After the released information that VALVE is going to release Team Fortress 2 along with Half-Life 2 - Episode 2. Some more informations are ariving.

It was unsure if that group image is just rendered or ingame, on one website a valve member answerd that this is in fact ingame.

As ETF player, I am not sure what to think. One website wrote, that all we can see is the map 2forts and everything looks like Toy Story (which does not bother me). With that trailer I can't tell what kind of physic model is used. crossing fingers that it is still TF style.

I guess we have to wait until real ingame footage from players.

EDIT: I guess new informations are going to show up here at http://ep2.half-life2.com/ including informations about HL2EP2, TF2 and Portal.

From Steam News:
Team Fortress 2, an all-new version of the title that spawned team based multiplayer action games, features the most advanced graphics of any Source-based game released to date. Players choose from a range of unique character classes such as medic, spy, sniper, or engineer and must work together to complete a variety of tactical objectives.

This is the last video interviews conducted by myself of the Intel Summer Championships, this time of the Canadian powerhouse Jake 'xlo^Mojo' Valianes. Mojo's not exactly known for his Quake playing but has traveled to dozens of events around the world in the past couple years. He gives his thoughts on the ISC and how it could be improved for future events. Special guest appearances are made by tek9.forever and fnatic/PURRI.

The following interview is conducted by Slasher of the two fnatic stars, James '2GD' Harding and Alexander 'Ztrider' Ingarvas as well as their manager, Samuel 'zr0' Mathews. The interview takes place on day 3 after 2GD lost to fox, and Ztrider awaits Stermy in the winners bracket finals.

Topics discussed include [aAa]winz's config at ESWC, Fatal1ty's 'allowed' spectators in the tournament area, multiple complaints about the Intel Summer Championships, the G7 coalition, PURRI's interesting night with Ztrider, the Home of Chrome, and the REAL reason for girl gamer tournaments.

This is the section which was removed from the PQ4 interview done by Slasher of the four american players, x6//cl0ck, xlo^Nomadic, coL.socrates and zEx|destrukt. The opinions given are those of the players not of anyone else associated with the video. They discuss Q4 and some of the benefits of Q3 and talk about how to develop the mods for a game and other possible games. They outline what gamers want and why they believe that it's worth while changing away from Q4. Certainly some well thought out points.

BE WARNED Levitation is currently throttled, downloads may not start immediately.

Czech community frag movie presenting the best frags, chosen from the demos sent in by the Czech people. A lot of good fraggs and nice runs were the result. All put together very nicely by ^w!z4, who shows us his moviemaking skills and his attempt to win the Golden Lama in 2006 for best Unreal Tournament Movie.

Both, Xvid and h264 versions are available.

Video of the Quake4 1vs1 Finals at the WSVG Intel Summer Championship held in Grapevine, Texas. The video features SK.toxic and Stermy facing off in their final map of the tournament. Also included is video from the award ceremony where SK.toxic, Stermy, and fnatic/Ztrider receive their checks. The video runs just under 19 minutes.

Trailer for the upcoming tricking film "Walking in the air" made by Ebola and featuring Buddha, Detinu, ElvisUptown, Sent!nel, Umek, Ebola, Demon, Breach. It runs for 2min with chilly music and delicious effects. The x264 codec is needed.

An interview conducted by Slasher from Day 2 of the Intel Summer Championships. Tek-9's Rafik "LoSt-CaUsE" Bryant had just lost to Fatal1ty in the upper bracket while Ivo "forever" Lindhout had just defeated fnatic/PURRI to stay in the tournament, and awaited SK.fazz the next day.

Discussed is LoSt-CaUsE's win over forever during the tournament as forever had too many distracting girls behind him. forever expresses his love for iTG'ReDeYe while both discuss their opinions on the ISC event as a whole and some of the distractions each had to deal with. A special guest appearance is made by Stermy while Fatal1ty gets a touch of forever's personality.

An interview conducted by Slasher with Johan "Toxic" Quick shortly after his victory over Allesandro "Stermy" Avallone in the Intel Summer Championships that concluded this past weekend. The interview which runs 20 minutes discusses among many topics his game plan in the tournament, his style of play, what was going through his mind before the finals, his personal views on Quake4, the current situation of the iCE cLIMBERS, and who he really wanted to play in the grand finals.

