Author: John Irwin

TF2 has an update, just not the one we were hoping for. Speaking of which, there’s stuff we will not be talking about, and we’re not going to talk about why we’re not. Well, Agro may but there’s no helping some people.

Valve say what they’re up to; so it’s okay for them but not us, eh?

Some games never die, they just get made into board games, like Portal.

Overwatch has more new heroes – Roadhog and Junkrat.

Lastly, the Bottom Frag website is kinda born yet. idk, this bit may have been edited out.

We had plans for this week’s episode. It was going to be great, just great.

Only something happened and those magnificent plans had to be put on hold.

We hope you’ll forgive us.

This is Plan B.

In TF2 news

TF2 Comic
DeutschLAN 2015 this week
Meet the amazing Pyro

In Overwatchwat.ch

Gamescom Interview w/ Jeff Kaplan & Matthew Hawley
Overwatch statues – making of.

We say live. It’s recorded Live. That’s kinda the same thing right? Agro and Tempest spend the weekend at Insomnia 55, the UK’s biggest Lan and Gaming Festival. Not only that, but the home of the only International TF2 Event. Teams Ascent & froyotech came over from the states to show their prowess in thew ring of honor against the Euro might of nerdRage.tf2 and Reason Gaming. I won’t spoil it for you. But I will say that you can watch all of the games as they were streamed from teamfotress.tv. We had a blast and hopefully conveyed that as we talk about the event, the tournament itself and all the people we bumped into over the weekend.

We didn’t talk just about I55. Tempest got to say his bit on Pass Time. Lets say its not good. But we also chat about Trade ups and how that will effect the contracts and how we look at them. Plus all of the other weird and game warping bugs that they solved this week.

Nathaniel Theis gets recognition for his exploit discovery and reporting skills. He also give us his feedback on his new hat, the Finder’s Fee.

In this week a new game mode has dropped, PASS Time. This isn’t the first beta game mode Valve have running at the moment. Unusually though this one has been co-authored by a second studio, Escalation.

Secreted away in the PASS time map is a darkened room. Imgurian DaveTB and a “tf2g dude” have shed some light, literally on what the room holds.

The 2015 Saxxys have been announced. Time to get started on your SFM entries.

Lastly there’s been a rash of new weapon skins, as showcased on this facepunch thread. Make sure you do your bit by upvoting the good ones on the workshop.

The big ugly trading bug
Thread

Tip of the Hats gets $5000 + a Golden Pan
Pan Tweet | Twitch Tweet

I Am Sandvich! DLC released
Trailer | Steam Store

New Custom Weapons Server
Trailer | Steam Group | Weapon list | credits: Crafting

TF2 Workshop: New Teufort Wasteland
Link

Overwatch on Battle.net client
Image | Thread

Potential characters in Heroes of the Storm?
Link | Thread

Here we answer all the important questions:

How do you persuade high level players to take fight over money?

Is there more concealed in the Concealed Killer vs. Craftsman Cases than reskinned weapons?

What do you call a conflict to the death with cheese?
Website | Promo Art | Trailer

What’s less of a surprise than rain on your day off?
Profile | Trailer | Gameplay

Another great week for mapkind with TF2maps.net’s 2015 Summer 72 hour mapping contest under full swing while we were recording.

Erik Wolpaw give us a jolly good read on Penny Arcade. While Edge Gamers have their own beheading competition.

TF2 tops out at an average of 60,000 con concurrent players in July, according to Steamcharts.com The most since records began in 2012.

Creator of Meet your Makers – Void, calls for Themed Crates.

Over in Overwatch there’s a hint so large it has it’s own ZIP code that we’re getting a support character called Lúcio

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