A Heavy update hits Team Fortress 2 next week

Expect your favorite Team Fortress 2 server to be filled with throaty laughs and wailing miniguns next week when Valve unleashes their next big update. As reported on Valve’s official TF2 blog, the Heavy will be the next class to receive a trio of new weapons which, as usual, will be unlocked by completing the 35 new Heavy-specific achievements. However, as Valve’s Robin Walker reports, that’s not all we have to be excited about.

“We've been a little quiet for the last week as we've put the finishing touches on the Heavy update,” explains Walker. “We thought the Pyro pack was the biggest we'd be doing for a while, due to the large changes to the Pyro, but the Heavy update has turned out to be even bigger.”

That’s right, in addition to the Heavy’s expanded arsenal we can also expect to see a new game mode, complete with five new arenas to go along with it, a new Payload map, and a community made map that has been popping up all over: Jamie Manson’s cp_steel. And, as if that wasn’t enough, another “special installment” of the “Meet the…” series is in the works along with plans for another free weekend of TF2 which will start on Friday, August 22nd.

Maybe now is a good time for some of us to catch up on our Medic achievements.

[via 1UP]

Continue reading... | Write a comment

New Ani-Gamers Steam Group

To gauge how many people read this thing, as well as be more active in the community, we have created a Steam group. For those who do not know, Steam is a content-delivery service for PC games. It also has the Steam Community, a fifteen million strong community made up of groups and clans, as well as having its own chat client. Using our Steam group, we can send you announcements about Ani-Gamers, you can join other A-G fans in games, and have huge community get-togethers. Even if you don't play on the PC, it's worth it to join in community events. To join the group, click here. To get Steam, click here.

Our first event will be a Team Fortress 2 clinic. There will be a free Team Fortress 2 weekend June 20th-June 22nd, and my goal is to help people have an idea of the game. Once people join the group, the event will be scheduled. To download TF2 for the weekend, click here.

Continue reading... | Write a comment