79-601: [REDACTED] Look up Highlander , Highlanders , highlander , or highlanders in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Highlander may refer to: Regional cultures [ edit ] Gorals (lit. Highlanders ), a culture in southern Poland and northern Slovakia Gorani people (lit. Highlanders ), a group inhabiting the triangle between Kosovo, Albania and North Macedonia Hill people , who live in hills and mountains Merina people , an ethnic group from
158-407: A 1960s spy film aesthetic. Team Fortress 2 has received critical acclaim for its art direction, gameplay, humor, and use of character in a wholly multiplayer game, and since its release has been referred to as one of the greatest video games ever created . The game continues to receive official Valve server support as of 2024, in addition to new content being released on a seasonal basis in
237-599: A 2007 spin-off animated film Television series [ edit ] Highlander: The Series (1992-1998) Highlander: The Raven (1998-1999) Highlander: The Animated Series Games [ edit ] Highlander (video game) , a 1986 one-on-one sword fighting ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 game Highlander: The Last of the MacLeods , a 1995 video game for the Atari Jaguar CD Highlander: The Card Game ,
316-443: A 2007 spin-off animated film Television series [ edit ] Highlander: The Series (1992-1998) Highlander: The Raven (1998-1999) Highlander: The Animated Series Games [ edit ] Highlander (video game) , a 1986 one-on-one sword fighting ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 game Highlander: The Last of the MacLeods , a 1995 video game for the Atari Jaguar CD Highlander: The Card Game ,
395-1903: A Canadian basketball team based in Nova Scotia Mbabane Highlanders F.C. , a Swazi football (soccer) club New York Highlanders , an American baseball team later renamed New York Yankees College [ edit ] Cairn University Highlanders, Langhorne, Pennsylvania NJIT Highlanders , New Jersey Institute of Technology Radford Highlanders , Radford University, in southwest Virginia, US University of California, Riverside Highlanders Houghton College Highlanders, Houghton, New York High school, preparatory and other secondary schools [ edit ] Doherty Memorial High School , Worcester, Massachusetts Glenvar High School , Roanoke County, Virginia Governor Livingston High School , Berkeley Heights, Union County, New Jersey Heathwood Hall Episcopal School , Columbia, South Carolina Herricks High School , Searingtown, New York Homestead High School (Mequon, Wisconsin) Howell High School (Howell, Michigan) Lake Highland Preparatory School , Orlando, Florida MacArthur High School (Lawton, Oklahoma) McLean High School , McLean, Virginia Northern Highlands Regional High School , Allendale, Bergen County, New Jersey Northwestern Regional High School , Winsted, Connecticut Oak Hills High School , Bridgetown, Ohio Rochester Adams High School , Rochester Hills, Michigan The Woodlands High School , The Woodlands, Texas Thomas McKean High School , Wilmington, Delaware West Morris Central High School , Washington Township, Morris County, New Jersey Royal High School , Simi Valley, California Granada Hills Charter , Granada Hills, Los Angeles, California Vehicles [ edit ] H1ghlander , an autonomous vehicle created by Carnegie Mellon University's Red Team for
474-1816: A Canadian basketball team based in Nova Scotia Mbabane Highlanders F.C. , a Swazi football (soccer) club New York Highlanders , an American baseball team later renamed New York Yankees College [ edit ] Cairn University Highlanders, Langhorne, Pennsylvania NJIT Highlanders , New Jersey Institute of Technology Radford Highlanders , Radford University, in southwest Virginia, US University of California, Riverside Highlanders Houghton College Highlanders, Houghton, New York High school, preparatory and other secondary schools [ edit ] Doherty Memorial High School , Worcester, Massachusetts Glenvar High School , Roanoke County, Virginia Governor Livingston High School , Berkeley Heights, Union County, New Jersey Heathwood Hall Episcopal School , Columbia, South Carolina Herricks High School , Searingtown, New York Homestead High School (Mequon, Wisconsin) Howell High School (Howell, Michigan) Lake Highland Preparatory School , Orlando, Florida MacArthur High School (Lawton, Oklahoma) McLean High School , McLean, Virginia Northern Highlands Regional High School , Allendale, Bergen County, New Jersey Northwestern Regional High School , Winsted, Connecticut Oak Hills High School , Bridgetown, Ohio Rochester Adams High School , Rochester Hills, Michigan The Woodlands High School , The Woodlands, Texas Thomas McKean High School , Wilmington, Delaware West Morris Central High School , Washington Township, Morris County, New Jersey Royal High School , Simi Valley, California Granada Hills Charter , Granada Hills, Los Angeles, California Vehicles [ edit ] H1ghlander , an autonomous vehicle created by Carnegie Mellon University's Red Team for
553-515: A blog post was made on the official Team Fortress 2 website, saying that a new "update-sized" update was coming to the game (the last major update had taken place in October 2017). The post included a call to Steam Workshop creators to submit content which had a chance to be selected for inclusion, with a submission deadline of May 1. The announcement was met with an overwhelmingly positive reception, causing Valve to temper expectations by amending
632-623: A collectible card game originally produced by Thunder Castle Games, reintroduced by Le Montagnard Inc Highlander: The Game , a canceled video game based on the Highlander franchise Other entertainment [ edit ] Highlander, a competitive format of Team Fortress 2 Highlander (Bakufu Slump album) Highlander, the original name of the Swedish power metal band Lost Horizon (band) Military [ edit ] Highland regiments Category:Highland regiments ,
711-510: A collectible card game originally produced by Thunder Castle Games, reintroduced by Le Montagnard Inc Highlander: The Game , a canceled video game based on the Highlander franchise Other entertainment [ edit ] Highlander, a competitive format of Team Fortress 2 Highlander (Bakufu Slump album) Highlander, the original name of the Swedish power metal band Lost Horizon (band) Military [ edit ] Highland regiments Category:Highland regiments ,
790-446: A combat-based objective. Players can choose to play as one of nine character classes in these teams, each with its own unique strengths, weaknesses, and weapon sets. In order to accomplish objectives efficiently, a balance of these classes is required due to how these strengths and weaknesses interact with each other in a team-based environment. Although the abilities of a number of classes changed from earlier Team Fortress incarnations,
869-415: A command hierarchy with a Commander class, parachute drops over enemy territory, and networked voice communication. The Commander class played similarly to a real-time strategy game; the player viewed the game from a bird's-eye perspective and issued orders to players and AI-controlled soldiers. The Commander class was eventually abandoned because players would simply disobey the orders. Team Fortress 2
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#1732766240651948-613: A contribution site; many of the most popular are added to the game. This approach has subsequently created the basis for the Steam Workshop functionality of the software client. In one case, more than fifty users from the content-creation community worked with Valve to release an official content update in May 2013, with all of the content generated by these players. Valve reported that as of June 2013, over $ 10 million has been paid back to over 400 persons who have contributed content to
1027-502: A factor of twelve. Since early 2020, Team Fortress 2 has seen quantities of bot accounts entering Valve's casual matchmaking servers. Though bot accounts had been an issue in Team Fortress 2 for some time prior to this, multiple sources began to report a spike in activity for these bot accounts. The activities of these bots have included forcibly crashing servers, spamming obscenities and copypastas in text chats or audio in
1106-503: A hidden value. In order to join competitive matchmaking, players must have associated their Steam account with the Steam Guard Mobile Authenticator, as well as having a Team Fortress 2 "premium account", which is unlocked by either having bought the game before it went free-to-play or by having made an in-game item purchase since. Team Fortress 2 is played in a variety of different formats, which dictate
1185-462: A hybrid domestic cat Highlander Research and Education Center , New Market, Tennessee a statue on the monument at Glenfinnan , Scotland a statue on the 51st (Highland) Division Monument (Beaumont-Hamel) , France Highlander (Hansa-Park) , gyro drop tower at Hansa-Park See also [ edit ] Highland (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
1264-462: A hybrid domestic cat Highlander Research and Education Center , New Market, Tennessee a statue on the monument at Glenfinnan , Scotland a statue on the 51st (Highland) Division Monument (Beaumont-Hamel) , France Highlander (Hansa-Park) , gyro drop tower at Hansa-Park See also [ edit ] Highland (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
1343-672: A list of regiments formed of or following Highlander Regiments tradition Highlanders, nickname of the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion , a light armored U.S. Marine Corps Battalion based out of MCB Camp Pendleton, California HMS Highlander (H44) , a Royal Navy H-Class Destroyer that served in World War II Sports [ edit ] The Highlander, a former Mountain marathon in Scotland Teams and school nicknames [ edit ] Professional [ edit ] Highlanders (rugby union) ,
1422-537: A list of regiments formed of or following Highlander Regiments tradition Highlanders, nickname of the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion , a light armored U.S. Marine Corps Battalion based out of MCB Camp Pendleton, California HMS Highlander (H44) , a Royal Navy H-Class Destroyer that served in World War II Sports [ edit ] The Highlander, a former Mountain marathon in Scotland Teams and school nicknames [ edit ] Professional [ edit ] Highlanders (rugby union) ,
1501-398: A long-anticipated game that had seen years of development, and was often mentioned alongside another much-delayed game, Duke Nukem Forever . Walker said that Valve built three or four different versions of Team Fortress 2 before settling on their final design. Shortly before the release of Half-Life 2 in 2004, Valve's marketing director, Doug Lombardi, confirmed that Team Fortress 2
1580-439: A neutrally themed space. The bases hide exaggerated super weapons such as laser cannons, nuclear warheads , and missile launch facilities, taking the role of objectives. The maps have little visual clutter and stylized, almost impressionistic modeling, to allow enemies to be spotted more easily. The impressionistic design approach also affects textures , which are based on photos that are filtered and edited by hand, giving them
1659-592: A paid Team Fortress 2 league, with $ 42,000 in prizes for the top teams in 2017. While formalized competitive gameplay is very different from normal Team Fortress 2 , it offers an environment with a much higher level of teamwork than in public servers. Most teams use voice chat to communicate, and use a combination of strategy, communication, and mechanical skill to win against other teams. Community-run competitive leagues also tend to feature restrictions such as item bans and class limits. These leagues are often supported by Valve via in-game medals (which are submitted via
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#17327662406511738-436: A primary weapon, secondary weapon, and melee weapon. Engineers have two additional slots for their PDAs , and Spies have an additional slot for their disguise kit. An additional character, Saxton Hale, is playable in the "Versus Saxton Hale" game mode. Although Team Fortress 2 is designed as an open-ended multiplayer experience without an active storyline, the game and additional material feature
1817-450: A release date for the end of the year. In 1999, Valve released Team Fortress Classic , a port of the original Team Fortress, as a free Half-Life mod. Team Fortress Classic was developed using the publicly available Half-Life software development kit as an example to the community and industry of its flexibility. Valve originally planned Team Fortress 2 to have a modern war aesthetic. It would feature innovations including
1896-745: A rugby union team based in Dunedin, New Zealand The Highlanders, a Scottish cricket franchise in the North Sea Pro Series The Highlanders (professional wrestling) , a tag team in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Highlanders F.C. , a Zimbabwean football (soccer) club Highland Football League , one of three senior non-league football (soccer) leagues in Scotland Cape Breton Highlanders (basketball) ,
1975-426: A rugby union team based in Dunedin, New Zealand The Highlanders, a Scottish cricket franchise in the North Sea Pro Series The Highlanders (professional wrestling) , a tag team in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Highlanders F.C. , a Zimbabwean football (soccer) club Highland Football League , one of three senior non-league football (soccer) leagues in Scotland Cape Breton Highlanders (basketball) ,
2054-425: A second time. They attributed the delay to development switching to its new in-house engine, Source . Following the announcement, Valve released no news on the game for six years. Walker and Cook worked on various other Valve projects; Walker was project lead on Half-Life 2: Episode One and Cook worked on Valve's content distribution platform, Steam . Team Fortress 2 became a prominent example of vaporware ,
2133-415: A single server. Team Fortress 2 is the first of Valve's multiplayer games to provide detailed statistics for individual players, such as the total amount of time spent playing as each class, most points obtained, and most objectives completed in a single life . Persistent statistics tell the player how they are performing in relation to these statistics, such as if a player comes close to their record for
