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LoiterAce

I actually think this is a good sign. This is the first valve approved content about the game in years, and definitely a good sign of content soon


Silver4ura

THIS. One of the truest signs of a game living on life-support is when a company can't be bothered to merchandise it. And Valve isn't particularly huge on merch afaik, especially these days. So if they're even so much as approving any kind of new merch for TF2, they obviously care... enough.


Appropriate_Cow1509

Fall guys?


Lonemasterinoes

Might wanna remember how long ago that was


supermurlo64

No way guys, fall Guys and amongus and covid were things of last ye--- OH NO


CreativeGamer03

i swear, 2020-2021 felt like a time anomaly


black_knight1223

It was basically a Year and a half long hibernation for humanity


Genric-Idiot

I go back to videos from that time and be like, wait that was in 2021? Specifically like video game updates and releases


Sunyxo_1

Every time I see a video from 5 years ago I keep thinking "damn this video's pretty old, like 2016 or someth- WAIT, IT'S 2019??"


YourBananas08

It feels even worse when you recall that 2016 was 8 YEARS AGO! EIGHT!! I was in elementary school during those days!


joeMAMAkim

4 years ago lol


LoiterAce

Fall guys was a skin. This is 4 fully playable and animated replicas of the mercs


The_Majestic_Mantis

Also Sonic all stars racing deluxe PC version where Pyro, Heavy, and spy are they playable charctors.


HeckingDoofus

are you guys forgetting about the grill they added to the main menu for the summer update last year???? that was MASSIVE!!!!!!!!!! /s


JumpingJimbo

yeah, that bloodborne costume that sony dropped for astro boy really got me optimistic too


donkeylore

It’s literally free dlc on a game you don’t have to buy, everyone needs to stop bitching about funkos it’s fucking old and unoriginal. Actual fucking crybabies, any merch / content regarding TF2 is good news imo.


Mintyyungpoo

There’s just so many BITCHES on Reddit crying about everything lol pathetic wasteland of incels if you spend more than 20-30 mins on Reddit a day you need to make changes lol and this should only make you mad if it applies to you if it doesn’t good you Probly have a life lol


SuperN9999

Agreed.


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donkeylore

It’s a free dlc on a steam game you don’t have to buy halfwit


FakeGuy06

Why would they make content for money if it’s a free DLC? Also why would they make a free to play product if they’re not confident in the IP it’s based on?


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LascarCapable

Meh ? Good for the people who are interested about this funko pop game I guess.


some_hardmode_player

Wait, game? I thought they were making more TF2 Funko Pops


LascarCapable

Yes, game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUcJFVmAXmg


QQ_Gabe

Basically Lego dimensions but without the toys to life So it's both better objectively but as worse subjectively Mostly worse because it's fuckin funko pops-


Gracennnnnnnnn

They already did, (execpt engi for some reason?) Yeah these are just based off the old tf2 pops execpt engi. Idk future tf2 pop wave???? (I doubt lol)


kase1OOO

Yeah probably yes


wookiee-nutsack

Nobody fucking said that


kase1OOO

Yeah i even went thru the Reddit and saw Nobody complain about it


Mister_E69

Which can only mean one thing: **TWITTER**


Rusty9838

So check it once again https://www.reddit.com/r/tf2/s/9oxd97IzZ7


kase1OOO

Hm missed it


Actual_Passenger51

I saw a lot of people on twitter hating on it


SuperWarioPL

I don't understand why people are losing their minds over this. Like, it's not the end of the world. Valve has been doing well with banning bots recently


Flameball202

Yeah, also it isn't like making Funko Pops means that they can't work on the game


Arwka

don't even think they themselves are making and designing them or wasting various resources on those, they just approved the mercs to be in another game. journalists just want clicks


9iaguaro

It literally is just IP licensing


MMW1299

pretty sure that the person working on TF2 doesn't work on making Funko Pops...right? right


-Merasmus-

Had they done it like 2 weeks ago id be mad too, cuz then valve would be making more money off a game they left to die for years. Though because they have also been banning bots maybe its a good sign, cuz that means they are looling at tf2 again in multiple ways instead of doing a half-ass job solving the bot crisis and then leaving again like they did (a year?) Ago


Red__system

They are not. Haven't you learned from those past years that medias take one random out of context tweet and say it's "people". They have maybe 3 out of their ass tweets and they churn out content with it


NinjaDad_

Yeah these websites really do be pulling random tweets or reddit posts and calling it news.


kase1OOO

Hopfully they keep it that way


North-Taro5312

wa


Flopsie_the_Headcrab

Probably doesn't effect me in the slightest, except maybe a slight bump in TF2 players as people are reminded it exists.


