Play Team Fortress 2 for free

By Ellie Gibson Published 21 May, 2009

You've got all weekend to try it out.

Valve is giving those who've never played Team Fortress 2 the chance to try out the PC version for free this weekend.

As of today, you'll be able to pre-load the game via the Steam store. Then you've got until Tuesday to give it a go.

It's all to celebrate the release of the new Spy vs. Sniper update, which is also due out today. Visit TeamFortress.com for the full lowdown.

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About Ellie Gibson

Since joining Eurogamer in the mid 2000s, Ellie has written about subjects as diverse as the fall of Gizmondo, the rise of Hollyoaks actresses in Red Alert games and the noise a bear makes under NSFW circumstances.

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Comments (15) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • AphoticCosmos #1 3 years ago

    Wait . . .

    Wait . . .

    People don't have TF2 or the Orange Box? O_O

    All these heathens need to pick it up immediately!

  • ben---neb #2 3 years ago

    Jarate - the ability to throw urine at people.

    Methinks Valve is getting a bit carried away.

  • Wickedbug #3 3 years ago

    TF2 is ace! Just can't get tired of it.

    PS: All this updates are FREE, none of that paying for 2/3 maps rubbish

  • sneetch #4 3 years ago

    Spies and snipers updating at the same time? Time to fill out those pyro achievements. :)

    Jarate! They actually added it! Fantastic! :D

  • Bagpuss #5 3 years ago

    Lol....i got this with the Orange Box package over a year ago via steam, and still have never bothered to download it and play it.




  • jonfon #6 3 years ago

    @ben--neb
    "Jarate - the ability to throw urine at people.

    Methinks Valve is getting a bit carried away."

    Yes, they're certainly taking the piss.

    *legs it*

  • ChthonicEcho #7 3 years ago

    Personally, I think the Jarate idea is golden.

  • Rubarack #8 3 years ago

    Why now? Patch updates are normally a pretty wretched time for TF2 but right at the start of Spy/Sniper week? TF2 is going to look like the worst game ever.

  • lemonfist #9 3 years ago

    This update is going to be pyro-heaven. Amateur spies and snipers all over the place!

  • doragor #10 3 years ago

    I have the Orange Box and played this once or twice when I first got it but haven't touched it since. Is it worth going back to? I remember being a little confused about where to go and what to defend.

  • AphoticCosmos #11 3 years ago

    @lemonfist

    Heh, you got that right!

    I'm gonna be up all night farming spy noobs :p

    Can I get a HUDDA HUDDA HUDDA! from the rest of the pyro crowd?
    Edited by 1 at 21/05/09 @ 15:08

  • sneetch #12 3 years ago

    @doragor
    I have the Orange Box and played this once or twice when I first got it but haven't touched it since. Is it worth going back to? I remember being a little confused about where to go and what to defend.

    Definitely worth going back to, but if you start this weekend just remember that the game doesn't normally have that many snipers or spies. It'll be painful to be a medic for the next few days. :)

    And if you're on the 360 version then you won't have the updates yet, they're gonna wait until they've finished all classes before they bring out the 360 update (they're also having memory problems on the 360).

  • AphoticCosmos #13 3 years ago

    @ Doragor

    Valve helpfully has a video recorded for each official map that you can watch to get the general gist of the map. As you enter a server, there's a "watch video" button at the bottom of the screen. Click it and it should help you get to grips with it.

    TF2 is well worth a crack at, IMHO. Best MP shooter out there by far.

  • DFawkes #14 3 years ago

    Only excuse left not to at least try TF2 is if you bought a computer in the 80s. Get in people!

  • doragor #15 3 years ago

    @ sneeth & AphoticCosmos

    thanks for the tips guys. will give it another spin.