Some details have been revealed today about the upcoming Team Fortress 2. Here is what to expect from it:

• There won't be "normal" grenades anymore. Valve thinks that they unify the different classes too much.

• Unlike in Fortress Forever, teleporters are kept in Team Fortress 2. The ammo dispenser will make a comeback as well.

• There will be a personalized statistics system. For example, you could see an in-game message like "Hey, you've never played your class as well as today - keep it up!"

• Valve thinks that classes in other games are a joke. "Where's the difference between me choosing a M16 or an AK-47 rifle?", asks Robin Walker.

• It would be technically feasible to let owners of a PC, XBOX 360 and PS3 play against each other. Whether this feature makes it into the final game is still uncertain and depends on Sony and Microsoft.

• Valve received very few threatening letters because of TF2's comic design.

• Owners of multicore processors will get additional, undisclosed, graphics details.

There is also information about the available classes:

• Scout: Shotgun, pistol, baseball bat.

• Soldier: Rocket launcher, shotgun, shovel.

• Pyro: Flamethrower, shotgun, fire axe.

• Demo Man: Sticky bomb slingshot, grenade thrower, broken bottle.

• Heavy Weapons Guy: Machine gun (mini gun), shotgun, fists.

• Engineer: Shotgun, pistol, wrench.

• Medic: Machine pistol, healing ray, bone saw.

• Sniper: Sniper rifle, machine pistol, club.

• Spy: Revolver, cigar case (PDA for switching your disguise), knife.