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August 10, 2021 — TF2 Team

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The RGL.gg Grand Finals are on their way!

This time, Witness Gaming will face long-time Invite champions Froyotech for a $13,938 prize pool! You won’t want to miss this battle! Their last match was very close! Who will win this time and be declared champions? Come find out on August 12th, at 11 PM EDT! Watch the match live on RGL.gg’s official Twitch channel.

If you’re interested in attending RGL.gg’s first North American LAN (announced two years ago), an update was recently posted on their website.

Are you new to the competitive scene or an experienced player wanting to come to spend a day trying new rules for RGL.gg’s most popular format? Read about their One-Day Cup here.

TFConnect Midsummer Mashup

December 2, 2021 — TF2 Team

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:Happy Smissmas 2021!

• All players who play TF2 during the event will receive a Stuffed Stocking as a gift! Stockings contain goodies for good little Mercenaries.
• Featuring 6 new community maps: Altitude, Bread Space, Cascade, Chilly, Doublefrost, and Polar
• Added the Winter 2021 Cosmetic Case
  • Contains 20 new community-contributed items
  • The Festivizer can be found as a bonus drop when opening the case
• Added 3 new community-contributed taunts to the Mann Co. Store
  • Taunt: Doctor’s Defibrillators
  • Taunt: Shooter’s Stakeout
  • Taunt: The Hot Wheeler
• Added 27 new community-created Unusual effects
  • 16 new effects for Unusual hats
  • 11 new effects for Unusual taunts
• All cosmetic and taunt cases will grant Smissmas 2021 Unusual effects instead of their normal Unusual effects during the event. This does not include crates.
• Mann Co. Store winter sale!
• Smissmas runs through January 7th, 2022

General

• Fixed Engineer losing metal when hitting damaged buildings while they are being re-deployed after pick-up
• