Immediately Valve introduced in a weblog put up on the official Workforce Fortress 2 web site that an replace is deliberate, and apparently, it is a huge one.
The builders outline it as a “full-on update-sized replace” versus latest summer season occasions which were restricted to merchandise updates. Because of this it will embody “gadgets, maps, taunts, uncommon results, conflict paints and who is aware of what else.”
It is coming this yr, and whereas it does not have a reputation but and will not have a theme, it will be launched across the summer season.
Based on the put up, Valve needs Steam Workshop creators to create content material to be featured within the replace. In the meanwhile, it is unclear how a lot of the content material for this “replace” can be user-generated and the way a lot, if any, will come from Valve’s builders themselves.
The deadline for submission is Might 1, and regardless of the Summer season timing for the discharge, the content material does not require to be summer-themed, because the replace truly will not have a theme.
When you’re unfamiliar with Workforce Fortress 2, it was initially launched in 2007 for PC as a sequel to the Workforce Fortress mod for Quake when Steam was nonetheless younger. A port on PS3 and Xbox 360 has additionally been launched in the identical yr, however the improvement of those variations has been lengthy discontinued so do not count on this new replace to return on consoles.
The sport has been free-to-play since 2011, nevertheless it sports activities an inner user-driven financial system that enables the commerce and sale of beauty gadgets, which regularly find yourself fetching a fairly penny.
