Yesterday, we got a quick look at the Demoman's wicked new melee arsenal. Today, Valve is busy talking up the first "War!" update weapon for the Soldier. It's a new rocket launcher called the Direct Hit, intended for those who don't readily depend on a large blast radius for their kills.
The Direct Hit is 80% faster and 25% more damaging than the regular ol' rocket launcher, although this comes at a price: the blast radius has been reduced by a whopping 70%.
The second new weapon will be revealed tomorrow, and if trends continue in terms of kill counts, the Soldier may just get another weapon on top of that. Step it up, Demomen!
Other exciting news includes a new comic, more Team Fortress 2 merchandise, and a free weekend just in time for the update. Begin pre-loading now if you want to take part!
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5:20 PM on 12.16.2009 | 
If you want to play Valve games, buy a gorram PC.
thinking of buying it, how much longer do people think TF2 is going to be really active for? has it the population dropped a bit since L4D2?
Are you kidding? it's been gaining speed since it's release.
It's gonna be played for a LONG time.
i know it's insanely popular, just seems like ages ago i bought the orange box for 360.
I guess it's got counter strike like legs then?
People still play the original Counter-Strike. TF2's gonna be around for a while. Go for it, it's worth your money! :)
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*Mind is blown*
TF2 is a super active multiplayer game. It has in fact being more active than ever since they began to announce the updates the past week.
....oh who am I kidding. TEAM DEMO.
Chill out, I was kidding. I know they've been working on it forever, I'm just bitter that I have to play the 360 version since my PC died.
That's odd, all the servers I tend to visit are fuller than ever! I barely have the chance to play on them so I usually try to catch with a friend now.
NOWS THE TIME BOYOS! LETS BRING THOSE ROCKET LOVIN' YANKS DOWN!
I WILL NOT CHILL OUT RAAAAEEEGGGG
Ahem. My apologies. Hopefully that post prevents further xbox losers from posting the same question though. Also, LET'S GET'EM TEAM DEMO! THE GAP IS NARROWING AND WE DESERVE THAT LAST WEAPON!!
You might be right. Valve wanted the DLC to be free, but Microsoft wanted it to be charged (think Halo DLC). So the DLC got cock-blocked. Valve might wait for all the DLCs to be released, then charge $10 on XBL to get around Microsoft's greedy hands.
I feel sorry for you XBox 360 and PS3 users. You are really missing out on the fun.
I bet they are gonna sacrifice some firing rate for this.