"Next time you're on a multiplayer server, you might want to ask everyone who's a Canadian, and then ask who among them are dudes. Because according to a Microsoft survey, every fifth one of them (in the long run) has gamed in the nude, and might be doing so now.

Microsoft commissioned a pretty serious poll up in the Great White North, asking Canadians all sorts of questions that sound like a Cosmo bedside astrologer survey, if "game" is used as a euphemism for "sex." Do you game at work? (..."

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"In his former life as a tracker of dangerous game in the unforgiving Australian outback, the Sniper would spend months by himself. Prolonged isolation taught him a valuable lesson: You don't have to rely on other people if you never miss."

XboxFocus goes through the Ten Commandments governing over the sacred ways of the Xbox Live Achievements. The things that everyone is gunning for, no matter how ridiculous the means to achieve them are.

"(Video in link)"

"Upon seeing this scene in the new Ironman movie all I could think of was the pyro from Team Fortress 2. And because my other parody "TF2 Tremors" has been enjoyed by a lot of you, I thought of making a parody with the Pyro.

TF2 has so many options available for parody usage even if the pyro speech is limited, it does at least deliver a comedy effect."

"I’m sure a lot of us have our hands full helping out Niko with all his unlawful missions, but who can pass up a free game? All this weekend, Valve is giving out Team Fortress 2 to anyone who wants to try it out. Did I mention it’s free? And it’s not only the basic TF2 experience, either. You’re getting the whole enchilada with this offer.

It comes complete with the latest TF2 add ons such as the Gold Rush map and achievements for the Medic. Of course those achievements will also unlock a n..."

"Some of the Medic achievements were dodgy at a first glance.

- ubering a scout
- getting a heavy to punch during an uber
- shooting people for an achievement
- bonesawing people for an achievement

And a lot more combat type of achievements. Now normally this wouldn't be a problem, because the medic also does combat in a normal round. But what is a problem that some of these achievements are impossible to complete if you play the medic as he should be played."

"I created this parody of the movie "Tremors", featuring Valve's Team Fortress 2 character voiceovers and sounds and some usual TF2 player behavior, if ya know what I mean."

You've probably met him already if you've played Team Fortress 2, but it's time to be formally introduced to the Scout in this latest "Meet the Team" video. He's swift, he's agile, and he's dangerous.

Whith TF2 still as popular as ever and to continue with features to keep players coming back for more, Valve has released details on the first class to get their set of extended abilities; The Medic.

The Blutsaugher
Players who earn one third out of the 36 new medic achievements will be given a new syringe gun. The new gun is named 'The Blutsaugher'. This new weapon does not give out crit hits but instead will suck health from enemies when hit. This will be useful when low on health or wh...

"Xbox 360:

No new releases

PS3:

No new releases

Wii:

Mini Copter Adventure Flight

Baroque

PS2:

Arcana Heart

Baroque

Fatal Fury Battle Archives Vol 2

Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure

PSP:

World Championship Cards

Nintendo DS:

Fab 5 Soccer

Plushees

PC Games:

Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition

Half-Life 2: Team Fortress 2

Half-Life 2: Portal

Half-Life 2: Episode Pack

Civil War Mysteries

Escape From Paradise"

Valve has released some fun and interesting statistics on TF2. Stats include things such as most class time played, most damage from a weapon, time played on per map, etc. They also give "Death maps"; these maps contain mappings of where the least to most deaths occur.

On another tab is 'achievements' which give in percentage how many users have obtained it. The top obtained achievement is Hard to Kill (Get five kills in a row without dying.) @ 62.4% and the hardest achievement being With ...

"Valve's reputation as a top tier developer began when Half-Life released in 1998 and was cemented in 2004 when they released the spectacular sequel. Now, they're bringing that magic back with The Orange Box. As we've said in countless previews, this is one of the best deals we've ever seen in gaming, especially for those people that have yet to play Half-Life 2 at all. With Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2 Episode One, and Half-Life 2 Episode Two, players can take the entire Half-Life 2 journey up to..."

Are you tired of having to justify your overrated Xbox/PC series? Questioning whether a sequel nobody asked for will be good?

This is the one game that everyone forgets for a bit and then comes back dominating over everything. And it's on 360, PS3, and PC.

Valve has been teasing the game with its perfect character introductions but now we can finally see TF2 running in its full glory...on the 360, so far. Questionable framerate aside...can you really say this looks bad? If you can't...

"The new screens show the game shaping up just great, with more than a hint of a Pixar or Dreamworks CGI animation look about them. A trailer shown at a press conference in July of this year pointed towards Team Fortress 2 offering a more light-hearted approach to the genre, but Valve insisted that didn't necessarily mean the gameplay would be lacking. Gabe Newell, the managing director of Valve, said the studio's goal is to create, "the best looking and best-playing class-based multiplayer ga..."

"We are pleased to announce that the next generation of facial animation technology for Source will be released in Team Fortress 2. By leveraging the rapid pace of advancement in PC graphics, videogames can now match and actually surpass the facial animation used in feature film and broadcast television production. We've released a video of this real-time, in-game, in-engine facial animation in action in support of ATI's launch of the Radeon HD 2000 series. By running entirely on the GPU of th..."

"After playing four maps and testing out all nine classes in Team Fortress 2, it seems this game should be another of this year's entertaining arena shooters. It comes as part of the Orange and Black Box packages, which both contain Half-Life 2: Episode 2 and the first-person puzzler Portal. Like any team shooter hoping for longevity in the online space, the game needs an emphasis on teamwork. Valve seems to be on the right track in this department, with many of the classes complementing each ..."