2212-619: A standalone game for Windows in April 2008, and updated to support macOS in June 2010 and Linux in February 2013. It is distributed online through Valve's digital retailer, Steam . Players join one of two teams—RED and BLU—and choose one of nine character classes to play as in game modes such as capture the flag and king of the hill . Its development was led by John Cook and Robin Walker ,
2291-452: A tactile quality and giving Team Fortress 2 its distinct look. The bases are designed to allow players to know immediately where they are. RED bases use warm colors , natural materials, and angular shapes, while BLU bases use cool colors, industrial materials, and orthogonal shapes. During the July 2006 Electronic Arts press conference, Valve revealed that Team Fortress 2 would ship as
2370-573: A ten percent discount for those who pre-purchased it via Steam before the October 10 release, as well as the opportunity to participate in the beta test. Since the release of Team Fortress 2 , Valve has continually released free updates and patches through Steam for Windows, macOS, and Linux users; though most patches are used for enhancing the reliability of the software or to make gameplay changes, several patches have been used to introduce new features and gameplay modes, and are often associated with marketing materials such as comics or videos offered on
2449-448: A wider narrative centered around Mann Co. The main PvP gamemodes are set during the "Gravel Wars", a conflict between the rival heirs Redmond and Blutarch Mann for which the nine playable characters were hired as mercenaries . Gray Mann later emerges as the third competitor, killing his two brothers and forcing Saxton Hale to rehire the mercenaries to protect Mann Co. from Gray's robot army in
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2528-569: Is a multiplayer first-person shooter game developed and published by Valve Corporation in 2007. It is the sequel to the 1996 Team Fortress mod for Quake and its 1999 remake, Team Fortress Classic . The game was released in October 2007 as part of The Orange Box for Microsoft Windows and the Xbox 360 , and was ported to the PlayStation 3 in December 2007. It was released as
2607-545: The Oculus Rift , a consumer-grade virtual reality headset. A patch was made to the client to include a "VR Mode" that can be used with the headset on any public server. In April 2020, source code for 2018 versions Team Fortress 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive was leaked online. This created fears that malicious users would use the code to make remote code execution software and attack servers or players' computers. Several fan projects halted development until
2686-453: The Source game engine in 2007, Team Fortress 2 preserved much of the core class-based gameplay of its predecessors while featuring an overhauled, cartoon-like visual style influenced by the works of J. C. Leyendecker , Dean Cornwell , and Norman Rockwell , alongside an increased focus on the visual and verbal characterization of its playable classes and what the developers have described as
2765-462: The Team Fortress 2 website; this blog is also used to keep players up to date with the ongoing developments in Team Fortress 2 . As of July 2012, each class has been given a dedicated patch that provides new weapons, items, and other gameplay changes; these class patches typically included the release of the class's "Meet the Team" video. Other major patches have included new gameplay modes including
2844-606: The Administrator, voiced by Ellen McLain , announces the teams' current objectives over loudspeakers. The player limit for one match is 16 on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, and 24 on the Windows edition. However, in 2008, the Windows edition was updated to include a server variable that allows for up to 32 players. Furthermore, in 2023, the Windows edition was updated to have unrestricted player counts for up to 100 players in
2923-681: The DARPA Grand Challenge Highlander (dinghy) , a dinghy class sailboat manufactured by Allen Boat Company AirLony Highlander , a Czech ultralight biplane Toyota Highlander , a sport utility vehicle MV Highlanders , Canadian ferry Royal Highlander , a former passenger train traveling between London and Inverness, Scotland Other uses [ edit ] Alain Baxter (born 1973), Scottish alpine skier nicknamed "the Highlander" Highlander cat ,
3002-481: The DARPA Grand Challenge Highlander (dinghy) , a dinghy class sailboat manufactured by Allen Boat Company AirLony Highlander , a Czech ultralight biplane Toyota Highlander , a sport utility vehicle MV Highlanders , Canadian ferry Royal Highlander , a former passenger train traveling between London and Inverness, Scotland Other uses [ edit ] Alain Baxter (born 1973), Scottish alpine skier nicknamed "the Highlander" Highlander cat ,
