TF2 Update 8/10/2012

[blAAAm!!!]

There's a blood-stain on the logo atop the Team Fortress 2 website. A reader at the message board NeoGAF noticed today that it links to a letter. And in that letter is a story, a story that reads like a tease, a tease that seems to be pointing to something new for Team Fortress... a third faction?

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The letter describes a heretofore unknown sibling to the owners of the game's Blu and Red teams, a person named Gray. Well, if Redmond and Blutarch are the owners of the multiplayer shooter's Red and Blu teams, could Gray have a team of his own? And what/who is the eagle?
Some of the folks on NeoGAF think a gray team could all be robots. (A Kotakureader speculates the possibility of Red and Blu teaming up in a horde mode against Gray. Hmm.)
We know about as much as you do. Note the date of the sons' birth: September 2, 1822. September 2 of 2012 will be a Sunday, the final day of PAX, the big tradeshow that occurs in Valve's neck of the woods, Seattle Washington. On September 2, in Benaroya Hall in Seattle, Valve will host the final day of a tournament called The International. The tournament is for DOTA 2, Valve's upcoming MOBA-style game. It presumably has nothing to do with TF2, but, as with all things Valve, you get teases... you get hints... and we'll all find out soon enough.
(I've asked Valve what's up. I tend to think they won't say just yet.)
Gray couldn't have gone off and changed his name to Gordon, right? Nah...
Gray [Team Fortress 2 official site, via NeoGAF]

[blAAAm!!!]

What does it mean!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mister_Hell]

TOBOR update confirmed?

[Sirair]

If you will remember back in classic there were more than red and blue

[blAAAm!!!]

If I had to guess its go to do with the Man vs Machine Update

[Procrastinator]

I'm going with everybody else here and betting on the Man vs Machine Update. I guess we'll wait till September 2 and see if there's any other news.

[dannytf2]

TOBOR UPDATE CONFiRMED! LOL BUT YEA i SPENT A COUPLE HOURS FiGUREiNG OUT WHATS UP! http://www.teamfortress.com/classless/hidden/populace/ SOMETHiNG COOL SOME kiD FOUND

[Whoami]

September 2 of 2012 will be a Sunday, the final day of PAX, the big tradeshow that occurs in Valve's neck of the woods, Seattle Washington. On September 2, in Benaroya Hall in Seattle, Valve will host the final day of a tournament called The International. The tournament is for DOTA 2, Valve's upcoming MOBA-style game. It presumably has nothing to do with TF2, but, as with all things Valve, you get teases... you get hints... and we'll all find out


^ I'll be there.

[dannytf2]

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/59...66893B04DD5BF/
http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/59...7A968701037EF/
http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/59...2ED4FCDBE88D3/
http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/95...A2FDFF8E88E2E/

PRETTY COOL SHiT, LOOKS TO BE A TANK MAYBE FiLLED WiTH ROBOTS :3

[Fluffykins]

Mann vs. Machine approaches.

[bennnn]

Looks like a cool update coming and thanks for blam and danny for all their hard work digging up info and sharing it!

[Hypernova]

Pyro is a girl/alien/robot/man confirmed? Oh wait, we already had that update.

Soldier update confirmed?

[dannytf2]

Looks like a cool update coming and thanks for blam and danny for all their hard work digging up info and sharing it!

NO PROBLEM BUD, ANY MORE iNFO AND i LL POST iT UP ON THiS THREAD!

[bennnn]

Hey guys i did a little digging myself and heres what i found.

0:08 Heavy Robotic Head in foreground
0:12 Demo Robotic Head in background
I think Valve has been planning Man Vs. Machine since before the Engie update.
What do you guys think?

[dannytf2]

YEA iT LOOKS TO BE AS THE TOBOR UPDATE iS COMiNG, ALSO GOOD FiND!