Valve the developer of “Team Fortress 2” on Friday announced that from now onwards “Team Fortress 2” game will be free to play and download for PC & Mac users.In addition, the Uber Update has been released along with details on updates to the medic class.
Team Fortress 2 is a colorful, hilariously goofy and popular team-based first person shooter game, the game portrays two teams of players against each other in online, militaristic combat. Players choose from nine classes like Scout, Soldier, Heavy, Engineer and more.
The announcement initially came as part of a Develop interview with TF2 project lead Robin Walker, and was later confirmed via press release late last night.
So now the game is free forever, but how will Valve benefit from this free model. Here is the catch, instead of selling copies of the game, valve will earn money through in-game purchases such as hats ,additional weapons and other wearable items.
What happens users who bought the Game ?
- If you’ve already paid for Team Fortress 2, don’t worry you will get a “premium account.” The premium account has access to extra features such as :
- Backpack: 50 slots 300 slots (expandable up to 1000)
- Items: Standard, Rare and Cosmetic
- Crafting: Limited blueprints All blueprints
- Trading: Receive items only Full trading
- Gifting: Can receive gifts Can give and receive gifts
In addition to all the free-to-play excitement, the Über Update features additional weapons and wearable items for various classes, as well as a new Payload map and the “Meet the Medic” video. It is the largest update in the game’s nearly four-year existence. Team Fortress was a part of the Orange Box collection Valve released in 2007, including “Half Life 2,” its sequels and Portal.
Meet the Medic :
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Download Team Fortress 2 for Free:
To download and play Team Fortress 2 for Free, all you need to do is download the Steam client and run it on your PC or Mac. If you are a gamer, get ready to download Team Fortress 2 and enjoy this weekend.
Note : For this you need to have steam account, creating an account is free.
[via teamfortress.com]