He shares some very entertaining behind the scenes accounts such as how before the finals Fatal1ty changed his name to SK.toxic while practicing against stermy and why he did not show any emotions after winning his $20,000 prize. This interview is available for download in 1280x720 video along with a streaming flash option.

Whiners² is the ut tdm & ctf clan's 2nd frag highlight movie! We collected footage for almost over a year and I finally got the spark to put it all together.

The first whiners' movie was a success, being the only UT movie nominated in the GGL's Golden Llama 2005 awards with 2 nominations, Best Presentation & Best Unreal! So if the first movie was good, this is GREAT!

You can expect crazy frags mixed with metal music and clean editing. I had to rush the project in the end, so the credits are pretty boring. Hope you will like all the other content!

This is also my farewell to the ut scene, going to the army today! A must download for a ut'er and for anybody who likes ownage frags synced to metal!

An interview with Stermy after his win versus fnatic/Ztrider in the winner bracket finals on Saturday. He talks about his match which propelled him into the grand final vs SK.toxic.

In this in-depth interview conducted by Slasher, Stermy talks about how F-Players are different compared to other gaming organizations, his views on the maps used in the tourney, his playing style, the WSVG event, would he like to switch back to Quake3, and other topics.

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The Decerto COD2 frag movie featuring top North American players has been released. By far the best Call of Duty picture to date, it manages to create smooth fast-paced viewing for what is otherwise a rather slow game. Well constructed with slick editing, matched with solid music and insane frags this is worth its weight in megabytes.

Footage of players in the Quake4 tournament here at the WSVG: Intel Summer Championships going on this weekend. The video includes footage of Fatal1ty and xlo^Nomadic.

Along with footage from inside the tournament area, the video includes interviews with 4K^deus and Immortal conducted by ESReality's own Slasher. At the end of the video, Slasher gives his opinion of the first day's events.

The video is available in Streaming Flash or for download in a High Definition 1280x720 file. More videos will follow soon inclduing interviews with more Quake4 players. Pictures from the event can be viewed on PlanetQuake4.net.

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This is a teaser for the upcomming clanmovie. Mainly it's purpose is to hook you into downloading the full movie when it's out. Created in approximitely 8 hours, and experienced stress of the coresponding HDD dying at the last seconds of the render. (:E) Good quality, nice frags, and so on and so on. It's only 30 mb anyway, so enjoy yourselves.

For more information, feel free to contact us at #unpredictables on irc.quakenet.org / http://u.ut1site.com

Uploaded this here to ESReality just to see what others think, since ESR ratings usualy are something like own-age.com divided by 2.

Edit: The screen layout has been changed 100 % in the movie, here in the trailer however, it are simple borders, anyway it'll be way different in looks.

Download off own-age.com

Map 2 in the fox vs. fooki loser's bracket, round 2, match 1 from the WSVG 2006 @ DreamHack Summer is up. Waiting for Google Video approval and PQ4.net mirror to come up. Google Video for blue vs. toxic @ Monsoon is available also.

These are one map per video both POVs switching in a follow-the-killer style.

• Full List of Maps:

Available Now:

Grand Final: toxic vs. Cooller: Map 1; Galang

Grand Final: toxic vs. Cooller: Map 2; Phrantic

Winner's Bracket, Round 2, Match 1, blue vs. toxic: Map 2; Monsoon

Loser's Bracket, Round 7, Match 1: fox vs. fooki: Map 2; Galang

Next up:

Winner's Bracket Final: toxic vs. Cooller: some or all of the maps

Loser's Bracket Final: toxic vs. fox: some or all of the maps

If you wonder which matches are which in the tournament, you can check the WSVG bracekts.

Big thanks to Ms.X and Liefje for getting the demos up so fast :) If you want to see these matches in full quality or with your own config, get the demos from VIA CGA (www.viacga.com).

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After I'm done with all the schedueled maps, I'll do a highlights movie (read: frag movie) with highlights from all the demos available from the event.

If there are other maps than those I've mentioned now that people want to see as videos, let me know and I'll see if I can do those as well.

You can choose between watching them at Google Video or downloading them in full quality from the available mirrors. Thanks to RogeR for the PQ4.net mirrors <3

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• Movie File - LB, Round 2, Match 1, fox vs. fooki (Map 2: Galang) 399MB
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• Movie File - Grand Final: toxic vs. Cooller (Map 1: Galang) 400MB
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