Team Fortress 2 50% Off, Free to Play at Weekend

News
By Jane McEntegart
published

You may not be a fan of Macs, but without them, we may never have had this Team Fortress 2 sale on Steam.

Steam has announced that to mark the launch of Team Fortress 2 for Mac, the company is selling the game half price this weekend. If you're not sure about the game for some reason (news flash: it's wicked), you can try it out and play for free all weekend long.

As a side note, Mac users also get free white earbuds for their favourite TF2 character/player.

Full post below:

Team Fortress 2 (TF2), the game PC Gamer magazine's editors have called the most fun game ever made, is now available for the Mac via Steam, a leading online platform for games with over 25 million accounts worldwide. Like all the titles Valve has brought to the Mac platform, TF2 features Steam Play allowing gamers to make one purchase to play the game on both the PC and Mac. In addition, TF2 supports cross platform play -- so Mac gamers can play against/with PC gamers. Those who purchase TF2 for the Mac will receive a free set of "earbuds" for their favorite player character. Purchase the game this weekend can save 50% off the regular. Or, try the game now via the Team Fortress 2 Free Weekend happening now on Steam. In addition to all the TF2-Mac goodness, a new single player training mode has been rolled out for both PC and Mac.

Jane McEntegart
36 Comments Comment from the forums
  • The Lady Slayer
    White earbuds: the new bullseye
    Reply
  • surfer1337dude
    Im dowloading it and going to try it for free....mainly because when they did portal for free the one weekend....it nvr went away (I can still play it, and everything.... hoping I get TF2 free too XD)
    Reply
  • jerreece
    Never played it. Maybe I'll try it out for $10. LOL Should see if my wife likes it. She's been looking for something to do on her PC. ;)
    Reply
  • dunderklumpton
    New Loadout menu sucks, but I do plan to train my scope on some 'Ear Bud' wearing heads if you catch my drift? ;-)
    Reply
  • joytech22
    surfer1337dudeIm dowloading it and going to try it for free....mainly because when they did portal for free the one weekend....it nvr went away (I can still play it, and everything.... hoping I get TF2 free too XD)
    If your on mac, Portal was free for a limited time, you might have grabbed it when it was still free lol
    Reply
  • Conrad925
    surfer1337dudeIm dowloading it and going to try it for free....mainly because when they did portal for free the one weekend....it nvr went away (I can still play it, and everything.... hoping I get TF2 free too XD)Uh....that's because they gave Portal for free to Mac as well as PC users. You received the game for free, just as I did. I've also received Half-Life 2 Deathmatch, and Half-Life 2-Lost Coast free of charge. Games offered on a "free" trial basis are deactivated to "pre-loaded" status after the trial period. If you like the game just buy it, half price is a good deal, IMHO.
    Reply
  • the_krasno
    Just buy the god damn game! But take advantage of the new practice mode! I will not forgive noobness- nor will my rocket launcher.
    Reply
  • ColMirage
    I'm a PC. And I have the earbuds.
    Problem, mac?
    Reply
  • Sykar
    I tried it, there's way too much chaos for my taste and the controls were awful, even with some tuning, I hate this game.
    Reply
  • FUtomNOreg
    SykarI tried it, there's way too much chaos for my taste and the controls were awful, even with some tuning, I hate this game.
    It depends on the server, and the controls aren't that bad. Same as Half Life 2's.
    Reply