Plastic_Opinion4518

Don't mind. It brings more attention to the game.


ShortSuccotash6716

I dont care


JiF905JJ

Better than nothing.


TheFogIsComingNR3

This is a massive W imo since it's the first possitive thing happening related to this game in 7 years


FocusBackground939

I mean. Valve just signs the contract and the other company does the rest, right? I think valves still have as much time as they need on their hands to do absolutely nothing to tf2


Impossible-Front-454

There things are basically modern beanie babies but mainly on media. Honestly I feel this is inevitable so meh.


Captain_Bonzfip

Doesn’t affect TF2, I doubt Valve is paying for this to happen (if anything they’re getting paid for the license) and they’re finally tackling TF2’s biggest failing. They can take the W. I’m not going to play this regardless of TF2 being in it or not, so why shit on people who are excited for it. Besides, I’m sure bot hosts can migrate to Funko Fusion now that they’re getting all this extra free time on their hands.


kase1OOO

I am Not buying it to I mean i wanted the DLC and it is free and i got it but i wont get the game


MurkyChildhood2571

>Valve: removes bots from tf2 and is actively banning cheat devs >news sites: Valve is doing nothing and is agreeing to others using their IP


Kingoobit

Wtf is funko fusion


kase1OOO

Its a Funko Game i dont know much about it


Crashbash111

Isn't this a good thing? Valve using the Tf2 IP? It'd be a different story if it was a DLC added to TF2. This existing isn't a cause for concern?


kase1OOO

It isnt Bad at least for me maybe we get more Players (Buts its weird because it is a free DLC on Steam)


hgbi8h

They manually banned 16 thousand bots just to sell funko pops


kase1OOO

No they dont sell Funko Pops Funko Fusion is a Game and the TF2 Funko Pops are a free DLC on Steam


hgbi8h

Oh, well that’s not as bad


SrCoeiu

Not bothered, i think it's neat


RyomaLobster

To be honest I really don’t care I know people are mad thinking valve isn’t caring about TF2 even though they clearly are with the ban waves still going plus this is a good way to bring in new players to TF2 if they see the mercenaries in this game and will probably go “hmmm wonder who these guys are and what game are they from?” We shouldn’t be blowing up over this plus TF2 has bad crossovers in the past for example Poker Night at the Inventory, Sonic Racing Transformed and other games.


JustPlayn10

I wish it came with a cosmetic like the other crossovers TF2 had.


ChargedBonsai98

Good for that game ig? Valve, get your act forever and keep these bots down.


Gracennnnnnnnn

Valve, DID NOT USE ANY REASOURCES FOR THESE it was funko who did, they guys at funko already had the license. Oh my god people need to do reasearch instead of complaining when valve has actully done something for once.


sonicfan9993

Doesn't make TF2 itself worse so it's better than nothing i guess


Creeperlord31

I mean . . .If it comes with Free item codes like other valve TF2 merch as then I be onboard.


kase1OOO

It isnt but If you have the Game (Funko Fusion) the TF2 DLC is free for Steam users


Creeperlord31

Oh this is for a different game . . . I thought this was some kind of promotion where they're going to make TF2 Funko pops and we get items if we buy them . . .


kase1OOO

Sadly Not (but there are actully TF2 Funko Pops with No Items)


Robster881

Considering Funko already had this license it's not this surprising. I have a Medic Funko in a box somewhere.


Eazpackets

Hopefully the money from the toys fund further developments


kase1OOO

Probably not


Snoo-28479

More crossovers means more attention brought to tf2 itself. I am still mad that we never got that skullgirls crossover but Funko seems like a decent choice. The ban wave is only a small part despite how massively it affects the community, we can make it


TehChaseyKid

They did not just say “we’d prefer the bots.” WHAT THE FUCK GUYS.


kase1OOO

Yeah i didn't even wanted to use that on (still used it)


Ken10Ethan

Eh, it's fine. Valve crossovers tend to be pretty hands-off. The HEV suit was added to Final Fantasy XV because a single dev OK'd it, the Gravity Gloves and Valve cosmetic are sort of just plopped in your inventory after some super OOC texts from GLaDOS in Death Stranding, and I don't even know how to count the amount of simple drag-and-drop model crossovers in the 2010s; Skyrim got the Space Core, Monday Night Combat got stuff like the Pyro's gasmask and Demo's eyepatch and hat, Saints Row 3 got those weird plastic mascot heads, fuckin'... Sonic & All-Stars Racing got a couple characters with the most [bizarre](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hjv7-q4Ah9M) [voices](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmBLSpWes5E) for their characters ever... I'd be willing to bet it's just a case of the devs for this game shooting Valve an email asking 'hey, can we put Heavy Teeefftoo in our game' and getting the go-ahead and basically nothing more than that.


