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   Late last week, word spread around that the German PC Action magazine has revealed quite a few details about Team Fortress 2, the upcoming multiplayer game shipping alongside Half-Life 2: Episode Two in autumn 2007 (and hopefully no later). So if you ever wanted to know what close-combat weapon the Scout carries around with him, or what the flag (as in "capture the flag") will be replaced with, now's your chance.

   A "loose" translation of PC Action's article was posted on the HalfLife2.net forums, listing various details about the classes, maps and general gameplay topics. And since Valve thinks that classes in other games are a joke - "Where's the difference between me choosing a M16 or an AK-47 rifle?", asks Robin Walker - here is the list of classes available in Team Fortress 2, together with their primary, secondary and close-combat weapons / devices:
- Scout: Shotgun, pistol, baseball bat.
- Soldier: Rocket launcher, shotgun, shovel.
- Pyro: Flamethrower, shotgun, fire axe.
- Demo Man: Sticky bomb slingshot, grenade thrower, broken bottle.
- Heavy Weapons Guy: Machine gun (mini gun), shotgun, fists.
- Engineer: Shotgun, pistol, wrench.
- Medic: Machine pistol, healing ray, bone saw.
- Sniper: Sniper rifle, machine pistol, club.
- Spy: Revolver, cigar case (PDA for switching your disguise), knife.    Ooooh, I love the sound of that Pyro! Regarding some of the other classes, it was also revealed that the Scout will be able perform a double jump, like in the Unreal Tournament games, and that the Medic will be able to heal team members from long distances (if they are in sight). Furthermore, he can make himself and his patients invulnerable for 10 seconds. Oh, and the demolition man will be the only one with grenades. Radical stuff!

   As for that flag I mentioned above, it will actually be replaced with a briefcase full of documents. So "Capture The Flag" will become "Capture The Documents". That sounds more fitting. But the most interesting piece of info, I think, is the following:
"It would be technically feasible to let owners of a PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 play against each other. Whether this feature makes it into the final game is still uncertain and depends on Sony and Microsoft."    I sure hope they can pull that one off.