Team Xtreme!

In case you guys didn't already know, someone has gone and created a mod which lifts the censor from Australian versions of the game and makes the game the way it should be played.

While this fix only works with the demo at present, expect an update not long after the full game is released.

Watch this space for more details.

http://forums.steampowered....

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TF2 has just been graced by another major (?) update to celebrate Halloween.

Included in the update are a couple more hats, a handful of achievements and a new community map.

But the most lucrative aspect of the update is the mega price deduction. Until tomorrow TF2 is only $2.49! (That's cheaper than S.T.A.L.K.E.R!). Buy it and revel in its awesomeness.
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Latest victim- Left 4 Dead 2

Reason as of yet unknown.

Express rage here.

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Not to downplay the significance of our Xfire site or anything but I think it would be good to have a forum dedicated to gaming news open to guest contribution.

Administration alone is evidence enough to suggest that now and then we get quite a few visitors at this site.

Reports we write through any clan scrims/tournaments can go here as well as on the xfire site. E...

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http://www.teamfortress.com/1308.htm

http://guarddog.50webs.com/

Apparently Valve are planning on adding another support class to the game in the form of the 'Guard Dog' inspired by a user-created idea.

Mixed feelings about this one, but all in all it seems like an interesting concept of a class.

However this update could very well be a s...

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Just a minor TF2 update today but a really awesome one in my opinion.

The Sandvich now heals a Heavy to full health and is now droppable.

This means that when dropped, the sandvich acts as a medium medikit for healing the Heavy on the run or saving a dying teammate.

Also in an attempt to nerf the Medic's blutsaughter, Valve have unintentionally buffed i...

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The next TF2 update won't focus on a specific class with Valve instead opting to give every class a slight tweak.

So far this means 18 new hats.
hopefully this means a higher chance of actually getting one!! Mad

And a new arena map with more content to follow in the coming days.

http://www.teamfortress.com/classless/

Also, this hidden link...

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Not that this applies to any of us but that certain game addiction clinic in Amsterdam is planning on using in-game counsiling to help WoW addicts break their addiction.

http://au.gamespot.com/news/6214319.html

Those addicts better have their heathstone or a stealth spell at the ready, else they face a counsiling lecture.