Team Fortress 2-inspired headgear coming to Saints Row: The Third

Today, THQ has announced that Team Fortress 2-inspired head ware is coming to the PC version of Saints Row: The Third.

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When you see a post containing the words "Team Fortress 2" and "headgear," you probably don't expect to see Saints Row: The Third sharing in the story. Today, THQ and Valve have announced that Team Fortress 2-inspired lids are coming to the PC version of the game.

Headgear that resemebles each of Team Fortress 2's characters will be added to the Steam version of Saints Row: The Third on Tuesday, January 17. The free update allows players to run through the streets of Steelport (clothing optional) disgused as their favorite character from Valve's free-to-play shooter.

"After a fair amount of back and forth with us and Valve, we're now ready to present the final chapter in our cross-promotion with Team Fortress 2. For those unfamilar with this, if you had pre-ordered [Saints Row: The Third] on Steam, you received Killbane's Mask and Apocafists for the Heavy, and a special Third Street Saints Badge for every character," a post on the official Saints Row: The Third website revealed. "But that got us thinking about the best way to put TF2 into Saints Row: The Third, so we've come up with the following."

Sounds like a fun idea, but it's a shame that this marks the end of the Valve cross-promotion with THQ because we were really holding out hope for some Gabe Newell-inspired gear.

Xav de Matos was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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    January 16, 2012 5:15 PM

    Xav de Matos posted a new article, Team Fortress 2-inspired headgear coming to Saints Row: The Third.

    Today, THQ has announced that Team Fortress 2-inspired head ware is coming to the PC version of Saints Row: The Third.

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      January 16, 2012 5:18 PM

      they announced that yesterday

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      January 17, 2012 1:16 AM

      Possible typo, Xav: "if you had pre-ordered TF2 on Steam, you received Killbane's Mask and Apocafists for the Heavy"

      Should be SR3, not TF2 surely?

      Or if it was the guy who made the mistake you could put (sic).

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        January 17, 2012 1:33 AM

        They are TF2 unlocks you got for pre-ordering SR3 on Steam.

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      January 17, 2012 11:05 AM

      Yep. Just launched SR3 on PC and I got both the Cheapy D pack and TF2 stuff. This game just got sillier because now I can run around yelling Pootis/needadispencerhere.

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        January 17, 2012 11:07 AM

        How cool would it be if they had the full on TF2 chars in? Well at least the Soldier, Heavy, and Pyro. Maybe an Engy. Then we could all play MP TF2 style in the big city, farting around like knuckleheads.

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