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Quake
First person shooter game "Quake" is released. It was developed by id Software and published by GT interactive. -
Team Fortress
A mod for "Quake", known as "Team Fortress" is released. This mod gained lots of popularity quickly. -
valve founded
Valve is founded. It's current owner is Gabe Newell -
Team Fortress 2 announced
Creators of Team Fortress John Cook and Robin Walker announce development of a sequel to team fortress,Team Fortress 2. The original plan was for a more modern character design and militaristic art style, But was changed out for a more Cartoon-like art style and character design. -
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Team Fortress 2's Development
Team Fortress 2's Development lasted for 9 years. It was a very long wait and felt even longer for fans of the original Team Fortress. -
Team Fortress Classic
A Revamp of the original Team Fortress, Called Team Fortress Classic is created. It was developed in parallel with Team Fortress 2 -
Team Fortress 2 is released
Team Fortress 2 is released in the orange box bundle. Other games in this bundle are Half Life 2:episode 2 and portal. It is only available on Windows and Xbox 360. -
Team Fortress 2 is released on PS3
The Orange Box Bundle is released on Play Station 3. It is still unavailable on other common computer systems. -
First Halloween Event
This year was the first "scream Fortress" event. It included fighting against skeletons, using spells and fighting the Horseless Headless horsemann. -
First Saxxy Awards Held
The saxxy awards is an annual competition for tf2 animations. The prize is an in game weapon that turns enemies to gold -
Team Fortress 2 becomes free to play via steam.
Team fortress 2 is now free to play on steam, valve's game marketing system. It still must be paid for on console. -
Mann vs Machine update released.
This update released a new game mode. It is a game mode where AI controlled enemies come at you in waves until you get through all the waves. -
Robotic boogaloo
This update fixes more bugs. It also adds robotic versions of already existing cosmetics. -
Love & War update launched.
Another major update is released. It introduced new weapons and partner taunts two players can do together -
End of the Line update released.
Another major update, it introduces more new weapons, taunts, and cosmetic items. It also came with an amazing cinematic. -
Gun mettle update launched.
The gun Mettle update added mainly weapon skins. These could be used to customize the appearance of your weapons -
Invasion Update Released
This update released new, space-themed cosmetic items. This is weird because they're the first cosmetics that were futuristic. -
Tough Break Update
This update had more cosmetics, weapon skins, and added the wearing down of weapon skins. It also added a lot of bug fixes. -
Overwatch
Overwatch is released. It created controversy for being very similar to tf2 -
Meer your Match update
This update added many bug fixes. It also officially created an in-game competitive mode. -
Jungle Inferno update
This update added many changes to the system software. It also gave more weapons to the pyro class.