3081-560: The Mann vs Machine cooperative horde-shooter mode. The original Team Fortress was developed by the Australian team TF Software, comprising Robin Walker and John Cook, as a free mod for the 1996 PC game Quake . In 1998, Walker and Cook were employed by Valve , which had just released its first game, Half-Life . Valve began developing Team Fortress 2 as an expansion pack for Half-Life using Valve's GoldSrc engine, and gave
3160-740: The Payload, Payload Race, Training, Highlander, Medieval, and Mann vs. Machine modes. Themed patches have also been released, such as a yearly Halloween -themed event called "Scream Fortress", where players may obtain unique items available only during a set period around the holiday. Other new features have given players the ability to craft items within the game from other items, trade items with other players, purchase in-game items through funds in Steam, and save and edit replay videos that can be posted to YouTube. Valve has released tools to allow users to create maps, weapons, and cosmetic items through
3239-574: The Source engine's new dynamic lighting, shadowing, and soft particle technologies alongside Half-Life 2: Episode Two . It was the first game to implement the Source engine's new facial animation features. Valve abandoned the realistic style when it became impossible to reconcile it with the unrealistic gameplay, with opposing armies having constructed elaborate bases directly adjacent to each other. Valve designed each character, team, and equipped weapon to be visually distinct, even at range; for example,
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3318-719: The Steam Workshop) and announcements on the official blog. In April 2015, Valve announced that a dedicated competitive mode would be added to Team Fortress 2 , utilizing skill-based matchmaking ; closed beta testing began in the following year. The competitive mode was added in the "Meet Your Match" update, released on July 7, 2016. Ranked matches are played six-vs-six, with players ranked in thirteen ranks based on win/losses and an assessment of their skills. Ranked matchmaking will balance players based on their ranks and rating. A similar matchmaking approach has been added for casual games for matches of 12-vs-12 players, but uses
3397-426: The Xbox 360 releases of these updates free, but Microsoft refused and Valve announced that they would release bundles of several updates together to justify the price. Because of the cost of patching during the seventh generation of video game consoles , Valve has been unable to provide additional patches to the Xbox 360 version since 2009, effectively cancelling development of the console versions. On March 29, 2023,
3476-510: The ability to gain unique items offered while playing on community-made maps during the event. Development of the new content had been confirmed for the Xbox 360, while development for the PlayStation 3 was deemed "uncertain" by Valve. However, the PlayStation 3 version of Team Fortress 2 received an update which repaired some of the issues found within the game, ranging from graphical issues to online connectivity problems; this update
3555-682: The allowed amount of Medics or Demomen to one on either team or banning certain movement-enhancing weapons from use. Other popular formats include "Highlander", a 9v9 format with a limit of one player per each of the nine classes, as well as a Sixes-inspired 7v7 variant thereof known as "Prolander" to allow for strategically switching classes during a competitive game. Team Fortress 2 features nine playable classes, which are evenly split and categorized into "Offense", "Defense", and "Support". Each class has strengths and weaknesses and must work with other classes to be efficient, encouraging strategy and teamwork. Each class has at least three default weapons:
3634-424: The basic elements of each class remained, those being one primary weapon, one secondary weapon, and one melee weapon. The game was released with six official maps, although over one hundred maps have since been included in subsequent updates, including community-created maps. When a player chooses a game-mode for the first time, an introductory video is played, showing how to complete its objectives. During matches,
3713-460: The beta, including Team Fortress 2 , to all Steam users without the need to wait for an invitation. On February 14, 2013, Valve announced the full release of Team Fortress 2 for Linux. From then to March 1, anyone who played the game on Linux would receive a free Tux penguin, which can be equipped in-game. Team Fortress 2 was announced in March 2013 to be the first game to officially support
