Team Fortress 2 Classic becomes Team Fortress 2 Classified and arrives January 30

Developer team EMINOMA have officially rebranded Team Fortress 2 Classic into Team Fortress 2 Classified, and they've set a release date for January 30th.

As covered by GamingOnLinux back in October they had issues running a playtest demo that had to be scrapped due to technical stuff on Steam, and alluded to changing the name due to new rules from Valve. This was confirmed in a fresh blog post to announce the new Team Fortress 2 Classified name. Turns out sorting a new name when you're based on a Valve game is not a particularly easy or quick process.

Thankfully, it's all sorted and should be out for everyone to play for free on January 30th.

Some highlights from the Steam page:

NEW-OLD FEATURES

• Meet the Civilian, a brand-new special class based on the legacy Team Fortress character, and deliver him mostly-unharmed to the objective in VIP mode.
• Use TF2 pre-release inspired weapons like the Nail Gun, the Dynamite Pack, and the Tranquilizer Gun, all redesigned from the ground up to feel right at home with what's already there.
• Go on a rampage in Multi-Team maps, where GRN and YLW bring their unique (yet strangely identical) brand of violence to Arena, King of the Hill, and more.

NEW-NEW FEATURES

• Exclusive new gamemodes, including Domination and VIP Race — all playable on professional-quality official maps, with more yet to come.
• Jump pads, flak cannons, bricks, chains wrapped around your fists; made-in-house weapons that go beyond mere sidegrades, and dramatically change how you play the game.
• Extensive modding support, allowing players to customize the look of their game, and allowing servers to host advanced custom weapon packs and maps.
• A whole host of visual enhancements, including improved textures, models, mapping features, and restored toon-style shading that was mostly absent in the retail release.
• A chicken, or so we're led to believe.