Team Fortress 2 Contribute Program Payday

Valve today announced the success of the Team Fortress 2 (TF2) peer-to-peer marketplace released as part of its September 30th "Mann-Conomy" update for PC and Mac users. This feature is available to developers and publishers as part of the Steamworks suite of services. Five Steam community members participated in the initial round of content creation. Rob Laro, Shawn Spetch, Steven Skidmore, Spencer Kern, and Shaylyn Hamm created items for Team Fortress 2 which were then made available to other community members for purchase from the in-game Mann Co. Store. Today they received checks for the first two weeks of sales, with royalties ranging from $39,000 to $47,000 per person. The peer-to-peer marketplace is a new feature in Steamworks, a free-to-license collection of tools and services. Team Fortress 2 was the first game to utilize the peer-to-peer marketplace, available to players in-game as The Mann Co. Store. Check full story for details.