Currently unreleased content
This article lists currently unreleased content that is assumed to be released before the end of Team Fortress 2's life.
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Team Fortress 2 Updates
Poker Night at the Inventory Items
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— The Heavy upon losing all his chips
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On November 3rd 2010 it was revealed that Telltale's new game, Poker Night at the Inventory (featuring the Heavy Weapons Guy and several other characters from both Telltale and Penny Arcade) will unlock several different items for Team Fortress 2. The first of which is a pre-order item, the Dealer's Visor, a Heavy hat. At other points during the game, special rounds will activate and allow players to obtain other Team Fortress 2 items, including the Enthusiast's Timepiece, a wrist watch for the Spy (originally seen in Penny Arcade), Dangeresque, Too?, a pair of sunglasses for the Demoman (originally seen in Homestar Runner), License to Maim , a Freelance Police Badge for all classes (first seen in Sam and Max) and a weapon unrelated to any game, the new "Iron Curtain" Minigun replacement for the Heavy. The game will also allow players to reaquire the Lugermorph Pistol for the Scout and Engineer, allowing it to be unlocked and found for the first time since the pre-order bonus of Sam and Max: Season 3 - The Devil's Playhouse was released. It is currently unknown if any of these weapons will have different attributes but it is most likely that they will follow the traditional theme of just being skin replacements rather than have positive and negative attributes.
Mapper's Medallion
The Mapper's Medallion is a special medal created by Lord Ned of TF2maps.net in order to congratulate the participants of the Art Pass contest. This medal is similar to the Polycount Pin as it will only be available to those who entered the competition. The Mapper's Medallion does not currently have a release date.
The Mapper's Medallion as it appears on the original preview page.
6th Polycount Pack and Unreleased Game Mode
A secret sixth pack and a new game mode were supposed to be released with the Mann-Conomy update. However, both were held back due to undisclosed reasons. It was stated that the sixth pack directly relates to the new game mode, and that was the reason that both were held back instead of just one.
ETF2L Highlander Community Challenge & ESL Medals
Eight medals are to be added to the game and given to participants and winners of the ETF2L Highlander Community Challenge and the ESL 6on6 League when the tournament ends.
New demo format
Robin Walker has discussed a new system for recording demos, where a player can request a recording from the server at the end of a life or round. The plan is for the format to be "More robust" so the demos will not become unplayable as easily as the current system when the game is updated.[1] Another goal is to allow people to easily share their videos on video sharing sites.[2]
Open Beta
An Open Beta is coming soon to all Team Fortress 2 owners.
Unreleased Items
In the Mann-Conomy Update the Engineer was the only class to not get a weapon, but a fully textured model was discovered in the GCF of the game. The Item is believed to be called the Jag from the name the file is given in the GCF. A community-contributed hat, known as the Legionaire's Lid according to the tf_english.txt file, is also in the GCF. It even has a description. The hat is currently not in-game, and it is unknown if it will be released.
Large Scale Performance Update
Robin Walker discussed with one of the community contributors in an email about a future performance update in the works, replacing all World and View models with the new C model type, and updating existing C models and the new C models with LODs. This update will significantly increase performance and allow for a greater range of community and Valve item replacements in later updates.
Major updates for the Xbox 360
The last official mention of any class/other major updates (containing new items, maps, etc.) for the Xbox 360 version of Team Fortress 2 was on April 2, 2009. There are two main reasons as to why the content has not been released. Firstly, due to reaching, or approaching, the memory limit of the Xbox 360. Secondly, due to the fees Microsoft have put in place for adding content to games, using Microsoft's very own Live online market store. These fees have been calculated and estimated to cost Valve over one hundred thousand dollars to update the Xbox 360 version of Team Fortress 2 with all of the content of the PC version. Therefore, some expect the updates and patches to be released for the Xbox 360 once Valve has finished and finalized all of the class updates, therefore allowing them to group all of the updates and patches in one large group and content update. Still, even after all of the class updates have been released, there has been no official word as to when the update will arrive. (Note that prior to the MAC update, Newell suggested that Microsoft's fees "would be several hundred thousand dollars ... and that ignores the fact that the cycle on these closed platforms would have taken years", which suggests any console updates are inprobable)
Other
Unreleased Meet the Team videos
There are two unreleased Meet the Team videos expected for release, Meet the Pyro and Meet the Medic. As revealed in an interview with Robin Walker by the podcast Kritzkast, Meet the Pyro will be a look at the world through the Pyro's eyes. In another interview with Robin Walker, he mentioned that there will be three more videos, one of which is unknown.
Collectible statues
The IP Factory will be releasing a line of limited edition 12 inch Team Fortress 2 collector's statues. Currently all classes bar the Heavy are pending release. Pre-orders of these statues went live on the 3rd of May 2010. They will be available in Q4 of 2010.
Poker Night at the Inventory
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On August 28, 2010, a trailer for a new project by Telltale Games was released on Gametrailers. It was revealed on September 2, 2010, as Poker Night at the Inventory, and is, as the title implies, a poker game featuring the Heavy alongside characters from other franchises entirely, such as Max (from the Sam & Max series), Strong Bad (from Homestar Runner), and Tycho Brahe (from Penny Arcade). Characters banter amongst each other. Bonus rounds will occasionally appear. During said bonus rounds, the player has a chance to obtain a piece of property from one of the four characters, all usable in TF2: Max wagers his Pistol (the Lugermorph) and Freelance Police badge (The License to Maim), Tycho will wager his watch (The Enthusiast's Timepiece), Strong Bad wagers his (or rather, Homestar Runner's) shades (Dangeresque Shades), and the Heavy will wager a new, self-crafted Minigun known as The Iron Curtain. A green poker visor for the Heavy will be made available to those who pre-order the game off of Steam. Telltale reportedly obtained the Heavy's model one month before the trailer was released.
Source Filmmaker
- Main article: Source Filmmaker
Source Filmmaker is the name of the tool used to create the Meet the Team videos, the Left 4 Dead intro movies, and other Valve-produced clips. It is currently unreleased.
