Read all about it!!

Not much there really, just the conformation. Damn good news for the muffled one though

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=189941&skip=yes

I'm so happy I think I wee'd a little.

Nothing but pyros isnt exactly something to celebrate.

well thats gonan be few weeks of me not playing TF2 hopefully l4d will be out by then. After i heard the achievement deal i feared such a day.

Bad news for me.

I think this is awesome, both for medics and heavies, medics are much more neccesary due to the fire (and therefore more valuable) and heavies can easily mow down pyros before they can do any real damage.

They're all gonna be noob pyros so if you just run away shooting they will never think of switching to shotty...

I will mostly be playing juggle the pyros game for a couple weeks

Meet the sniper is coming tomorrow at 1900 GMT

Pyro update is on Thursday. Allegedly anywho

Courtesy of Rock Paper Shotgun

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When’s the Pyro update? When’s the Pyro update? When’s the Pyro update? Okay, okay, we’ll tell you. It’s Thursday! When’s Meet The Sniper released? When’s Meet The Sniper released? When’s Meet The Sniper released? TUESDAY! (At 11am PDT/7pm GMT, to be specific).

This will lead into another of Valve’s free Team Fortress 2 weekends, so even the most unsure can check out the Pyro’s three unlockable weapons and 35 new achievements (if they play fast enough). Also in the update are two user-created TF2 maps, which Valve say is to, “highlight the great work being done in the community and distribute those works to all TF2 players.”

TF2 goes free at 11am PDT (7pm GMT) on Friday, and will stay that way until you run out of weekend. This should give everyone, even the cheapskates and paupers, a chance to find out what the other non-unlockable chances to the Pyro will be. Speculate below.

Meanwhile, I can promise Meet The Sniper is worth looking forward to, even if you were a weensy bit disappointed by the last two (although being disappointed by Meet The Scout’s Boinking makes you very stupid). It’s the best of the lot, with a peculiarly subtle depth of backstory, and some of the biggest laughs.

This post has sheer uncontested awesomeness written all over it. Thanks for the news, now I can hardly wait for "Meet the Sniper".

Team Fortress 2 Pyro Update Week
June 16, 2008, 4:55 pm - Alden Kroll - Press Release

Valve today announced a set of new releases for Team Fortress 2, the title named Multiplayer Game of the Year by PC Gamer and Gamespy.com.

The main event of the week is the Pyro Update, which will be made available this Thursday and contains three unlockable new weapons for the Pyro plus 35 new achievements. In addition, two user-created maps are included to highlight the great work being done in the community and distribute those works to all TF2 players..

Meanwhile as folks wait for the Pyro Update to be released, the latest in the "Meet the Team" video shorts, "Meet the Sniper," will be made available tomorrow (Tuesday, June 17) at 11 am PDT along with a web site dedicated to the Pyro update.

Finally, to give everyone a chance to try the new weapons and community maps, Valve will hold another Team Fortress 2 Free Weekend via Steam beginning this Friday at 11 am PDT.