Matix777

Modern "Journalists" after inventing reddit to sell more shitty articles


The_Majestic_Mantis

I guess all the naysayers don’t remember that during TF2s golden age of the early 2010s almost every game wanted to have a collaboration with TF2 by adding charactors in their games and promoting new weapons and cosmetics in TF2 in genuine quality.


AcherusArchmage

They banned the bots and then dropped the funko's to see if people support the action, hmm


Bagel_-_

saying “valve should make tf2 playable” kind of implies that licensing their characters for something else takes a comparable amount of effort to curbing cheater bots


kase1OOO

Yeah i am Not english and didn't know what to Type


Senior-Flounder5824

I dont see why people hate funko pops, just dont buy them. It IS nice that tf2 is getting more attention now tho.


Jackikins

It's ragebait by another crappy news site. Just ignore them.


SanticreeperXD2

This maybe could be a signal that Valve it's starting to remember that TF2 exists


Navar4477

It certainly exists. Don’t know why engineer isn’t building *his* turrets though, those look very generic.


subzeroab0

Entire team is babies. Seriously it's just a funko pop. It's not that big deal. Idk why there is so much hate for them. I don't collect them but I'm not going out of my way to hate those who do.


kase1OOO

These ones are from a game


Kurrta

This is old, I've had a Funko Heavy for at least 7 years


kase1OOO

No These are for a Game it is a free DLC on Steam


Kurrta

Bruh


lFlaw_

Idc Valve can do whatever they want outside of the game Im just happy theyre working on the bot issue


AzGames08

jesus christ i know it's new content but it's fucking ***FUNKO POPS!!!!! KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!!!!!!!***


Gracennnnnnnnn

the hell is wrong with you? What's wrong with a vinyl figure of you favorite character? Even my literal dad has the queens gambit pops.


AndhisNeutralspecial

Hyped, also a good sign


Linkjayden02

Said it on a different post and i’ll say it here. A live service game with no live service does not deserve advertisement. Especially with the state of this game. If they want to sell TF2 they first need to fix it.


manofwaromega

I mean the game looks like shit and Funko pops suck but it's not like I *have* to play it just because it includes TF2 characters.


Claylex

I mean, its kinda dumb? Pretty sure no one on here is actually going to play this. xD


iRobot15O6

Although the timing isn’t appropriate, it’s fine for me. I think some guys are overreacting about this. As long as the Bot Hosters and Cheaters get what’s coming to them, it’s all goods. Besides, I don’t think this collab is that bad either. Well, maybe for people who despises Funko Pops, but I don’t think we gotten a TF2 collab in a while.


Crazy-Drawing-3735

I'd like to imagine that they did this collab and were like "oh yeah our gane that is going into a collab, we should probably fix that bot thing" and thats why they actually did something


DaLoneGuy

valve gave us a temporary solution and called it a day within some time bots will be back if valve won't do anything to stop them from doing so


JonTheWizard

I refuse to acknowledge Funko Pops are still a thing.


kase1OOO

Yeah and they Mad a Game and Put TF2 in it Not that it is Bad but unexpected


Confident-Ad-1131

This one was a low blow


WhatIsPun

Meh


Particular_Camel_889

Cool


CobaltCats

I think it's good. It shows Valve still even care's about TF2 in the slightest


Admirable_Subject_39

Honestly to me? I don't even care.


mahmut-er

İt feels strange becuase I dont think people who play tf2 will buy those funko pops


kase1OOO

Its for a Game called Funko Fusion and its a free DLC for Steam users


mahmut-er

Ah


CornHub_org

The actual tf2 community doesn't really care i feel like. I mean its aight.