3792-455: The blog post to read "holiday-sized update". Valve released the update on July 12, 2023, which included 14 community created maps that notably included a variant of the popular 'Versus Saxton Hale' gamemode. The update ascended Team Fortress 2 to 253,997 concurrent players, its highest ever player count to date. On April 18, 2024, after testing on Windows and Linux, Valve released an update to Team Fortress 2 , adding 64-bit support to
3871-715: The central plateau of Madagascar Montagnard (Vietnam) , various ethnic groups in the highlands of Vietnam Pahari people (disambiguation) , various ethnic groups from the Himalayas Boykos , an ethnolinguistic Rusyn subgroup Malësor or Malok (lit. Highlanders ), a person from Malësia (highlands) in Albania a person from the Ethiopian Highlands a person from the Scottish Highlands Montañés (lit. Highlanders ),
3950-443: The central plateau of Madagascar Montagnard (Vietnam) , various ethnic groups in the highlands of Vietnam Pahari people (disambiguation) , various ethnic groups from the Himalayas Boykos , an ethnolinguistic Rusyn subgroup Malësor or Malok (lit. Highlanders ), a person from Malësia (highlands) in Albania a person from the Ethiopian Highlands a person from the Scottish Highlands Montañés (lit. Highlanders ),
4029-506: The coloring draws attention to the chest area, bringing focus on the equipped weapon. The voices for each of the classes were based on imagining what people from the 1960´s would expect the classes to have sounded like, according to writer Chet Faliszek . The map design has an " evil genius " theme with archetypical spy fortresses, concealed within inconspicuous buildings such as industrial warehouses and farms to give plausibility to their close proximities; these bases are usually separated by
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#17327662406514108-411: The confusion caused by their duplicate name. On voting, changes were also introduced to prevent bots from spamming this functionality in an attempt to prevent bots from kicking real players. On June 22, 2021, additional changes were implemented to discourage bot activity. The YouTuber "Toofty" posted a video which provided input from several of those responsible for the bots; their reasons for hosting
4187-460: The damage inflicted in a single round. Team Fortress 2 also features numerous achievements for carrying out certain tasks, such as achieving a certain number of kills or completing a specific objective. Sets of class-specific achievements have been added in updates, which can award weapons to the player upon completion. This unlockable system has since been expanded into a random drop system, with which players can also obtain items simply by playing
4266-495: The developers of the original Team Fortress mod. Team Fortress 2 was announced in 1998 under the name Team Fortress 2: Brotherhood of Arms . Initially, the game had more realistic, militaristic visuals and gameplay, but this changed over the protracted nine years of development. After Valve released no information for six years, Team Fortress 2 regularly featured in Wired News 's annual vaporware list. Finally released on
4345-485: The form of a new main menu theme (a rendition of Taps ), as well as statues of the Soldier saluting, added to most of the official in-game maps. These statues all featured a commemorative plaque dedicated to May and lasted through the end of the month. One of these statues, appearing on the map "cp_granary", the setting of the "Meet the Soldier" short video, was made permanent in an August 21 update. On February 9, 2023,
4424-832: The form of submissions made through the Steam Workshop . In June 2011, the game became free-to-play , with revenue derived from microtransactions for in-game cosmetics . A 'drop system' was also added and refined, allowing free-to-play users to periodically receive in-game equipment and items. Though the game has had an unofficial competitive scene since its release, both support for official competitive play through ranked matchmaking and an overhauled casual experience were added in July 2016. From early 2020 to mid-2024, cheating bots overrunning Valve’s official matchmaking servers led to fans holding several online protests, and eventually Valve adding new policies regarding game bans. In most game modes, two teams, RED and BLU, compete for
4503-526: The 💕 [REDACTED] Look up Highlander , Highlanders , highlander , or highlanders in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Highlander may refer to: Regional cultures [ edit ] Gorals (lit. Highlanders ), a culture in southern Poland and northern Slovakia Gorani people (lit. Highlanders ), a group inhabiting the triangle between Kosovo, Albania and North Macedonia Hill people , who live in hills and mountains Merina people , an ethnic group from
