Team Fortress 2 video game now free-to-play on PC, Mac
(CBS/GameSpot) - A report surfaced last week that game developer Valve was working on a free-to-play project. On Thursday, that project was revealed as being the PC and Mac edition of the popular shooter Team Fortress 2, which was initially shipped as part of the compilation The Orange Box in 2007.
Since then, the computer version of the game has undergone many updates, the latest of which will apparently transform it into a microtransaction-funded title.
"We've been toying with the idea of making Team Fortress [2] free-to-play ever since the Mann-conomy update," Valve software developer Robin Walker told British magazine Develop.
Introduced last September, the Mann-conomy system let players spend real-world cash on in-game items, ranging from weapon kits to outfits for the soldier, sniper, scout, pyro, and spy classes.
According to Walker, microtransactions will be the sole source of funding for Team Fortress 2 going forward.