Valve finally released the Scout update for Team Fortress two. Along with a sleuth of new community maps, a stunning baseball, an energy drink called BONK and a more sawed off sawed off shotgun, the update fixed a bunch of old annoying things about the game. The most important of these being the facestabs the spy could pull off. However the long awaited addition to the Meet the Team videos was… unexpectedly missing. That’s right, no new meet the team video, not even a Meet the Sandvich clip like the last time.

However, not all is lost, the update also added a bunch of new voice commands and domination taunts. So far only the Scout domination taunts have been released and brother, they are awesome. This video, compiled by the wonderful Nero, is the magnum opus of insults and taunts. You’ll never hit his tiny head!

If you dont have TF2 yet, its the perfect time to buy it at half price (only $10 you cheapskates), if you already have it, prepare for a couple of weeks of playing Pyro and taking it easy as the scout rushes burn in your wake.

Thanks Nero!

Our Steam Group!

Yes, dear readers, as mentioned in our podcast, we have a Dark Diamond Steam group! If you play any Steam games be sure to join up, perhaps you can meet with us when we’re playing Team Fortress 2, Garry’s Mod or anything else. Its also easier to know when we’ve got a game going on in the official Dark Diamond TF2 server.

Site Updates!

Hope you’ve noticed some of the changes we’ve been making to the site behind the scenes! Most notable is the new DDN-tan drawing that stands on the website header. Isn’t she lovely? Props to Godsh0t, DDN-tans creator for drawing her so well. Other changes are:

• Better search box, more identifiable since it now says ‘search’, that only took us 2 years huh?
• Avatars for authors are back! We’re saying good bye to the uniform Mii avatars.
• A staff list of the recent active members of the DD crew.
• Better contact forms, now there’s a separate form to contact the whole crew for tips and press stuff and one specifically for myself for official business, all in the same friendly contact page.
• Small adjustments to the layout overall.

However, our most important new feature is the Upcoming Releases & Events list on the sidebar! Wonder what games are getting released soon? What anime or manga is premiering? Just load up the site and look at the 10 nearest events!

So tell us what you think of the changes, what else you’d like to see and again, do join our Steam Group!

I don’t usually do stories on Steam-related releases and price-cuts, but think of this as a public service announcement: not only is Team Fortress 2 available free to play, but indie darling AudioSurf and cult classic Beyond Good and Evil are both going for only five bucks a piece! So jump on these great deals before the weekend’s over…I know I will.

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