4582-418: The game becoming free-to-play from the use of both voice and text chat in game. On June 24, all players were restricted from changing their Steam username while connected to any Valve matchmaking server or any server with display name updates disabled. The change was implemented to prevent bots from changing their display name to impersonate legitimate players, which allowed the bots to avoid being kicked due to
4661-435: The game on macOS before June 14, though the giveaway period was later extended to August 16. On November 6, 2012, Valve announced the release of Team Fortress 2 for Linux as part of a restricted beta launch of Steam on the platform. This initial release of Steam and Team Fortress 2 was targeted at Ubuntu with support for other distributions planned for the future. Later, on December 20, 2012, Valve opened up access to
4740-493: The game, increasing the frame rate by an average of 22 percent, although it was falsely detected as malware by some anti-virus software . On June 17, 2024, Valve dropped macOS support for Team Fortress 2 , among other legacy Valve titles that were previously supporting it. On October 25, 2024, an update was released that fixed a bug where the BLU Team Scout was wearing brown pants rather than blue pants matching
4819-399: The game, including a total of $ 250,000 for the participants in the May 2013 patch. To help promote community-made features, Valve has released limited-time events, such as the "Gun Mettle" or "Invasion" events in the second half of 2015, also including the "Tough Break" update in December 2015, in which players can spend a small amount of money which is paid back to the community developers for
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#17327662406514898-451: The game. Team Fortress 2 contains five core game modes. There are several alternative game modes in Team Fortress 2 . These modes consist of a small number of maps and detach from the core game modes in some way. These modes are not categorized with the other modes, and instead have their own separate sections in the game. Team Fortress 2 is played competitively through multiple leagues. The North American league, ESEA , supports
4977-400: The impact of the leak could be determined. Valve confirmed the legitimacy of the code leaks, but stated they do not believe it affects servers and clients running the latest official builds of either game. On May 1, 2020, shortly following the death of the voice actor of the Soldier, Rick May , Valve released an update to Team Fortress 2 , adding a tribute to his voicework as the Soldier in
5056-507: The in-game store, tied through Steam. Walker stated that Valve would continue to provide new features and items free. Walker stated that Valve had learned that the more players Team Fortress 2 had, the more value it had for each player. The move came a week after Valve introduced several third-party free-to-play games to Steam and stated they were working on a new free-to-play game. Within nine months of becoming free to play, Valve reported that revenue from Team Fortress 2 had increased by
5135-472: The maximum size and composition of a team and can drastically change the impact of a single player's gameplay or choice of class. The two most basic formats consist of 12v12 and 6v6 ("Sixes"), the two being used on official Valve servers for casual and competitive modes respectively with no additional limitations. Most competitive leagues host Sixes but include limits on certain classes and weapons to preserve traditional, skill-based playstyles, for example limiting
5214-496: The multiplayer component of The Orange Box . A conference trailer showcasing all nine of the classes demonstrated for the first time the game's cartoon-like visual style. Valve's president, Gabe Newell , said that the team's goal was to create "the best-looking and best-playing class-based multiplayer game". A beta release of the entire game was made on Steam on September 17, 2007, for customers who had pre-purchased The Orange Box , who had activated their Black Box coupon, which
5293-640: The people of Cantabria in northern Spain Southern Highlanders, the mountain people of Southern Appalachia in the eastern United States Publications [ edit ] The Highlander , a book written by James Macpherson The Highlander (newspaper) , a Gaelic-language political newspaper based in Scotland The Highlander , the student newspaper of the University of California, Riverside The Highlander ,
5372-437: The people of Cantabria in northern Spain Southern Highlanders, the mountain people of Southern Appalachia in the eastern United States Publications [ edit ] The Highlander , a book written by James Macpherson The Highlander (newspaper) , a Gaelic-language political newspaper based in Scotland The Highlander , the student newspaper of the University of California, Riverside The Highlander ,
