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Team Fortress 2 Mac Premiere Brings New Modes, Earbuds, Sale Price

Okay, first off, we’re sorry for getting this posted up on Saturday evening. In doing this, we have perpetuated a great injustice to fans (or potential fans) of Team Fortress 2 who already have to deal with the indignity of being Mac owners. We will do our best to make things better posthaste.

First, as you already know, Valve’s multiplayer shoot-stravaganza, Team Fortress 2, launched on Steam for Macs on Thursday, June 9th. This was already amazing enough news as it is. However, there’s more to it than just that.

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“There Can Only Be One…” New Mode in Team Fortress 2, That Is

In the latest update to Team Fortress 2, Valve sneaked in a little surprise for all the players of the beloved first-person massacre: a new game mode entitled Highlander.

In the new mode, there is a limit of 9 players to each team, and a limit of one of each class per team. So, there can only be one (Heavy, Medic, Engineer, Spy, etc.). Get it? This is definitely an interesting spin on the usual chaos that is team class balance, and as Luke Plunkett of Kotaku pointed out, “… it’ll force people to not only work as a true team, but also hone their skills on unfamiliar classes.”

The new mode is available for play, so tell us what you think! And, if you’re at all curious, click the jump to see the full patch notes for the update.

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