On Reddit, SolarGoat posted a gif from the Portal 2 Perpetual Training Initiative which appeared to have a sneak peek at the new Meet the Pyro video. You can check out the Reddit thread here, http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/sww8t/meet_the_pyro_is_in_the_new_portal_2_trailer/.The image, shown below in both original angle and perspective corrected, has a short sequence that matches an image Valve posted on their blog when they first announced that Meet the Pyro would be coming this year. You...  More >>

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The easier to use Portal 2 map creation tool is finally coming out. If you've ever used Hammer to do any level creation you know how time intensive it can be. Valve found that people that wanted to make maps for Portal 2 found it to be more difficult than they were expecting so Valve started working on a drag-and-drop editor to make it super easy to make Portal 2 levels.You can read more about it on the Portal 2 website, http://www.thinkwithportals.com/blog.php?id=7853&p=1.  More >>

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Now that TF2 is free to play, the best way to see if your computer or notebook can run it is to just download it and play it. Back when TF2 cost money it made sense for people to post questions that included their system specs to inquire if TF2 would run on their systems, but the only true way to really find out was to download TF2 and play it. Even if you had what appeared to be decent specs it didn't guarantee that you would be able to get decent frame rates. Now that TF2 is free to play there...  More >>

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Seeing the recent influx of people asking for technical support here means two things:1) That more people are now playing TF2.2) That people think we’re associated with Valve and can automatically fix the problems they’re having.So everyone is clear about this, we’re a community of people that play TF2. We don’t work for or have any direct connections to Valve.  There are some of us here that don’t mind helping people out with problems but you have to understand that we can’t fix anything for...  More >>

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There have been a lot of duplicate threads made lately. This is most likely the result of pressing the Submit New Topic button and then not waiting long enough for the server to post it. This has primarily been occurring by people who are new to the site so I'll let it slide, but if I see the same people continuously doing it I'll issue you a warning.  More >>

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