Team Fortress 2 Teases Crafting

We just saw how the brilliantly-teased-as-"Friendship" update to Team Fortress 2 turned the table on the Demoman and Soldier classes and changed into a War update, but, now, Valve may have something even bigger installed for the title. If you're just as confused as you are intrigued as to just how something could top the War feud, then learn that the few new weapons that will be added by the Demo vs. Soldier conflict will be nothing compared to the mountain of new things that will be made available by Crafting.

"EVERYTHING in your inventory now contributes towards something you actually WANT, and can build YOURSELF!" Valve revealed."If you're super clever, you'll even be able to craft new items before others can earn them the old fashioned way."

The news is hidden amongst some other posts, which include a Saxton Hale comic edition. While we're not really done with the tea-sipping bear-man, the crafting mechanic will finally put to use all those items that we believed to be utterly useless. This, along with the presence of the Engineer in the "Announcer" comic can't help but make you wonder just how far ahead Valve plans or if it just closed its eyes and went with what brilliance it already put in the game.

As for the Hale comic, as preposterously over-the-top as it may be, it may hide even more info regarding upcoming additions to TF2. As far-fetched as this may seem, we can't really neglect how everything else has been ridiculously cryptic regarding the game. As Kotaku has also mentioned, one of the hidden pages in the comic leads to a lunar-spoof that hints at some new items.

Among the mindless, simply-meant-to-divert-our-eyes-from-the-truth rant, some words are obviously emphasized, and the secrets will most likely be hidden within the meaning of these words. Investigate the spoof for yourself, and try to figure out what Valve's next move is, in this Death Note-like evolution of the scenario.