5451-551: The servers for the PlayStation 3 version of Team Fortress 2 went offline. On June 10, 2010, Team Fortress 2 was released for macOS , shortly after the release of Steam for macOS. The release was teased by way of an image similar to early iPod advertising , showing a dark silhouette of the Heavy on a bright green background, his "Sandvich" highlighted in his hand. Virtual earbuds , which can be worn when playing on either macOS or Windows once acquired, were given to players playing
5530-586: The student newspaper of David Douglas High School , Portland, Oregon Entertainment [ edit ] Highlander franchise [ edit ] Highlander (franchise) , a franchise of films, television series and other media Highlander (comics) Highlander books Films [ edit ] Highlander (film) , 1986 Highlander II: The Quickening , 1991 Highlander III: The Sorcerer ( Highlander III: The Final Dimension ), 1994 Highlander: Endgame , 2000 Highlander: The Source , 2007 Highlander: The Search for Vengeance ,
5609-586: The student newspaper of David Douglas High School , Portland, Oregon Entertainment [ edit ] Highlander franchise [ edit ] Highlander (franchise) , a franchise of films, television series and other media Highlander (comics) Highlander books Films [ edit ] Highlander (film) , 1986 Highlander II: The Quickening , 1991 Highlander III: The Sorcerer ( Highlander III: The Final Dimension ), 1994 Highlander: Endgame , 2000 Highlander: The Source , 2007 Highlander: The Search for Vengeance ,
5688-458: The team's color scheme. The update received notable attention due to the absurdity of fixing such a bug 17 years into the game's lifespan. It was reverted a day later, citing that it led to inconsistencies with the cosmetics that were based on the broken color scheme. On June 23, 2011, Valve announced that Team Fortress 2 would become free-to-play . Unique equipment including weapons and outfits would be available as microtransactions through
5767-464: The title Highlander . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Highlander&oldid=1243443089 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Highlander From Misplaced Pages,
5846-482: The title Highlander . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Highlander&oldid=1243443089 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Team Fortress 2 Team Fortress 2 ( TF2 )
5925-432: The voice chats of matches, assuming other players' usernames to confuse players attempting to kick them from the server, and the usage of aimbot cheating software. Additionally, some bots were programmed after a TF2 source code leak which Valve had confirmed in April 2020. On June 16, 2020, Valve responded to this by restricting accounts that have not paid for Mann Co. Store items or purchased Team Fortress 2 prior to
6004-509: Was first shown at E3 1999 as Team Fortress 2: Brotherhood of Arms , where Valve showcased new technologies including parametric animation , which blended animations for smoother, more lifelike movement, and Intel 's multi-resolution mesh technology, which dynamically reduced the detail of distant on-screen elements to improve performance. The game earned several awards including Best Online Game and Best Action Game . In mid-2000, Valve announced that Team Fortress 2 had been delayed for
6083-462: Was included in a patch that also repaired issues found in the other games within The Orange Box . The updates released on PC and planned for later release on Xbox 360 include new official maps and game modes, as well as tweaks to classes and new weapons that can be unlocked through the game's achievement system. The developers attempted to negotiate with Xbox 360 developer Microsoft to keep
6162-526: Was included with the ATI HD 2900XT Graphics cards, and for members of Valve's Cyber Café Program. Team Fortress 2 was released on October 10, 2007, both as a standalone product via Steam and at retail stores as part of The Orange Box compilation pack, priced at each gaming platform's recommended retail price . The Orange Box also contains Half-Life 2 , Half-Life 2: Episode One , Half-Life 2: Episode Two , and Portal . Valve offered The Orange Box at
6241-502: Was still in development . Valve reintroduced Team Fortress 2 at the EA Summer Showcase event in the July of 2006. Departing from the realistic visual design of other Valve games, Team Fortress 2 features a cartoon-like visual style influenced by 20th-century commercial illustrations and the artwork of J. C. Leyendecker , Dean Cornwell , and Norman Rockwell , achieved through Gooch shading . The game debuted with
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