Team Fortress 2 (TF2) is the sequel to the game that put class-based, multiplayer team warfare on the map. This year’s most anticipated online action game, TF2 delivers new gametypes, a signature art style powered by Valve’s next generation animation technology, persistent player statistics, and more.

Unlike other “class-based” games that offer a variety of combat classes only, Team Fortress 2 packs a wild variety of classes which provide a broad range of tactical abilities and personalities, and lend themselves to a variety of player skills. Play as the flame-throwing Pyro, the room clearing Heavy, or the Spy, a master of disguises. Other classes include: Scout, Sniper, Medic, Engineer, Demoman, or Soldier.

"The Heavy" update is the largest update to Team Fortress 2 since it was first released as part of The Orange Box last October. In addition to offering new unlockable weapons, achievements, "The Heavy" update also includes a brand new gameplay mode and a number of new maps.

The rollout culminates next Tuesday, August 19 when the update will be made available to all owners of Team Fortress 2.

To give all gamers a chance to check out the new gameplay introduced in "The Heavy" update, Valve will be running a Team Fortress 2 Free Weekend via Steam, a leading online platform for the delivery and management of PC games. The Free Weekend is open to gamers the world over and scheduled to begin Friday, August 22 at 11 am PDT.

A Heavy Update #4 - Unlockable Weapon #2 & Achievement Details

Level 5 minigun, 100% chance to slow target on hit, but -25% damage done.

The Heavy's second unlockable, Natascha, slows enemies with her bullets. Anyone damaged by her will move slower for an instant, encouraging them to find cover or turn and face the Heavy, mano-a-tiny-itty-bitty-mano. Unfortunately, Natascha is slightly weaker than Sasha, so she takes longer to finish off a victim. As a result, Natascha's great against fleeing cowards, such as Scouts & Medics, and less great against anyone actively trying to kill her master. Heavies that like to jump around corners and surprise groups of startled enemy crybabies will also find her very useful, although they should look for a Sasha-wielding enemy Heavy before they leap.

35 Achievements:

Iron Kurtain: Take 1000 points of damage in a single life. Party Loyalty: Kill 50 enemies within 3 seconds of them attacking your Medic. Division of Labor: Kill 20 enemies with a Medic assisting you, where neither of you die. Red Oktoberfest: Earn a domination for a Medic who's healing you. Show Trial: Kill an enemy with a taunt. Crime and Punishment: Kill 10 enemies carrying your intelligence. Class Struggle: Work with a friendly Medic to kill an enemy Heavy & Medic pair. Soviet Block : While invulnerable and on defense, block an invulnerable enemy Heavy's movement. Stalin the Kart: Block the enemy from moving the payload cart 25 times. Supreme Soviet: Get ubered 50 times. Factory Worker: Kill 20 enemies while being recharged by a dispenser. Soviet Union: Get 25 enemy kills where you either assist or are assisted by another Heavy. 0wn the Means of Production: Remove 20 stickybombs by killing the Demomen who produced them Krazy Ivan: Kill 100 enemies while both you and your victim are underwater. Rasputin: In a single life, get shot, burned, bludgeoned, and receive explosive damage. Icing on the Cake: Get 20 kills on players that you're dominating.

 

Crock Block: Survive a direct hit from a critical rocket. Kollectivization: Get 1000 assists. Spyalectical Materialism: Kill or assist in killing 10 cloaked spies. Permanent Revolution: Kill 5 enemies without spinning down your gun Heavy Industry: Fire $200,000 worth of minigun rounds in a single life. Communist Mani-Fisto: Kill an enemy with a critical punch. Redistribution of Health: Heal 1000 damage with med-kits in a single life.

Rationing: Kill an enemy with your shotgun while you're out of minigun ammo.

Vanguard Party: Be the first on your team to start capturing a control point in a round. Pushkin the Kart: Get 50 caps on payload maps. Marxman: Kill 10 enemies in mid-air with the minigun. Gorky Parked: Kill 25 enemies while you're standing on a control point you own. Purge: Kill 15 enemies capturing a control point you own. Lenin A Hand: Help 5 teammates get revenge on their nemeses. Five Second Plan: Kill an enemy in the first 5 seconds after you exit a teleporter. Photostroika: Provide an enemy with a freezecam shot of you taunting while invulnerable. Konspicuous Konsumption: Eat 100 sandviches. Don't Touch Sandvich: Kill 50 scouts using Natascha. Borscht Belt: Kill 10 heavies with The K.G.B.

TF2 features the most advanced graphics of any Source-based game released to date – and the most exciting class-based action ever created.

Half-Life 2: The Orange Box is currently available, at $49.99 for the PC version and $59.99 for the X360 and PS3 editions.