Play Team Fortress 2 Early
For free. No just kidding, unless you’re willing to dish out the 50 bucks ahead of time it looks like you’ll be waiting until October to get your hands on Team Fortress 2. Of course, those willing to pre-purchase The Orange Box are in luck because Valve has announced today that pre-purchasing the game will get you exclusive access to the TF2 beta starting next Monday, the 17th along with a 10% discount on the bundle. Of course if you get bored of the TF2 beta you can always play PopCap’s Peggle Extreme which Valve decided to throw in there for reasons beyond me.
Below is an exert taken from the official announcement on Steam:
Starting Monday, September 17, those who pre-purchase The Orange Box via Steam can download and activate the beta release of Team Fortress 2 (TF2). This year’s most anticipated online action game, TF2 delivers new game types, a signature art style powered by Valve’s next generation animation technology, persistent player statistics, and more.
As a special bonus, those who pre-purchase The Orange Box via Steam will also receive a copy of Peggle Extreme. PopCap and Valve have teamed up to create a special edition of the game cited by MSNBC as one of the “Top 5 Most Addicting Games of All Time.” This first ever collaboration is themed around content from Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Team Fortress 2 and Portal which will positively result in Extreme Fever.
September 11th, 2007 at 2:02 pm
not fair if it is only for people who pre-purchase using Steam.
September 11th, 2007 at 2:05 pm
That’s valve for ya.
September 11th, 2007 at 8:58 pm
why is it not fair, it’s Valves choice to do this so if you don’t pre-order you don’t get to play early, makes perfect sense.
What I don’t like is the fact that I’m still paying for 2 games I don’t want (HL2 and EP1) which means that I’m paying more than I should for the other 3.
September 11th, 2007 at 9:14 pm
you can guys can have that, lol I have crysis beta MP which is amazing btw!
September 12th, 2007 at 12:03 am
crysis is great but is not TF, the game that started it all
September 12th, 2007 at 6:45 am
I really would think quake started it on for online fps. Or was it doom one of them.
September 12th, 2007 at 4:38 pm
Doom started it, Quake upped the anti and TF was a Quake mod
September 12th, 2007 at 7:52 pm
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