Mann vs. Machine (disambiguation)
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Mann vs. Machine is an upcoming update for Team Fortress 2, announced on August 13, 2012 and due to be released on August 15, 2012.
Contents
Day 1: Machines
Day 1 revealed a new co-op game mode in which teams of six players fight a horde of bots, as well as a new map, Mannworks, and multiple special classes of robots introduced for the new mode. It also revealed the trailer for the mode.
Robots
| Machine | Based on | Equipped with | Abilities |
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| Minor League Scout |  Scout
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Sandman |
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| Demoknight |  Demoman
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Eyelander Chargin' Targe |
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| Steel Gauntlet |  Heavy
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Fists of Steel |
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| Heavyweight champ | Killing Gloves of Boxing Pugilist's Protector |
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| Quick Fix Medic |  Medic
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Quick-Fix |
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| Über Medic | Medi Gun |
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| Bowman |  Sniper
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Huntsman |
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| Sydney Sniper | Sydney Sleeper |
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Giant robots
Giant robots are larger and more durable than normal robots, but move half as fast.
| Machine | Based on | Abilities |
|---|---|---|
| Rapid Fire Soldier |  Soldier
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The machine gun of rocket launchers. Don't stand in one place for too long. |
| Deflector Heavy | Heavy
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Can shoot down projectiles such as rockets and grenades. |
| Super Scout | Scout
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Unlike other giant robots, Super Scout moves lightning fast, so don't let it pick up the bomb! |
Special robots
Robots sent out to do very specific tasks
| Machine | Based on | Abilities |
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| Sentry Buster | Demoman
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Detects Sentry Guns that are dealing sustained damage to the horde and runs at the offending Sentry Gun, exploding after a couple of seconds. |
Mannworks
Mannworks, a new map designed for Mann vs. Machine, was also announced on Day 1.
Day 2: Mercs
Day 3: Bounty
Trailer
Trivia
- Mann vs. Machine was heavily teased by the second ARG, which led to the Blood Brothers comic. Hints were also included in the maps Foundry and Doomsday.
- A robot which looks like a Bowman or Sydney Sniper without a hat appears on the Engineer Update page, and a Demoknight head appears in the teaser trailer for the update.
- What appears to be one of the pictures of the BLU Scout's mother from Meet The Spy is being used as ante in the BLU Soldier and Demoman's card game (most visible at 1:07).
- At one point in the trailer, the robots are seen with legs, but through out the rest of the video they are seen with wheels.
External links
- Mann vs. Machine update page
- MVM Day One: They Are Legion on the TF2 blog
- Blood Brothers
- A Fate Worse Than Chess
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