Team Fortress 2; Now free to play- Forever --Also Meet the Medic

[Eri]

Industry trade website Develop-Online has revealed in an interview with Valve?s Robin Walker that Team Fortress 2 is now permanently free to play, and will solely be supported by in-game item purchases.

TF2′s switch to F2P was rumored and expected, but perhaps not this soon. Walker says that Valve had been exploring the idea since September 2010. ?We?ve been toying with the idea of making Team Fortress free-to-play ever since the Mann-conomy update,? Walker said. ?The data we got back from that update leads us to believe that TF2 would be more successful as a completely free product.? Read the rest of the interview with Walker at Develop-Online.

Prior to today, Team Fortress 2 was in the middle of a ?free week.? The game?s Über Update should deploy later this evening.

http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/06/24/breaking-team-fortress-2-is-now-free-to-play-forever/

What have you done Valve?! WHAT HAVE YOU DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONE!?

Medic video few posts below

 

[Prophetic Heresy]

It seems like they found a way to get a lot more people to buy some hats.

 

[lacktheknack]

Hory crow. Maybe I'll play it after all.

Also, this has got to SUCK for anyone who bought it in the last three days.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

As long as random drops aren't removed, I don't care.

 

[Drummie666]

Yeah, I'm downloading it on steam as I type as I saw the "freeweek" bit.

Doesn't really matter now, but at least I'm still getting it free.

 

[Eri]

Meet the Medic is now up

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

Holy shit. Free to play? They're going to release this gem, which is easily the best time I've ever spent on a game, for free?

Deal of the fucking century, but what about my money that I initially spent on the game?

Also, I came when I watched Meet the Medic.

 

[gigastrike]

Ahh...now I see why he doesn't have a Nobel prize yet...

 

[MinionStarwind]

Suddenly a reason to play again, if only to mess with the new players, appears.

 

[Omega Pirate]

I want my $10 back. Honestly...

 

[rh1006]

"kill me" that was epic.

 

[Hero in a half shell]

That meet the medic video was ace. "Will this work?" "I have no idea"

Also, F2P TF2, that's a pretty awesome, if confusing acronym.

 

[Akiraacecombat]

the comment numbers simply exploded.

Meet the Medic is now up

 

[l3o2828]

What about people who spent money on it? seems kind of unfair...

 

[Korten12]

Haven't played TF2 in awhile, might play again.

 

[Neverhoodian]

I believe this is appropriate:
That is pehaps the best "Meet the Team" short yet. Now all that's left is to wait for the game to update.

Also, free to play = lots of newcomers for me to backstab. Sounds good to me.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

the comment numbers simply exploded.

Meet the Medic is now up

I watched it maybe two minutes after it first came out (I know there was only seven pages of comments), then when I watched it a few times and cleared up the fanboy jizz, I saw "1102 comments since you watched this video".