Neowin Visits Valve - Update Impressions and a Firm Release Date

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I know that the first thing you'll want to know is, "When is the update going to be released?" Neowin happily spills the beans on this, and states that the update for TF2 will come Tuesday, April 29th. The console version of the Orange Box does not currently have a release date for this update.

Neowin also had a little hands-on time with Goldrush.

[blockquote]Goldrush is a map specifically focused on pacing, so the player feels like they are part of an overall team focus instead of being a lone wolf. Each member of the team naturally has to focus on both the overall goal of either advancing or stopping the payload, but also on the local threats, like that heavy backed up by a medic. Goldrush has been designed taking all nine classes into account, which means there is truly a place for everyone and their favorite class to be useful.[/blockquote]

Neowin will have further details on the achievements in an upcoming article.

We have also learned that the shots found here are the ones taken by Neowin as part of their Neowindex event. If you wanted an early jump on seeing the pictures that were taken, feel free to check out our earlier news on the Medic achievement nerfs.
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For The People Who Are Lazy To Read: The Firm Release Of The Big Tf2 Update is April 29th, 2008
 
It better come Tuesday. I have finals this week, and Tuesday is my only free day :P
 
How do we know this is true? They also said it would come out last weekend.
 
Ditto Booster. Tuesday will be right in the middle of dead week. Perfect time to be racking up the kills.
 
i had faith in VALVe last time they said it was comin out but now i dont have as much faith...the achievements are a lie!
 
OH MY GAWD THIS WILL BE THE BEST BIRTHDAY PRESENT I GET, April the 29th will be the best birthday ever!
 
I'm so glad they changed those achievements to be much more obtainable. Now I have hope of using the bad ass weapon that is the Uber-saw!
 
I was fearing valve would push back the update another week so as not to lost in the GTA madness. Looks like that's not the case. Though I'm not getting my hopes up until the moment steam starts downloading the update.
 
Curse you, Valve. Now I have to decide between getting my Blutsauger and Kritzkrieg and spending all day playing GTA4 multiplayer.

Curse.

You.

Oh God Tomorrow will be the greatest day ever

Also look at the Kritzkrieg screenshot, it charges 10% faster :O
 
Smart man, Iadien! I feel the same way >:( I want to see the little loading bar before I get my hopes up.


Although, that would be a fun "welcome home" present!
 
I never fault Valve for delaying updates for full on game releases; it makes a good running joke, and it almost always means they did some last-minute play-testing and actually listened to the community. There was a lot of talk about how monumental getting all of the achievements would be (if you went to the Steam forums, it was full of repeat posts about the 10,000,000 healing requirement). I wish they made it a couple million instead of just 1, but at least the other achievements will be attainable for anyone who plays as a medic in their top 3 classes. Now let's get on with the other classes! I want a proximity sticky bomb! Ooooohhh, the evil things I could do...
 
this is probably a stupid question; however, here it goes anyway: will there be an 24/7 =(eGo)= Goldrush server up coinciding with the release?
 
Ooh, I can't wait till tomorrow!! Homework will have to wait :P

Ducttape, I've heard that they will be replacing the Sunsettown server with Goldrush, or it might have been Convoy I can't remember...
 
Valve saids coming soon next week=bullcrap :O
Valve gives a spefic date=nothing short of a nuke strike will stop it from coming out that date :P
 
I'm still not convinced... It's quite possible the article's author had no mention whatsoever of a release date in their interview, but knows that publishing such a promise guarantees a good amount of AdBucks revenues. It's all a business, after all...
 
Oh noes, they lied! And I was actually looking forward to coming home today and working on getting my blutsauger...
Why must the update be a surprise?! :(
 

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