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Valve has revealed the final addition to the Heavy’s new arsenal. Alongside the Killing Gloves of Boxing and Natasha, Heavy players can replace his Shotgun with a Sandvich.

The first unlockable weapon, the Sandvich (which is in unlimited supply) heals 120 health points. On the down side, not only will the Heavy be entirely vulnerable in the four seconds it takes for him to complete gorge upon the tasty treat.

The Sandvich is a great tool for a Heavy defending an area, as it gives him the ability to replenish health between enemy waves without having to abandon his post. Similarly, an offensive Heavy without a Medic can step back from the front line and grab a quick snack before resuming his rampage.

Beware, however: the Heavy must set aside his shotgun to take the Sandvich, and enemy Snipers are much more dangerous for a Heavy wielding only a minigun.

The update is accompanied by a special video. The complete Heavy update will go live… soon.

Steam – Heavy Update

Valve have revealed two new Team Fortress 2 additions as part of the “Heavy Update”, following the K.G.B and Community Map.

The Heavy will be able to swap Sasha, his mini-gun, for Natascha; a weapon that will dole out 25% less damage than its sister, but will always slow down its target upon impact.

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.

Fans of Payload, a map about pushing a bomb through a canyon, will enjoy “Badwater Basin”. This new map has natural chokepoints and a heavy emphasis on vertical combat.

Unlike Gold Rush, where the track is split into three separate stages, Badwater Basin uses a single large stage with several checkpoints. As a result, the Blu team is highly encouraged to push the cart hard after beating their way through the Red defensive line.

Two new bits of information (including the Heavy’s shotgun replacement) will be revealed on Monday and Tuesday.

Steam – Heavy Update

Valve will be unveiling new Team Fortress 2 content every day, as they ramp up to the reveal of the new Heavy Weapons Guy update.

Tuesday’s update adds a new community map to the official map rotation. CP_Steel was created by Jamie “Fishbus” Manson.

A complex Attack/Defense control point map, with some unique gameplay. Unlike most TF2 maps, capturing a control point modifies the layout of the map, opening and closing routes for each team. As a result, the offensive team has a wide variety of tactical choices around how they’d like to assault the final point.

Should they use Scouts and Soldiers to rush the final point with only the routes they start with? Should they go for the side control points and open up more routes to the final? Should they capture extra points to shut down the defender’s routes? The many choices keep the map interesting for a long time, providing a wide variety of experiences in a game.

New Team Fortress 2 information will be unveiled soon.

Steam – Heavy Update

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The latest in Valve’s line of “Meet the” videos focuses on Team Fortress 2’s Cheeky Australian Marksman – The Sniper!

In his former life as a tracker of dangerous game in the unforgiving Australian outback, the Sniper would spend months by himself. Prolonged isolation taught him a valuable lesson: You don’t have to rely on other people if you never miss.

Just Medic, Spy and Pyro to go! A new pack of achievement-unlocked weapons for the Pyro will be available in Team Fortress 2 on Thursday.

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Valve has released the first proper content pack for Team Fortress 2, hoping to incrementally give new opportunities and strategies for each class.

These packs present a massive number of achievements for the class in question and completion of a certain number will reward the player with new weapons/items. These are alternatives for the class’ default arsenal and must be switched out to use; you can’t equip more than the default weapon number.

The first class to receive this treatment is the German Herr Doctor: Medic. Collecting 12 of the new achievements unlocks “The Blutsauger”, a new syringe that saps health from opponents you hit, but is denied critical hits as a compromise. When 24 are collected you will unlock “The Kritzkrieg”, a medigun where full Uber-charge results in constant critical hits, not invulnerability. Those hardcore to collect all 36 achievements will receive “The Ubersaw” which converts successful melee hits into Uber-charge!

For new and veteran Medics to unlock and try out their new updates, the content pack includes the new map, Gold Rush. The map is home to an attack and defend mode called Payload where the defending team must move a mine cart (by standing near it) all the way through the level, while the attacking team must stop it. Careful – the cart will move backwards if no one is standing next to it for 30 seconds.

While the Medic pack will make the game seem disjointed and possibly unbalanced at first, when the entire collection of class updates have rolled in it will make Team Fortress 2 into a whole new game; whether that’s for the better or for the determent, is up to the players.

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