Team Fortress 2 (TF2) fans have recently voiced their outrage online over compounding problems with the game. Things boiled over when a DMCA takedown was issued over a popular fan mod Team Fortress: Source 2.

According to the mod’s developers, the takedown stated that TF2 assets were illegally ported and distributed, and doing so without a license “violated” Valve’s IP rules. This revelation took many by surprise considering Valve’s past amicable stance when it came to fan contend using in-game assets.

This had led some to believe that the report was a mistake of some kind, but unfortunately for the developers, it was quickly proven to be true.

This has resulted in the developers of the mod halting all of its development, citing this DMCA as a final “nail in the coffin.”

“…From the bottom of our hearts at Amper, it’s been an honour to grow this project with all of you and the incredible team behind, we cannot be thankful enough for all your support and enthusiasms over the last 3 years,” They concluded. “We’re so happy we got this far.”

Hello everyone. We have some unfortunate news to share with you.

Today, we received a DMCA takedown from Valve on all our public GitHub repositories and all its forks made by the community.https://t.co/BQvtPwjPtn

— Team Fortress: Source 2 (@TeamFortressS2) January 10, 2024

Unsurprisingly, TF2 fans took to X/Twitter to voice their outrage, highlighting other ongoing problems that have been plaguing the community over the years and that Valve themselves had promised to fix. Players have noted that many servers are still overrun with bots and scammers.

Could you IMAGINE if any other online game as popular as TF2 received the same neglect from its developers?
For the first time, I am genuinely worried for the state of TF2.
Get your shit together, Valve.#SaveTF2 pic.twitter.com/Evxs5payto

— HintShot (@hintshot1) January 11, 2024

Players have noted that many servers are still overrun with bots and scammers. More recently TF2 has run into some problems with its Items servers, with them being down for around 42 hours with no acknowledgement before finally being fixed.

The OG season has ended after 42 hours and the items are currently working. #SaveTF2 pic.twitter.com/hwl5HkJsfJ

— Did TF2 Get Updated? (@DidTF2GetUpdate) January 11, 2024

TF2 remains one of the longest-running and beloved games from Valve. That said, the lack of proper upkeep from Valve has many wondering of the company is starting to give up on the game. These compounding are issues doing little to assuage people anymore.