16 Years After Launch, Group Fortress 2 Getting A Main Replace

I do know it’s nonetheless accessible and being performed, however Group Fortress 2 can at occasions really feel like a sport from a distinct age. Partly as a result of it is, but in addition as a result of it’s so outdated—and has gone so lengthy and not using a main replace—that you simply’d be forgiven for pondering it was on its final legs. However no!

The sport’s web site—which charmingly hasn’t appeared to have been up to date for the reason that sport’s launch—hummed into life as we speak, posting a information weblog referred to as “Consideration, Steam Workshop Creators!”. It says that not solely will the sport be getting a “a full-on update-sized replace” later this 12 months, with “with objects, maps, taunts, uncommon results, conflict paints and who is aware of what else?!”, however that the replace may even embody some contributions from the sport’s neighborhood as effectively.

Steam Workshop Creators, can now we have your consideration please. The next message is so pressing, so time-sensitive, we made the chief determination to skip TikTok and Twitter solely and break the glass on essentially the most bleeding-edge communication know-how accessible.

Welcome to the long run. Welcome… to a “blog-post”.

“Wow!” you’re in all probability pondering. “I forgot how arduous studying is!” Yeah, it’s scary how briskly you lose that. Don’t fear, we’ll be transient:

The previous couple of Group Fortress summer time occasions have solely been merchandise updates. However this 12 months, we’re planning on delivery a full-on update-sized replace — with objects, maps, taunts, uncommon results, conflict paints and who is aware of what else?! Which implies we want Steam Workshop content material! YOUR Steam Workshop content material!

So get to work! (Or again to work, for those who have been already working however obtained distracted when your complete web concurrently discovered about this state-of-the-art blog-post.) Be sure that to get your submissions into the Steam Workshop by Might 1st, to allow them to be thought-about for this as-yet-unnamed, un-themed, however nonetheless very thrilling summer-situated (however not summer-themed) (until you needed to develop summer-themed stuff) replace.

That is the primary excellent news the sport’s neighborhood have had for some time, since over the previous couple of years the one issues outsiders have heard about Group Fortress 2 has been the large points the sport has had with bots, and the userbase’s subsequent protests about it.