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Box art for the standalone PC version of Team Fortress 2
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Developer(s) | Valve Corporation |
Publisher(s) | Valve Corporation |
Distributor(s) | Electronic Arts |
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Composer(s) | Mike Morasky |
Series | [*] |
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Genre(s) | First-person shooter |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
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Aggregator | Score |
Metacritic | 92/100 |
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1UP.com | A |
Eurogamer | 9/10 |
GameSpot | 8.5/10 |
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IGN | 8.9/10 |
PC Gamer (US) | 94% |
GameDaily | 9/10 |
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Publication | Award |
IGN | Best Artistic Design (2007) |
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Team Fortress 2 is a team-based first-person shooter multiplayer video game developed and published by Valve Corporation. It is the sequel to the 1996 mod Team Fortress for Quake and its 1999 remake. It was released as part of the video game compilation The Orange Box on October 10, 2007 for Windows and the Xbox 360. A PlayStation 3 version followed on December 11, 2007. On April 8, 2008, it was released as a standalone title for Windows. The game was updated to support OS X on June 10, 2010, and Linux on February 14, 2013. It is distributed online through Valve's download retailer Steam; retail distribution was handled by Electronic Arts.
In Team Fortress 2, players join one of two teams comprising nine character classes, battling in a variety of game modes including capture the flag and king of the hill. The development is led by John Cook and Robin Walker, creators of the original Team Fortress. Announced in 1998, the game once had more realistic, militaristic visuals and gameplay, but this changed over the protracted nine-year development. After Valve released no information for six years, Team Fortress 2 regularly featured in Wired News' annual vaporware list among other ignominies. The finished Team Fortress 2 has cartoon-like visuals influenced by the art of J. C. Leyendecker, Dean Cornwell and Norman Rockwell and is powered by Valve's Source engine.