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Try out the WAR! update.

Valve's letting anybody and everybody play Team Fortress 2 this weekend for free.

Doors open tomorrow, and that leaves plenty of time to download and install the game.

The free weekend hopes to draw attention to the new WAR! update that had Demomen and Soldiers at each others' throats. Each was battling to amass a bigger score than the other as the winner is to be bestowed with an extra new weapon by Valve.

The winner is not the Soldier, as has just been pointed out. Each of the two classes will be given three new weapons over the week, and the winner will receive a fourth. The losing side will never ever get a fourth weapon as punishment.

Head over to the Team Fortress 2 Steam page to pre-load the game in preparation. Full thing only costs Ł13.99.

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ChthonicEcho #1 2 years ago

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Robert, Direct Hit is not the prize, it is to replace the Soldier's primary weapon (the rocket launcher). Keep in mind that the so-called 'war' will only end tonight, and that is when the prize will be announced. If you go to Soldier's page, you will notice that the question mark is still not clickable.
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sneetch #2 2 years ago

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Yep, just coming here to say the same thing ChthonicEcho.
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Digital_Forge #3 2 years ago

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You can pick the Orange Box up for around Ł9.99 in most brick and mortar retailers these days, there really isn't an excuse not to own it.

It can run on a toaster the PC specs are that low.
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Eraysor #4 2 years ago

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TF2 for toasters is a brilliant idea.
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lemonfist #5 2 years ago

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Clearly Robert is just a Demoman trying to lure all you Soldiers (AKA World's Easiest Class) into thinking you'd already won!
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ben---neb #6 2 years ago

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Half Life 2 Episode 3. That's all I say.

Edited by 1 at 16/12/09 @ 16:04
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Nithron #7 2 years ago

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HL2 ep 3's a long, long, long way off. Partially, i'm sure, because Valve have no idea how to wrap up the story.
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Azazel #8 2 years ago

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I theorise that EP3 will actually be released as Half Life 3 and will be delivered to mankind in Helios chariot. In 2018.
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