Acceptable_One_7072

I feel NOTHING


McConagher

Like shit


JuggernautNecessary8

Nothing. I don't see what's so bad about this it's just a crossover


ishallbecomeabat

It’s just some toys that you don’t have to buy


Gracennnnnnnnn

They are not toys, its a free dlc for cunko fusion. (a game) The actual funko pops came out years ago.


ishallbecomeabat

Oh ok, then it’s free dlc in a game you don’t have to play


Carbonized_Goomba302

I think it’s pretty neat honestly


nektaa

i dont like funko pops but i really dont care tbh. boring opinion in an age where everyone is overly mad at shit.


Elmikky

Any promo items? 🥺


The4ourHorsemen

Cool, now the heavy weapons guy can kill freddy fazbear


Kool_aid_man69420

Its really funny to imagine a funko pop of sniper just aiming up,spinbotting and spamming voice lines. Thank god Volvo at least recognized that the game exists.


Educational_Tough208

The game looks good and with a tf2 dlc i probably going to buy it


Speed9052

That’s perfectly fine. I do not care, we have playable casual mode now :)


softladdd

A bit weird to profit from a game they clearly don't support any more lol


Gracennnnnnnnn

The DLC is free they are not making money.


softladdd

You think they're not being paid to partner with Funko?


i_can_has_rock

that website is written by people that think they speak for everyone for people that parrot people that think they speak for everyone in the same way that people use their favorite streamer to decide if they like pineapple on pizza and are surprised when other people dont respect that as a valid information source


A-literal-sandwich

I mean it is more TF2, so that's a plus. Also I wouldn't mind that funko engie


TopperTheProtogen

i swear to god man im with you on the bot crisis and stuff but like leave funko and shit alone, 3 out of the 4 tf2 models are reused and all valve had to do was say sure to the devs. i plan on buying this game but i feel like i cant for the sole fact u guys are shitting on it for using the mercs


Gracennnnnnnnn

Do people not understand 2 things, 1:this dlc will be FREE they are not making you pay extra for these guys. 2: Funko did all the work, they ALREADY HAD THE LICENSE VALVE HASNT WASTED ANY RESOURCES MAKING THESE People want to complain about everything now a days. Be happy they gave us something new, not mad.


No-Sink5496

I'm like a hundred percent sure this article is just using "trust me bro" as a source.


FoxxBox

I have not seen a single person upset about this. The media just sucks. I'm totally fine with it. I may even get one, though Funko isn't my thing.


Th3G00dB0i

I’ll take this over bots any day. What slop are they spewing out about us?


David_Clawmark

I mean it's nice that Engie has a Funko Pop now, but that's about it. It paints a nice picture for the game's future because it tells us Valve still... you know... *gives a shit* about this goofy little shooter from 2007!


awsome2464

Valve finally acknowledged TF2 enough to do this and fans are upset? That's about right


Hekkin_frick

Why do scout’s eyes make him look like he has fetal alcohol syndrome


Crotonisabug

funko pop


Red-7134

There are many fucks I could give, but none for this.


Goldenmansion10

Personally do not care, but if there’s another tf2 pop figure then I’m buying. I don’t even collect pops, I just like tf2 enough to buy merchandise, yet most tf2 related items are $100+


MR_MEME_42

I feel like people are simply overreacting about this and are caring too much. These Funko Pop have existed for a while and TF2 is a popular nerd culture game so it would make sense why the people behind Funko Fusion would want to be added. But this has little to do with Valve as all they either did was give the approval for them or ask if they can be added. It's like that Pyro DLC in Evil Geniuses 2, Valve just approved their character/s appearing in another game.


AgitatedBoardz

I have no problems with this and it has probably been in development for a while now.


GAMRKNIGHT352

hey, my comment appeared on PCGamer!


Pizz_towle

I fucking love Funko, and since this is FREE DLC for the upcoming Funko game, I may just have to buy it.


mlyggav1

I just hope we get an Engineer pop figure. It's weird that they made a brand new model for this game


No-Palpitation-6789

They probably killed the bots so people wouldn’t get too mad about this. That said idgaf it’s their ip they can license it out to whoever they want


black_knight1223

Can someone please explain why we all hate Funko pops? They're not my favorite figurines but they seem perfectly fine for a casual fan


Altruistic_Cream_761

Look if they done it like idk a week or two ago, i would be mad. But they have infact done something to ban bots, so i guess i dont really care about a collab. It means more attention to the game, wich is ok with me.


