Team Fortress 2 Strategy

The Escapist’s Nathan Meunier has scored an interview with the one and only Robin Walker as he discusses Team Fortress 2 from its humble beginnings to the updates we’re all so familiar with now. Of special note is a few details and suggestions he let slip about the near future of TF2, including the bolded items below:

The Scout is the next class slated for the special treatment, and Walker expects the update will be available early this year. Additionally, the team is juggling a number of side projects at the moment, including finally bringing a year’s worth of the downloadable content and upgrades to the Xbox 360 version of the game. A new Payload map is in the works, more community maps are on the way and the team will soon unveil a very different new game mode.

If that wasn’t enough, there’s also talk around the Valve offices of a 10th class:

Walker says they haven’t made any decisions about adding new classes yet, but that doesn’t mean they’re not considering them. “We’ve got several new class designs floating around, some of which we like a lot, but right now we’re focusing on the broadening of our existing classes through the addition of the unlockables,” he says.

Nom nom nom? I think so. A 10th class is hinted at on a cereal box easter egg in Left 4 Dead, so there’s definitely some Valve brains ticking over. Make sure to read the whole interview though, because, well it’s Robin Walker after all.

What d’you reckon this new game mode will be? The much-rumoured VIP-escort immortalised by the classic TFC map Hunted, which would tie in easily with an extra class, if in a rather cop-out way? Or maybe something completely different? Give us your thoughts in the forums!