TF2 Heavy update next Tuesday

By Robert Purchese Published 13 August, 2008

More weapons, maps, gameplay modes.

Valve has confirmed the Heavy update for Team Fortress 2 will be released on PC on Tuesday 19th August.

Three new unlockable weapons will be added to the TF2 class, as well as more maps and a brand new gameplay mode. Valve calls this "the largest" update made to the game since launch.

Specific details on alterations and additions will be staggered to appear on the Heavy website between now and next Tuesday.

Team Fortress 2 designer Robin Walker has previously hinted that Heavy changes will make the class more viable solo, or without a Medic in tow.

The only official details released to date describes one of the community-made maps which will appear in the update.

To spur the community into action, Valve is offering Team Fortress 2 for free during the whole of next weekend, which begins 22nd August.

Head over to the "A Heavy Update" website to keep up to date.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds. @Clert on Twitter.

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Comments (25) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • BBIAJ #1 4 years ago

    How about the 360 version?

  • the_dudefather #2 4 years ago

    consLOLe versions of TF2

  • bigbadbeasty #3 4 years ago

    consLOLe versions of 'any FPS'

  • booner #4 4 years ago

    I think making the Heavy independent is a bad idea, takes away the "team" element of the medic/heavy relationship. Still good news about the update, means I can play Pyro again as everyone will be heavy!

  • christourlord #5 4 years ago

    Yes! I think any fears of Valve cocking-up the balance will be assuaged when the update comes out... It's pretty much the most balanced online shooter I have ever played.

    I can't wait to see what they are doing with the new game mode too. I've been getting into Goldrush recently and I absolutely love it. Hopefully they will add another big twist to the gameplay along those lines.

  • ChthonicEcho #6 4 years ago

    That was fast.

  • viper_h #7 4 years ago

    Awesome. Time to start playing TF2 again! That pyro update was "teh suq".

  • kinky_mong #8 4 years ago

    "How about the 360 version?"

    I gave up hope of Valve giving us poor 360 owners any form of DLC months ago now. Shame because I think TF2 was 10 times the multiplayer game Halo3 and CoD4 were, and I'm extremely worried the same sort of thing is going to happen to Left 4 Dead. If only I had the money and holier than thou attitude to be a PC gamer.

  • Masterless #9 4 years ago

    "Valve is offering Team Fortress 2 for free during the whole of next weekend, which begins 22nd August."

    Does tha mean if I download it at the weekend I get it for free..forever?

  • christourlord #10 4 years ago

    <em>Does tha mean if I download it at the weekend I get it for free..forever?</em>

    No. Obviously not.

  • Raziel #11 4 years ago

    MS won't let Valve bring out all the content, since Valve wants to do it for free, but MS demands they charge for it.
    On the other hand, Sony is totally free and open about content, but the guys at Valve are total fanboys.

    Everyone loses, except PC.

  • mcmonkeyplc #12 4 years ago

    HEAVY!

    Looking forward to this seeing as it's my most played role.

  • BadByte #13 4 years ago

    @Masterless: What it means it that you can download it and play it for free that weekend, come monday its it back to normal again. Think of it as demo with a 3 days limit on it.

    @BBIAJ: Sorry mate but the 360/ps3 versions are screwed, no updates. There was a rumor some time back about a possibility of new maps as DLC (most likely the Goldrush map).
    Edited by BadByte at 13/08/08 @ 11:27

  • skillian #14 4 years ago

    5 new maps? Nice.

    The new Goldrush map/mode is probably my favourite so far :)

  • Xeaon #15 4 years ago

    Oh god, playing as a soldier will be a nightmare. Have been enjoying playing goldrush as a heavy a lot recently though so every cloud has a silver lining :D

  • legendmir #16 4 years ago

    yay cool!

  • oMonarca #17 4 years ago

    Glad my TF2 version is on my PC!

    Go Valve!

  • NorfolkNClue #18 4 years ago

    The full list of stuff for the update will include seven fresh maps and a new game mode; the mysteriously unannounced game mode will come supported with five Valve-crafted maps. Also, a "new Payload map focusing on more open spaces than Goldrush" will also be released, plus another community map, CP_Steel (which is supposedly fabulously tactical, with different routes opening up depending on how you capture the CPs).

    There is specualtion on the HLDS mailing list from a chap who noticed some server-side cvars which have been hanging around for a while, may point towards the new mode being an Arena gametype.

    EA would want 20 quid for that little lot!

    As for 360 content, Doug Lombardi went on record to say that the certification process to get more content on the 360 was too tiresome to do continually, which is why there is no DLC. There may be an issue with MS wanting to charge as well (which he didn't specifically mention obviously), but I'm inclined to believe it was more the increased workload to get DLC certified than anything else.
    Edited by NorfolkNClue at 13/08/08 @ 12:11

  • Nithron #19 4 years ago

    If only I had the money and holier than thou attitude to be a PC gamer.

    I'm a PC gamer, and I can tell you, we have the money because we are holier than Thou.

    A lot holier.

  • skillian #20 4 years ago

    I'm actually holier than thouu because I have so much money. Like, more than the Pope (money and holiness).

  • chudders #21 4 years ago

    We must push leettle cart!

  • J.C #22 4 years ago

    I cant get on with TF2. to much online halo 3 made it meh for me.

  • ChthonicEcho #23 4 years ago

    I gave up hope of Valve giving us poor 360 owners...
    You're anything but poor. 90% of game articles nowadays don't even mention the PC version of a game, and reviews of multiplatform games are based on X360 more often than not. You have XBLA and you have exclusives that may or may not come to the PC. Everyone acts as if that's how things are supposed to me, but when we get a treat and you don't, suddenly everyone is either crying or yelling.

    /rant

  • jambolio #24 4 years ago

    The beautiful thing is, Valve make all their games massively scaleable thus increasing the size of the market available for their products. Low End Pc's can play TF2 happily and high end PC's get the last bit of graphical shine out of the games too.
    TF2 is by far the best PC online FPS at the moment and will probably go from strength to strength over the next couple of years, it even stopped me from playing counter strike.

  • stallion185 #25 4 years ago

    This update will be so fruitful for me. A whole bunch of heavies running around asking me to headshot them one by one :p