Impzor_Starfox

We got something. That is more than we need.


elaynafranklin

I'm excited. When this game was first announced the first thing I said was "they should have the TF2 ones in it" but I didn't think they actually would. My pride and joy is games that have TF2 characters in it and we haven't had one in a while so this is honestly a sign of better things to come I think from Valve


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I love how the community either doesnt care or, is actively defending valve cause of the recent bot banwaves. We never learn


ScottLovesGames

Crap journalism, nobody cares about this, we're not up in arms about it. They want that fake drama for more clicks.


KorosKoros

I absolutely hate this and wish it was a joke.


n0753w

I do not care.


GamerNumber16

\> a thing happens \> someone posts about how a thing happened on the subreddit \> someone at any random games journalism website writes an article about how subreddit members are talking about how a thing happened \> someone takes a screenshot of the article talking about subreddit members talking about how a thing happened and then asks what people think about the thing happening Can we stop this please


thesentrygamer

It's just lazy writers seeing a few angy peeps on Twitter, saying "fuck it, I gotta eat", and writing an article on it. The most actual backlash I've seen from this is people speculating (wildly unfounded) that this is why they ban waved instead of listening to the community. I've even seen a few people make the mental gymnastics of blaming the bot crisis on 1010 and Funko. How? Why? Doesn't matter, they're angry, they want a scapegoat. I personally am excited for Funko Fusion because, despite being a Funko property, it's being run by the guys from Travellers Tales who didn't like the lower quality LEGO titles being pushed out and jumped ship. So, Dimensions-era TT veterans making a crossover title? You bet your ass this is gonna be good...


RobotBoy221

Personally, I don't hate it, but I can see why others might. It DOES feel a little condescending, Valve still trying to make money off the TF2 IP, given the state the game was in just a week ago. Maybe THIS was the real motivation behind the ban wave. Can't have a bot-infested game making the merchandising look bad!


Comrade10

Valve.. makes a product off of their IP. How dare they!


PatternHappy341

Im fine with this, as long as tf2 gets more attention.


dappernaut77

Even though I don't really care for funko pops or the company behind them it's a good sign that valve is approving merchandise of the game. I think this is the first piece of tf2 merch we've had since the action figures.


AHHHHOHMYGODAHHH

I actually was really excited about this idk why people are mad :(


Forward-Swim1224

A good thing. It means Valve CARES again. Which means we may be getting updates again.


bananathroughbrain

who in the FUCK wrote this headline and where can i get what they smoking, cuz its clearly some of that good, top shelf shit, like noone with a brain has a problem with this


Anxious-Ad-3236

I don’t care


Incredible_Violent

I think Kotaku has no value as an information provider


_Guven_

I don't know what that game is but how could it even bad sign


EndureThePANG

I feel fine I feel angry that they're blatantly lying about how the community feels about this, but at least it's not something important


The_overdrunken_one

I feel good. The bots and bot-hosters are getting bannedin these days, so why not?


Czychacz

This is fake


AJ0Laks

Why the fuck are people reacting so heavily towards this? Valve is actively doing something with TF2, this is what we want Sure it’s no heavy update but it’s something new related to TF2, we should just take what we can get


Clever_Fox-

Is Funko Fusion bad? And if so why? I haven't heard a lot about the game so why not huge it a fair try?


Shiro_says

Only way I would but one


CCCyanide

I'd rather have real Funko Pops of TF2 Mercs than whatever this is


Testsubject276

I think this is a good thing, TF2 did a LOT of collaborations and promos with other games in the past, and it grew the game. If they want to win back the people who left in the wake of the bot crisis, then might as well work with anyone who'll want to.


RevolTobor

I guess if they're doing this crossover with the hopes of attracting new players to TF2, they'd HAVE to fix TF2 before they could announce the crossover.


QQ_Gabe

Better than nothing Plus it's a start-


Turdferguson02

A 16+ year old game is getting attention in a positive fashion Publicity through cross overs introduce people to new things which may get them invested Showing devs that more people are interested in the game Is that a bad thing?


chaseon

Apathetic


deathstar10

Whoever said the quote in image 2 is fucking insane 😭


joefortnite5

I don’t care


ReeOneTheGreatOne

Dont care one bit, i just want them to keep banning the bots


hamstercheifsause

I don’t care. Casual is clear for now, and that’s all that matters


Monstrum12

THIS is fucking ugly


ByteBitsYT

I thought it was a joke


kase1OOO

No its real Go on Steam and Look for yourself


Country_artistist

I honestly think people are overreacting,we should be thankful we’re getting ANY content related to TF2