Valve Introduces Micro-Transactions for Team Fortress 2
By Tim Hage on Sep 30th, 2010 at 10:20PM
In a move that has both shocked and enraged fans of Team Fortress 2, Valve announced “The Mann-conomy Update” which is effectively an in-game store that allows players to pay real money (ranging from $0.49 to $4.99) through Steam’s new Steam Wallet system for hats, weapons and other such items to pwn other gamers with.
Of course, by playing the game, you can still stumble across the random drops of items as before. This is just simply a new way for Valve to milk your parents’ credit cards to obtain such items. Heck, according to Valve, gamers will be able to sell their items for actual money as well. To find out all the gritty details, check out Steam’s landing page for the update, the update’s FAQ and their announcement blog post.
via [Joystiq]
