By Jim Rossignol on December 20th, 2012 at 7:00 pm.
TF2′s Christmas update is a Big Rock one. The new Big Rock map will contain the Mecha-Engineer, expanding the roster for the Mann Vs Machine mode. Valve explain: “These Grinch-like Smissmas cakewalk destroyers can skip huge areas of the path with their teleporting ability, and also teleport other robots forward instantly with their “telling other robots about the teleporter” ability.”
There will also be new weapons. But you knew that. Right? There’s also a new comic. Hooray for holidays!
20/12/2012 at 19:07 RakeShark says:
It will be a sad day when no-one remembers anything about TF2.
20/12/2012 at 19:17 phelix says:
In the grim darkness of the future, there is only HATS HATS HATS oh and something about two teams
20/12/2012 at 22:44 erikagarver9 says:
My last pay check was $9500 working 12 hours a week online. My sisters friend has been averaging 15k for months now and she works about 20 hours a week. I can’t believe how easy it was once I tried it out. This is what I do..Read More
21/12/2012 at 02:06 blisf says:
Is this a new robot class? The spammer bot?
20/12/2012 at 19:25 x3m157 says:
Dammit Linux, let my graphics card work already! I am suffering from an acute case of TF2 withdrawal.
20/12/2012 at 19:34 felisc says:
Sometimes i wonder if i am the only idiot who still hasn’t played TF2. somehow the fact that it’s free makes me say “ah i’ll try it later”. madness.
20/12/2012 at 19:42 Havok9120 says:
I’ve still not played it. Or even seen it played.
20/12/2012 at 19:39 Discopanda says:
MAGGOTS!
20/12/2012 at 19:44 The Random One says:
ROBOTS!
20/12/2012 at 19:58 Discopanda says:
Beep. Boop.
20/12/2012 at 20:26 Lord Custard Smingleigh says:
It’s a robot! Kill it!
20/12/2012 at 20:38 RakeShark says:
Wait! Can we talk to the robot?
21/12/2012 at 08:42 mllory says:
Silence! Destroy him!
20/12/2012 at 19:45 Dominic White says:
I would honestly pay good subscription money for a bi-weekly TF2 comic series. It’s beautifully written, I love the art, and the continuity is just perfect, considering that it’s an effectively nonsensical setting now.
20/12/2012 at 19:57 Pony Canyon says:
Agreed – it has a very “Venture Brothers” aftertaste to it. And that is a very good thing.
20/12/2012 at 20:01 Discopanda says:
They actually have Venture Brothers items coming to the game pretty soon.
20/12/2012 at 20:05 Pony Canyon says:
Hah, I just stumbled across that on their page. How utterly perfect.
20/12/2012 at 20:24 SkittleDiddler says:
Say wha? That’s cool.
20/12/2012 at 19:59 Beelzebud says:
On the event page there is a picture of the mecha-engineer on a monitor and it looks like he’s in the process of saying “Hats, all your hats are belong to us”
20/12/2012 at 20:06 obvioustroll says:
Was hoping they would bring back wave 666 in a festive theme.
21/12/2012 at 05:46 soldant says:
I stopped playing TF2 a while ago because it’s just a god-awful mess these days, but I still stop and read these little bits and pieces that they release. They’re far more entertaining than the game itself these days.
21/12/2012 at 08:41 LionsPhil says:
Pretty much.
21/12/2012 at 09:01 El_Emmental says:
well, standard game modes -are- a mess, I agree.
However, you shouldn’t skip on the MvM game mode so fast, it’s made for the kind of mess that TF2 currently is, and it’s quite fun, actually.
27/12/2012 at 11:58 GValer says:
robots started apocalypse :D