1 Oct, 2010
The hairy chested manly man Saxton Hale of Mann Co. is now offering something special for Team Fortress 2 fans. The proud owner of size 16 boots has now expanded into e-commerce to offer players some new weapon sets for players. There are new sets of items available for each class of player in the game, featuring items such as The Degreaser, Mad Milk and Ol’ Snaggletooth.
The Mann Co. store is available from inside the game, letting players buy, trade and customize their inventory items. This can be done with using the Steam wallet, which is where you add your money to spend on the items or full games from the Steam store. The Steam wallet supports real world currency, and you can add however much you like without having to buy certain set amounts. There will still be free content updates released for the game, and you don’t have to pay for content to remain competitive; most of the new items are purely cosmetic changes which function the same way as some of the other game’s items. These items are also available via the game’s crafting methods as well as random drops, meaning that while you can purchase the item to save yourself from having to locate an item you want, they will be available for all players with some effort.
More information on the Mann Co. store is available here. Go give it a read while I prepare to bow down to Mr. Hale, England’s new owner, before he does something unpleasant with those boots.
Edited to incorporate information about items being available via crafting and item drops, thanks to Alex Wight.
It should also be said that most of the items available in the Mann-CO store can be also acquired through TF2′s random drop system or crafting. This means all gameplay changing items (wepaons) can be procured entirely by in-game means.
Thanks Alex, I have incorporated this information into the original article. Many thanks!