The Group Fortress 2 comedian has simply launched its latest replace, seven years because the final situation and seemingly the finale to this lengthy journey.
Group Fortress 2 Challenge 7 “The Days Have Worn Away” is the primary replace to the net digital comedian collection since January 10, 2017, and it appears to be like prefer it may simply be the comedian’s finale based mostly on this tweet from Valve author Erik Wolpaw.
Pic from the final tf comics assembly ever. (not pictured: Ira Crosby) pic.twitter.com/snfI2KiM27
— Erik Wolpaw (@Wolpaw) December 20, 2024
“Do you know the development of the Leaning Tower of Pisa was 100 and ninety 9 years late? Actually everybody alive when development began was useless by the point it completed,” The Group Fortress 2 group writes in a blog post saying the brand new situation. A maybe extra excessive instance of one thing taking a very long time to finish than this comedian, however an apt analogy.
For followers of Group Fortress 2, you will discover the gang all right here together with a newly married Soldier and even a maskless Spy. The difficulty additionally has a dedication to Rick Could, the voice of Soldier who died in 2020 on the age of 79. The story itself concludes a protracted, winding journey that TF2 followers have been ready a very long time to see up to date, so I will not spoil the remainder of the comedian right here.
The comics have served as a useful tome to seek out out extra concerning the totally different TF2 characters, particularly background characters like Miss Pauling and The Administrator. The comics are very a lot price a full learn if you have not checked them out already.
Valve is constant the pattern of rising from what looks like some type of gaming hibernation, first with the discharge of the Steam Deck and the testing of its new hero shooter, Deadlock. This new comedian situation serves that Valve creatives are nonetheless tinkering within the background, engaged on new tales for our favourite video games.
Matt Kim is IGN’s Senior Options Editor. You may attain him @lawoftd.