Valve is well known for creating games that players are still enthusiastic about years and even decades after the last updates, andTeam Fortress 2is no exception. However, the still-active player base may see some activity from the developers in the near future, as someTeam Fortress 2fans have spotted signs that something huge may be coming down the pipeline.
It appears that two of the biggestTeam Fortress 2mods,Team Fortress 2Classicand Open Fortress, have both announced over Twitter that they are temporarily suspending downloads as part of a deal with Valve. Both posts were made using suspiciously similar wording as if the modders were working from the same script.
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While these posts are still rather ambiguous, the recent attentionTeam Fortress 2has received isn’t ambiguous at all. After Valve took measures to address the game’s bot problem,Team Fortress 2broke its Steam concurrent player recorda full 14 years after its original release, proving that fans are still passionate about the title. If Valve was waiting to see ifTeam Fortress 2is still beloved by fans before it put a serious investment into the title, that record-breaking player surge may have done the trick, as Redditor FluffBluff points out.
Reportedly,Team Fortress 2has remained one of Steam’s top 10 games for quite a while, indicating that the game does have some serious staying power. The fact that two of its biggest mods have been contacted by Valve may indicate thatTeam Fortress 2is getting a massive update that might overlap with the content provided byTeam Fortress 2Classic andOpen Fortress. It appears that the deal with Valve was targeted at these two specifically, as the teamremakingTeam Fortress 2in theHalf Life: Alyxenginedoes not appear to have made a similar statement.
As of writing, fans seem to be tentatively excited but held back for much the same reasons many Valve fans refrain from getting worked up: years of silence from the developers have left some players very cynical about the chances ofTeam Fortress 2actually getting a new big update. However, FluffBluff also notes that Valve has a history of building close relationships with modders and turning fan creations into official products. It’s possible that these modders are temporarily suspending downloads because they’re in the process of working out something more official with Valve.
