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Valve’s marketing head honcho, Doug Lombardi confirmed to a Left 4 Dead playing Kotaku blogger that a bunch of Team Fortress 2 updates will be heading to the Xbox 360 version soon.

“The developer wanted to build up a massive update for Xbox 360 users before delivering. Given that Valve is being forced to charge for the update, they wanted to ensure that 360 owners were getting their money’s worth.”

Kotaku added that Valve is considering the $10 (800 Points) price point.

Xbox 360 players of Team Fortress 2 (which plays surprisingly well on the console) have missed out on game types such as Arena Mode and Payload, maps such as Badwater Basin, Badlands and Steel, and new weapons for Medic, Pyro and Heavy.

That’s one heck of a download!

Kotaku – TF2 Updates Coming To Xbox 360 Later This Year

In the penultimate announcement to Team Fortress 2’s Heavy Update, Valve has announced brand new mode; Arena.

Based on Team Deathmatch, Arena Mode is a no respawn fight to the death, featuring very short rounds when a team is eliminated. Arena Mode also features a central capture point that can end the game, when attained.

Rounds tend to be very fast and highly competitive, with an emphasis on your team’s class makeup and your plan to counter the opposing team’s class choices.

With the limited number of health pick-ups, Arena plays similar to sudden death in other TF2 modes, with Medics and health dispenser-building Engineers being vital.

TF2 Arena’s initial release will be playable on five maps; two brand new and three that are reworked and revisited for the fast paced, lethal blood sport that is Arena.

Lumberyard

The first map to move from Team Fortress 2’s dusty desert backdrop, Lumberyard features an Alpine themed environment.

The map begins with an uneven traversal to the centre capture point; one half climbing towards a mountain peak and the other dipping into a valley.

When the capture point becomes active after 60 seconds, multiple entrances open up into the central control point, which becomes the focus of the fighting as the match nears its end.

Lumberyard is a Pyro’s dream as it has no water sources to aid burning victims, and Medics and Dispensers are imperative as the map’s single health pack sits on a thin log.

Ravine

Back in the dusty desert, Ravine has four key choke points and emphasis on ground level combat. Ravine also features a series of canals for sneaky stealth assassinations and flanking manoeuvres.

Like all arena maps, the capture point in the middle becomes active after 60 seconds.

Badlands, Granary and Well

The middle capture point fighting area for each of these three existing maps has been extensively reworked and customized for TF2 Arena play.

The final Heavy Update, revealing Heavy Weapons Guy’s shotgun replacement, will be released late Tuesday.

Previous updates have included a Community Map “Steel”, the Killing Gloves of Boxing, Natasha and Badwater Basin.

Steam – Heavy Update

Valve has revealed the first new weapon that players will be able to unlock for Heavy Weapons Guy in the upcoming update for Team Fortress 2.

“The Killing Gloves of Boxing”, or K.G.B, give the Heavy five seconds of guaranteed critical hits after a successful kill. This crit-boost can be used to punch and kill further enemies, extending the boost time, or the Heavy can switch to another weapon and use the boost to take out an enemy at range.

The Heavy update pack will of course feature a number of achievements which will unlock the new weapons when they are earned. The pack contains achievements such as “Stalin the Kart”, “Marxman” and “Lenin a Hand”.

While the criteria for earning these achievements have been kept secret on the website, the image names do provide some clues. See a full list after the jump.

Steam – Heavy Update

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