Team Fortress 2 gets Shogun 2-themed items

Eight feudal Japan-themed Team Fortress 2 items can now be had by pre-ordering Total War: Shogun 2 through Steam, or the hard way.

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Bonus Team Fortress 2 items are a popular promotional tool nowadays, used by games including Poker Night at the Inventory, Rift Monday Night Combat and Killing Floor. Total War: Shogun 2 is the latest to join in on the fun, with an eight-pack of feudal Japan-inspired items for Valve's shooter up for grabs if you pre-order The Creative Assembly's historical strategy game.

The Shogun Pack's eight items, created by community member 'larolaro,' include samurai swords, a top knot and demon mask. You can nab the whole lot by pre-ordering Shogun 2 from Steam, though they'll also be sold in TF2's Mann Co. Store and be available through drops and crafting.

Total War: Shogun 2 is slated to launch for PC next Tuesday, March 15. Sega is publishing.

From The Chatty
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    March 11, 2011 7:00 AM

    Comment on Team Fortress 2 gets Shogun 2-themed items, by Alice O'Connor.

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      March 11, 2011 7:04 AM

      that is awesome
      If only I could trust creative assembly to release a game that is actually functional on it's release date...

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        March 11, 2011 7:14 AM

        How was the demo for you?

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          March 11, 2011 10:32 AM

          i found it had a worrying lack of non-scripted ai myself :(.

          i pre ordered empire though. go figure.

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          March 11, 2011 1:30 PM

          Actually, I haven't tried it... unfortunately, historically CA has had lots of problems when the turn counts get higher than ~20 and armies get larger, so I don't really trust a limited scope demo to tell me how well the full game will run.

          To be honest, I was a HUGE shogun fan, and I played the shit out of Rome:Total war...but ever since Rome, and even when rome:tw was release - the games have been incredibly buggy initially. I actually bought Medeivel 2: TW, but only played it for 3 hours because it was so buggy on release day.

          Then I bought empire: TW like an idiot and THAT game was un-fucking-playable for MONTHS after it's release; random crashes, dumb AI shit like no assaults via boats, etc etc....it really frustrated me and it made me lose faith in creative assembly. At this point i think i'll just wait for it to be released and wait to see how many people complain about the buggyness rather than subject myself to being a beta tester AGAIN.

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      March 11, 2011 7:25 AM

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      March 11, 2011 8:00 AM

      Sometimes I hate that I preorder games at retail. (I want cool hats too!)

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        March 11, 2011 9:01 AM

        Contrary to your name, these items "do drop". It was announced that they are also dropping and are available through crafting.

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          March 11, 2011 9:55 AM

          Oh I meant in an instant gratification sort of way. Glad that these drop though!

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