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Team Fortress 2 Sniper update is next in line photo

It's a shame Valve's April Fools' Day joke (full image here) ended up being a exactly that, because it would've been pretty damn hilarious to see it actually implemented in Team Fortress 2. Oh well, the Sniper class is getting an update (not a joke), and it promises to be the biggest update yet.

Another update with content for all classes should be out before the Sniper gets his new unlockables, but you know how that goes. Keep it in the back of your mind for now, I guess.

Speaking of things that ought to be released when they were originally promised, Xbox 360 users are being assured that the fabled TF2 update is still being worked on. What's the hold up, you say? Valve's Greg Cherlin tells us it's mostly an issue of not going over the 360's memory limit.

"We've found a couple of nifty ways to get back a bunch of that memory, but it's turned out to be a lot of work, and that's what most of our time is being spent on," he says. "In the meantime, we're going to get a code update out to address the server cheating that's going on."

Godspeed, Valve.








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Midgetsnowman's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/03/2009 11:53
Midgetsnowman
By server cheating do they mean that annoying tendency for sore losers who are hosting the game to DC seconds before the match ends so that they don't get a loss on their record?

because that gets REALLY FUCKING ANNOYING.
DaedHead8's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/03/2009 12:15
DaedHead8
I bought the 360 version of TF2 at launch and quickly switched to the PC version. I've never looked back.
moocow21's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/03/2009 12:20
moocow21
Hopefully people will stop crying "Valve doesn't care about console consumers!", since the reason the updates haven't hit 360 yet are because of the limitations of the console itself and Microsoft's nutty policies about free content. You have to realize how much easier it is for Valve to instantly deliver updates through Steam on the open PC platform than to fiddle around to make it work for a console and THEN get it through Microsoft's maze of a certification process & pricing predicament. Just be glad they even bother to port it over in the first place.
Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/03/2009 12:44
Chronic Logic
I'm just waiting for the Engineer update. That should be interesting.
Pacopaco's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/03/2009 13:24
Pacopaco
I had bought the Orange Box for the PS3 and loved TF2 but definitely felt that it was lacking variety given the PS3 constraints. I held out on buying the PC version for the longest time thinking my computer wouldn't be powerful enough to run it smoothly only to find that it runs just fine even on reduced specs.

Oh my god, the PC version is SO much better than the PS3 version, it's like night and day.
Daynger777's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/03/2009 13:40
Daynger777
TF2 for 360 = biggest disappointment in the history of gaming IMO :'(
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/03/2009 13:51
Sharpless
YESSSSSSSSSSSSS. I'm a bit of a closet Sniper fan. Also, the cheating on the 360 is ridiculous. It's hard to find a game that hasn't been hacked, anymore. (Yes, fuck you all, I can't play it on the PC. Eat me.)
Johnny Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/03/2009 14:50
Johnny Justice
It's going to be pretty crazy when everyone is a sniper trying to get achievements.
Shirley Temple's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/03/2009 15:05
Shirley Temple
@Johnny Justice:

Spy/Pyro time ;)
Midgetsnowman's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/03/2009 15:14
Midgetsnowman
Honestly I love TF2 on my 360 even with the flaws. Engineer is fun as hell. especially when you actually manage to get the teleporters up in the perfect spots and suddenly halve the map for your team while frustrating the living hell out of the other team. :)
Ethan 8bit's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/03/2009 15:38
Ethan 8bit
@Midgetsnowman:

So true about the whole host ordeal. What I find even more pathetic is the fact when someone gets dominated, they have the nerve to go spectator, then back onto their team in order to remove it. It's silly. Losses and being dominated do not even show UP on the player's stats.

I'm just glad they're actually working on the server hacking problem. Tired of joining a game where low-gravity and friendly fire are active.
zanthox's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/03/2009 18:02
zanthox
Valve has such a great sense of humor. Can't wait to be regularly butchered when this sniper update hits T.T
Jetsetlemming's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/05/2009 00:08
Jetsetlemming
Haha Sharpless u suck lol

Haha Xbox ur memory sux lol
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