Play Team Fortress 2 with the Developers from Valve

Published October 12, 2007

Read the recap of the Valve Developers Game with Fame here.

Members of Valve, the developers behind The Orange Box, a collection of five fabulous games including Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2 Episodes 1 and 2, Portal, and Team Fortress 2, will play the Xbox LIVE® community on October 19.

From Noon to 4:00 P.M. ET/3:00 P.M. – 7:00 P.M. PT, Xbox LIVE Gold subscribers will have the chance to take on Valve in a friendly game of Team Fortress 2, the sequel to the game that put class-based, multiplayer team warfare on the map. While playing, gamers can chat with the level designers, programmers, artists, writers, and animators who created the game and learn helpful play tips and favorite insider strategies.

To get the chance to play in the developer showdown, gamers will need an Xbox LIVE Gold Membership. Subscribers need only sign into Xbox LIVE and add the following Gamertags to their friends list, and invite or be invited by team members to play a round.

• gamewithdev1 (Matt - Level Designer)
• ValveArtist1 (Matthew – Artist)
• ValveAnim (Matthew – Animator)
• ValveProg1 (Vitaliy – Programmer)
• ValveProg2 (Adrian – Programmer)
• ValveProg3 (Kerry – Programmer)
• ValveProg4 (Robin – Programmer)
• ValveProg5 (Jim - Programmer)
• ValveLevelDes2 (Dave - Level Designer)
• ValveArtist2 (Nick – Artist)
• ValveLevelDes3 (Scott - Level Designer)
• ValveProg6 (David – Programmer)
• ValveWriter (Chet – Writer)

If you get a chance to play with the developers from Valve, we want to hear about it! Send us an e-mail at xlmail@microsoft.com with the subject: "GWF – Valve." Be sure to include your Gamertag and home town.