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The release ofTeam Fortress 2’s much-anticipated Summer Update this week has boosted the nearly 16-year-oldmultiplayer gameto a new all-time record for concurrent players. Over a quarter of a million people were playing TF2 at the same time yesterday, almost doubling its previous record - and even that was only set last year, signalling that there’s plenty of life left in the enormously popular shooter yet.
Team Fortress 2 hit a peak of 253,997 simultaneous players on July 14th (as perSteamDB), blowing past the previous record of 167,951 set last December. That means that TF2 has now set all-time records for concurrent players three years running, rising from just under 150,000 players in 2020 to just over that in 2021. Not bad for a game halfway through its second decade, eh?
The Cast Of Team Fortress 2 Reminisce About The FPS’s Lasting Legacy - RPS@PAX West 2022Watch on YouTube
The Cast Of Team Fortress 2 Reminisce About The FPS’s Lasting Legacy - RPS@PAX West 2022
Much of Team Fortress 2’s current resurgence is down to the enormous Summer Update released on July 12th, which added over a dozen new community maps and loads of cosmetics - including items, taunts, effects and war paints - plus some more general fixes and improvements.
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