video was done by FLOOR_MASTER.
24 Sam // Jun 17, 2008 at 2:18 am
There’s going to be a lot of pryos come thursday isn’t there?
I hate pryos…
25 Trid3nt // Jun 17, 2008 at 4:24 am
:( I like playing pyro, and since it’s not exactly the most useful class when in numbers, you only need 1 or 2 in a team, which means I’m going to have to settle for demoman.
26 Shawn Poulsen // Jun 17, 2008 at 4:30 am
The best part of the coming pyro on pyro carnage is that pyro on pyro fighting is arguably different to a pyro vs anything else matchup, due to the flame retardant suit. Things are going to get retarded! I can’t wait!
Even better, the one pyro unlock we’ve seen is great - UNLESS you’re fighting another pyro. So, are you going to use it as soon as you unlock it, or wait for the pyro-mania to die down? I don’t know! Nobody knows!
27 eni // Jun 17, 2008 at 5:57 am
steel is not a team roomba thing, Fishbus has no affilation with them. Fishbus & FLOOR_MASTER are both SA goons, that’s how they collaborated. :)
28 Rosti // Jun 17, 2008 at 6:41 am
Some of my favourite moments came from the free weekend from the last update, so I’m looking forward to this one. Also, new maps for all!
29 Punjabi Fury // Jun 17, 2008 at 9:44 am
There’s a Team Roomba poster on the wall outside the BLU spawn near the exit to point A.
30 nmanguy // Jun 17, 2008 at 10:31 am
Trid3nt, have you ever seen the damage a Pyro rush brings? Just try it out one day, and you’ll notice that the scouts die off, Medics have trouble keeping up with all the heal requests, spies ignite, and the enemy team tends to lose. Also, there’s some bind, I have it somewhere, that tells your reticle to spin around 4 times quickly, its supposed to be the “panic button” you use in groups to burn them all.
31 Galenor // Jun 17, 2008 at 11:38 am
Meet the Sniper is up!
http://www.steampowered.com/v/index.php?area=app&AppId=5051&cc=GB
32 WeakLemonDrink // Jun 17, 2008 at 11:45 am
Oh, that is class. Pure class. The VIP bobblehead at the start was just lovely.
By far the best of the lot.
33 WeakLemonDrink // Jun 17, 2008 at 11:56 am
Ooh, take a look at the section near the end when he headshots three BLUs… the Pyro is holding what looks like one of the unlockables!
34 Galenor // Jun 17, 2008 at 12:27 pm
Indeed!
In fact, there’s a picture of it going around. Have a peek!
http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/1640/pyroip9.png
35 Charmander // Jun 17, 2008 at 3:16 pm
There can only be one Pokemon master and that is me!! im on the DIG servers 24/7 dustbowl oh yeah and… I>YOU
36 Jackpot // Jun 18, 2008 at 6:55 am
http://www.steampowered.com/pyro/?pw=presspreview
everything is there. Aweeee sooooome.
GO TEAM PYRO!
37 thezeus18 // Jun 18, 2008 at 12:52 pm
The Meet the Sniper video is obviously an homage to the Australian movie “Kenny”.
Meet the Sniper:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyNuriXG3BQ
Kenny:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yM5a5QM4R8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8MnU6Sg0d4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhaGQG_Lt7Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXFXbL7tQZY
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