Prepare for immersive, gib-induced mayhem leaking into your real life, because Engadget has scooped that the much loved free MMO arena game Team Fortress 2 will be the first game for the Oculus Rift

The Engadget team received the news today during a recent visit to Valve's Bellvue, Wash. headquarters, where programmer Joe Ludwig discussed the game's "VR Mode," which will be released within the next few weeks."This is a mode that everybody who has a Rift dev kit and access to Team Fortress 2 will be able to play, just on public and in the same servers that everybody else is playing in," Ludwig told Engadget.Although those behind the Rift have yet to announce any launch titles, the TF2/ Oculus pairing may be one of the worst-kept secrets in gaming. The company had already announced in January that they would give two 25-minute presentations at the GDC: "Why Virtual Reality is Hard (And Where it Might be Going)" and "What We Learned Porting Team Fortress 2 to Virtual Reality." While there was no indication at the time that TF2 in VR would become a consumer-accessible program, it's understandable that the good folks working on it would want to put it to good use.What do you think of a VR version of TF2? Let us know in the comments.

Lauren Hockenson is a tech reporter and 8-bit enthusiast who dreams of being a wizard. She can be found on MyIGN at lhockenson or on Twitter at @lhockenson