Team Fortress 2 News

Team Fortress 2 has a 64bit and Vulkan update for Linux in testing

Valve are still updating Team Fortress 2 (TF2), and a bigger technical update is currently in the works that will bring 64bit and Vulkan support to the Linux version.

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Absurdly rare Team Fortress 2 hat called 'The Crone's Dome' sells for a record-setting $18,000 worth of keys because 'it's one of a kind and will not ever be unboxed again'

The single most expensive hat trade in Team Fortress 2's history went down this week, with one player exchanging goods worth over 10,000 of the game's crate keys (around $1.80 each) for an unusual Arcana Crone's Dome, the characteristics of which make it the only one in existence. It's a witch's hat with some Halloween effects, basically, and the trade was first spotted by PyroJoe on X (formerly Twitter), who called it "the biggest singular unusual TF2 Hat trade" in the game's history...
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Huge new Team Fortress 2 petition asks Valve to please "do something"

A new petition to save Team Fortress 2 has accumulated almost 30,000 signatures in less than seven days, and calls on Valve to "do something" about the classic FPS game, which the petition says is now "unplayable." Originally released in 2007, TF2 remains immensely popular on Steam, but is perceived as comparatively neglected alongside other Valve games such as Counter-Strike 2 and Dota 2. Recently, the Half-Life developer issued a takedown notice for a fan remake of Team Fortress 2 using the new Source 2 engine. Now, a TF2 petition asks Valve for "open communication" regarding its plans for the shooter.

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Legendary Team Fortress 2 mod pulled offline following Valve DMCAs

Team Fortress 2 Source 2 has been shut down following a copyright claim from Valve, alongside a remake of the original Portal. Now, a long-standing and well-loved Team Fortress 2 mod, which makes a whole, alternative version of the game playable in FPS counterpart Contractors, has also gone offline, as the creators announce they are pulling the project "indefinitely" in the wake of Valve's recent DMCAs.

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'Save Team Fortress 2' campaign explodes after Valve DMCAs fan remake

Team Fortress 2 is back in the limelight following a DMCA takedown notice from Valve regarding a fan remake of the iconic 2007 sequel. Now that Amper Software, the independent developer behind the unfinished Source 2 remake, has revealed Valve's copyright action as its reason for canceling Team Fortress Source 2, fans are gathering on social media to express their disappointment behind a hashtag calling to "save TF2."

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