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Half-empty games

Justin Kemppainen, Minnesota Games Examiner writes:

I still love VALVe. As if I haven't made that clear enough in the many things I've said about them. They have a very high standard of quality, even if it takes them a jillion years to get anything created. All that does is enslave me further. Make me desire what only they can provide.

They do, however, long delays aside, have this tendency to make games that could generously be described as unfinished. Now, I'm not referring to bugginess or gameplay issues. As per their standard, most games of theirs roll off the assembly line very clean, bug-free, mostly well-balanced, and containing an excellent experience that is often unparalleled.

Variety and longevity are something that are sometimes lacking, however.

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Team Fortress 2 'native VR port' could be coming to Steam after Valve releases source code

After Valve released the Team Fortress 2 source code, developers and modders are reviving TF2 VR, making it bigger and better than ever.

ZycoFox96d ago

Seems dumb, multiplayer fast paced VR... Sounds like a recipe for disaster.

Source 2 versions of the games they had, remakes or sequels to their games should've come out like a decade ago, now they'd need a heavily upgraded Source 2 or just Source 3 to be up to par with current engines tbh..

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The TF2 SDK has arrived

Valve: "Mod makers, rejoice! We've just released a massive update to the Source SDK, adding all the Team Fortress 2 client and server game code. This update will allow content creators to build completely new games based on TF2. We're also doing a big update to all our multiplayer back-catalogue Source engine titles (TF2, DoD:S, HL2:DM, CS:S, and HLDM:S), adding 64-bit binary support, a scalable HUD/UI, prediction fixes, and a lot of other improvements!"

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Slander, extortion and doxxing - beneath the surface of TF2’s bot crisis

Behind the aimbots that have plagued Team Fortress 2, a far more sinister story of harassment has unfolded - and it's only getting worse.

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