Plus, it gives Half-Life mod authors a lot of motivation.' TEAMING WITH ACTION 'It was also a great way to help keep the Half-Life multiplayer community growing by leaps and bounds, and to help us test the Half-Life software. 'Prior to shipping TF2, TFC was the best way we could think of to say to people 'Check out this type of game-it's a lot of fun,'' Newell says. Gabe Newell, managing director and co-founder of TFC and TF2 developer Valve, says the release of TFC will help introduce gamers to the team play they feel is critical to multiplayer gaming.