In the wake of the news of further delay for Half-Life 2: Episode Two - and subsequently Portal and Team Fortress 2 - Valve has released a update on TF2 development saying the game "is really moving along".

"In fact, things have reached a point where people start getting pretty antsy around the office as we get closer and closer to the 6:00 p.m. playtest session," the dev's added. "We will be sharing more information about TF2 over the next couple of months..."

Valve has also released a new TF2 image showing "some of the TF2 characters.. that is currently being used for the start-up screen for the game." We've uploaded it to this page for you to check out.

Team Fortress 2 is the developer's remake of its superb team- and class-based multiplayer mod Team Fortress Classic.

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