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This weekend 16 Team Fortress 2 teams are gathering in Rennes, France, for Insalan 7. With over one hundred people playing Team Fortress 2 the LAN is expected to push records for Team Fortress 2 in France! HiScoreTV is planning to broadcast the games throughout the weekend so be sure to tune in.
Update!
We neglected to mention that Vanilla TV will also be broadcasting matches in English as well. The final match is scheduled for 2PM CET.
Save 15% when you pre-purchase Jagged Alliance - Back in Action on Steam before February 7th and get three new items in TF2.
The next release in the Gaming Heads TF2 12 inch statue line, the Medic, will be available for pre-order on Tuesday, January 31st via the Gaming Heads website.
CEVO is host to a new tournament, "The Vanilla Challenge." Teams will compete for cash prizes with first place receiving $1000 and a spot in the main division in their upcoming season nine. Maps have not yet been announced.
We're already a few episodes behind but somehow we doubt you'd be surprised by that tidbit. Every Monday eXtv puts together a segment called eXtravision featuring Team Fortress 2 news, tournaments, replays, and much more.
Payload. New levels. TF2Maps.net. Delicious! This new level design competition focuses around designing a map with an all new dynamic payload element. Not sure what that is? Neither are they because that's up to you! Intrigued? Visit their news posting on TF2Maps.net for details. The contest ends April 30 9:00PM UTC. Submissions will be accepted one week before the deadline.
United Gaming Clan's season 6 highlander league starts January 23. Teams can sign up until January 30 to compete in the ten week season.
Sign ups are still open (Four for the KritzKast Low-Fi Offclass Cup until Saturday 12:00AM EST. Interested in something a little different? Players are limited to no more than two of each: Pyro, Sniper, or Spy and only one Heavy, Engineer, or Medic. There's a few unlocks white listed as well, more details can be found in their announcement. Specific sign up details are available here.
Thanks to some talented community translators, there's now a Russian version of 'A Smissmas Story' available for you to read here.
Update: Zde je odkaz na českou verzi komiksu, vytvořenou členem komunity SC.
The second annual holiday-themed "Australian Christmas" update, features two retro-futuristic “Dr. Grordbort” class packs for the Engineer and Pyro, designed by Weta Workshop’s Greg Broadmore.
In addition to the class packs, the update will also ship 14 new holiday-themed weapons, hats and cosmetic items by the TF community’s item creators, using the Steam Workshop. “CP_Foundry,” a new five-cap control point map designed by Valve’s TF2 team, comes with 12 map-specific achievements.
As part of the holiday celebration, over 50 items in the Mann Co. in-game store will be on sale for up to 75% until January 2nd, 2012. Additionally, the in-game item drop rate will be doubled for the first week of the event.
Couple of videos have crossed our desks here at the office this week. Enjoy! We certainly did.
ETF2L's 6v6 Season 10 concludes tonight! A best of 3 match between Infused.Tt and Epsilon eSports is scheduled to go down at 21:15 CET (15:15 EST) and will be cast via VanillaTV.
In celebration of a missing Grordbort's rocket being found, and the subsequent release of two new Dr. Grordbort's Team Fortress 2 packs, our friends at Weta Workshop are offering a special, time and quantity limited deal.
Get in quick, and grab yourself a Miniature Pearce 75 at a discounted price of US$49.99! That’s a saving of US$10. There's only 50 available at this price so act now!
Enter the special offer code TF2EXCLUSIVE during checkout on the WetaNZ website. (Code is case sensitive)
Offer Ends 21 December.
The second six on six newbie mix cup is about to be begin with the special moniker, Christmas Cup. The rules are simple; its a double knockout tournament where teams are comprised of five individuals and one experienced mentor, who will then take part in a week long tournament with some great christmas prizes.
No prior TF2 experience is required, although they reccomend you take part in a few matches beforehand to get a feel for it. These can be joined via their Steam community. You can also seek out a mentor via the same source.
To sign up, or see additional rules, visit their Steam community group.
Updates to Team Fortress 2, Day of Defeat: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: Source Engine Changes (TF2, DoD:S, HL2:DM)
