<s>
Fortress	B-Language
Forever	I-Language
is	O
a	O
multiplayer	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
total	O
conversion	O
modification	O
for	O
Half-Life	B-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
Team	B-Application
Fortress	I-Application
Classic	I-Application
,	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
created	O
by	O
the	O
Fortress	B-Language
Forever	I-Language
development	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
intended	O
scope	O
of	O
Fortress	B-Language
Forever	I-Language
is	O
to	O
please	O
older	O
Team	B-Application
Fortress	I-Application
Classic	I-Application
fans	O
,	O
while	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
creating	O
a	O
game	O
enjoyable	O
enough	O
to	O
players	O
new	O
to	O
Team	B-Application
Fortress	I-Application
styled	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fortress	B-Language
Forever	I-Language
was	O
in	O
development	O
(	O
planning	O
phase	O
)	O
for	O
more	O
than	O
a	O
year	O
before	O
the	O
Half-Life	B-Application
2	I-Application
SDK	B-Application
was	O
released	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
a	O
developer	O
team	O
member	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fortress	B-Language
Forever	I-Language
was	O
originally	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
modification	O
for	O
Half-Life	B-Application
2	I-Application
on	O
September	O
13	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
where	O
anyone	O
who	O
owned	O
a	O
copy	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
could	O
play	O
the	O
modification	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
now	O
freely	O
available	O
to	O
all	O
who	O
have	O
a	O
Steam	B-Application
account	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
24	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
Fortress	B-Language
Forever	I-Language
updated	O
to	O
version	O
2.46	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
16	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
FF	O
was	O
'	O
greenlit	O
 '	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
Greenlight	O
,	O
meaning	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
be	O
coming	O
to	O
Steam	B-Application
soon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
2.46	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
of	O
Fortress	B-Language
Forever	I-Language
released	O
before	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
future	O
updates	O
released	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
20	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
Fortress	B-Language
Forever	I-Language
would	O
be	O
released	O
for	O
download	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
on	O
March	O
27	O
,	O
2015	O
and	O
they	O
did	O
release	O
as	O
planned	O
with	O
version	O
2.5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
also	O
the	O
first	O
major	O
update	O
(	O
the	O
first	O
update	O
with	O
a	O
version	O
number	O
)	O
since	O
the	O
Steam	B-Application
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fortress	B-Language
Forever	I-Language
had	O
a	O
very	O
successful	O
launch	O
but	O
only	O
one	O
month	O
later	O
,	O
Team	B-Application
Fortress	I-Application
2	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
began	O
to	O
lose	O
many	O
players	O
and	O
was	O
considered	O
dead	O
until	O
the	O
Steam	B-Application
re-release	O
in	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
