Although some of the hype for TF2 has died down a little since last year, Valve is still working wholeheartedly on the project. They just released a very spontaneous patch, and although anyone who has launched Steam recently already has it, they may not know about all of the new matchmaking features and adjustments that have been made.
Highlights:

• Tournament mode w/ team creation features and win/loss tracker
• Searchable description tags on servers
• Maximum ammo for Soldier and Demoman greatly reduced

Full release notes after the break…

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Right-o, so here I am, to make a review on Team Fortress 2. Now, you’ve probably heard about this game. If you haven’t, you are not a true gamer/geek, and should be executed at sundown. Anyways, this game became famous after being delayed for 8 years. It was announced as a sequel to the still-popular Team Fortress Classic, a mod for Half-Life, and went into development hell until 2007, when it was eventually released on October 10, 2007. In the developer commentary on Dustbowl, one of the maps, an employee stated that it took so long because they were trying to find a version they were happy with. Apparently, there was an idea for a commander, but it was scrapped due to the fact it could ruin the players’ fun if there was a terrible commander, or vice versa.

I picked up the Orange Box from my local Best Buy on Black Friday, when it was priced at a measly $20. I also got a copy of BioShock, which is pretty fun too. (I have yet to finish it.) I played Portal while waiting for Team Fortress 2 to download, which took a while. Portal was epic, and I suggest you play it if you haven’t already. Read the rest of this entry »