Apr 11, 2011

Team Fortress 2

Valve has thanked the Team Fortress 2 community for raising an incredible $430,543.65 for the Japanese disaster relief fund.

That number represents the sale of three limited hats and two noisemakers - items added to the Mann Co. Team Fortress 2 game store at the end of March.

"Nice work, everyone!" wrote Valve on the TF2 blog. "It's been inspiring to watch gamers around the world come together for such a worthy cause."

The hats and noisemakers disappeared on 6th April.

Video: Team Fortress 2.

Apr 10, 2011

TF2 Players Spend Nearly Half A Million Dollars On...Hats

Team Fortress 2

To help the victims of the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Team Fortress 2 developers Valve had a little hat sale. It started well. And has ended even better.

A total of $430,543.65 was raised by Team Fortress 2 players spending a bit of cash on some hats for their characters, which either says a lot about the size of TF2's player base, a lot about the appeal of hats or a lot about both.

There's also a lesson in this: developers, if you want PC gamers to stop pirating things and start spending money, don't sell them games. Sell them hats.

Apr 8, 2011

Team Fortress 2 players raise $430,543.65 for Japan aid

Team Fortress 2

The Team Fortress 2 team just revealed the final number for its two-week charity drive for Japan disaster relief. Benefiting the Red Cross, the sale of three in-game hats (and a few $0.99 noisemakers) produced the absurd number you see above. Quoth the Heavy, you did well.

Apr 8, 2011

Charity Results

Team Fortress 2 - SZ

<img src="http://www.teamfortress.com/images/posts/charity_number.png" width="420" height="76" border="0">

Nice work, everyone! We're excited to share that, thanks to the generosity of the TF community, in two short weeks we managed to collect
$430,543.65 for the Japanese disaster relief fund. It's been inspiring to watch gamers around the world come together for such a worthy cause.

We'd also like to give a special thanks to the good folks over at the <a href="http://www.unusualhatclub.com/forums/">Unusual Hats Club</a> for taking it upon themselves to raise an additional $3,000 through their own Hats for Help campaign.

Thanks for taking part in our charity drive, everyone! Wear your hats with pride!

Apr 8, 2011

Charity Results

Team Fortress 2 - SZ

Nice work, everyone! We're excited to share that, thanks to the generosity of the TF community, in two short weeks we managed to collect
$430,543.65 for the Japanese disaster relief fund. It's been inspiring to watch gamers around the world come together for such a worthy cause.

We'd also like to give a special thanks to the good folks over at the Unusual Hats Club for taking it upon themselves to raise an additional $3,000 through their own Hats for Help campaign.

Thanks for taking part in our charity drive, everyone! Wear your hats with pride!

Apr 8, 2011

Charity Results

Team Fortress 2

Nice work, everyone! We're excited to share that, thanks to the generosity of the TF community, in two short weeks we managed to collect $430,543.65 for the Japanese disaster relief fund. It's been inspiring to watch gamers around the world come together for such a worthy cause.

We'd also like to give a special thanks to the good folks over at the Unusual Hats Club for taking it upon themselves to raise an additional $3,000 through their own Hats for Help campaign.

Thanks for taking part in our charity drive, everyone! Wear your hats with pride!

Apr 7, 2011

This is Very Good Title to Blog Post

Team Fortress 2 - SZ

<img src="http://www.teamfortress.com/images/posts/soldier_engy.png" width="420" height="234" border="0">

Um. Hello. Is this on? Excuse please. This is first time making blog post. For babies. I am sorry. Before I sell you something, I am supposed to flatter you. So: not baby. You are all not babies. There. Done. Yes?

No? Oh kay.

Usually Soldier has baby job of talking to you through button board. He cannot come to blog today because he tells me he must accept highest honor US government can give: Jury Duty. He could not wait to go deliver his guilty hanging verdict for whatever it is criminal did, but he left seventeen page speech for me to type to you. I am not doing this.

Anyway, hats. They are new and very good for you. There are ten of them. One is bear, not hat. So nine hats and bear. Available through drops, craftings and store. Is good deal, you should buy. Moneys go to TF community members who make hats and bears. Do not wait. Get in line now for hat or bear. Have money ready because line is going to be long.

These are good words. Job is done. Where is Heavy's hat?

What?

I SAID, WHERE IS HEAVY'S HAT?

Apr 7, 2011

This is Very Good Title to Blog Post

Team Fortress 2 - SZ

Um. Hello. Is this on? Excuse please. This is first time making blog post. For babies. I am sorry. Before I sell you something, I am supposed to flatter you. So: not baby. You are all not babies. There. Done. Yes?

No? Oh kay.

Usually Soldier has baby job of talking to you through button board. He cannot come to blog today because he tells me he must accept highest honor US government can give: Jury Duty. He could not wait to go deliver his guilty hanging verdict for whatever it is criminal did, but he left seventeen page speech for me to type to you. I am not doing this.

Anyway, hats. They are new and very good for you. There are ten of them. One is bear, not hat. So nine hats and bear. Available through drops, craftings and store. Is good deal, you should buy. Moneys go to TF community members who make hats and bears. Do not wait. Get in line now for hat or bear. Have money ready because line is going to be long.

These are good words. Job is done. Where is Heavy's hat?

What?

I SAID, WHERE IS HEAVY'S HAT?

Apr 7, 2011

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

Team Fortress 2 - Valve

Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Team Fortress 2

Ended the Japan charity drive
Added 9 new hats and 1 new bear

Apr 7, 2011

Mullets Finally Come To Team Fortress 2

Team Fortress 2

Hat enthusiasts get a minor but noteworthy new update for Team Fortress 2 today: the option to apply a flowing mullet to the Engineer class with the "Big Country" wearable item. Nine pieces of headgear, including googly eyes for the Pyro and a detective's cap for the Spy, are joined by one teddy bear.

If you like your Team Fortress 2 accessories made by the community and served ten at a time, fire up Steam and head to the Mann Co. store.