# What became of mysterious computer game "Team Fortress II?" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 23, 2004, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-became-of-mysterious-computer-game-team-fortress-ii/256476 "2004-07-23T04:21:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PaulFitzroy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2acd7d/32.png) [@PaulFitzroy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulFitzroy)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-became-of-mysterious-computer-game-team-fortress-ii/256476/1 "2004-07-23T04:21:07Z")
I remember long ago (seems like years ago) there was some buzz about a sequel to the Half-Life modification Team Fortress Classic; it was going to be called Team Fortress II and used the Half-Life engine, and featured things like a radio headset and machine guns that could be loaded by a seperate person for a faster rate of fire. I haven’t heard a damn thing about it since and I assume it was pulled from production (Half-Life 2 is coming out soon with a totally different engine.) Are they releasing TF2 on this new engine as well, or did this game vanish into thin air? ---
**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-became-of-mysterious-computer-game-team-fortress-ii/256476/2 "2004-07-23T04:27:05Z")
No help here, but this shoud probably be under “Cafe Society.” For future reference. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-became-of-mysterious-computer-game-team-fortress-ii/256476/3 "2004-07-23T05:28:48Z")
[http://www.planetfortress.com/teamfortress/news.html](http://www.planetfortress.com/teamfortress/news.html) ---
**Author:** ![mkl12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@mkl12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkl12)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-became-of-mysterious-computer-game-team-fortress-ii/256476/4 "2004-07-23T10:30:23Z")
> [@astro](#): > > [GameSpy: PC Games, Reviews, News, Previews, Demos, Mods & Patches](http://www.planetfortress.com/teamfortress/news.html) Teamfortress 2.8 is a very old mod for Quake. It’s not the same as Temfortress II, which was supposed to be a completely new game based on the half life engine. According to BluesNews, it’s still in development, noe for the Half Life 2 engine. [http://bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewthread&threadid=48385](http://bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewthread&threadid=48385) ---
**Author:** ![mkl12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@mkl12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkl12)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-became-of-mysterious-computer-game-team-fortress-ii/256476/5 "2004-07-23T10:32:03Z")
Sorry, this is the whole story, from [ign.com](http://ign.com) : > **[PC Games, Wikis, Cheats, Walkthroughs, News, Reviews & Videos - IGN](https://www.ign.com/pc)** > > IGN is the leading site for PC games with expert reviews, news, previews, game trailers, cheat codes, wiki guides & walkthroughs ---
**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-became-of-mysterious-computer-game-team-fortress-ii/256476/6 "2004-07-23T15:08:51Z")
> [@Chairman Pow](#): > > No help here, but this shoud probably be under “Cafe Society.” I could have sworn that I initially saw this posted under GQ…Am I going mad? ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-became-of-mysterious-computer-game-team-fortress-ii/256476/7 "2004-07-23T23:52:06Z")
> [@Chairman Pow](#): > > I could have sworn that I initially saw this posted under GQ…Am I going mad? Sorry, some mod must have slipped on the mouse. I’ll move this to Cafe Society for you. - **xash** General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-became-of-mysterious-computer-game-team-fortress-ii/256476/8 "2004-07-24T03:02:17Z")
You’re doing it agaaaaaaiiinnn!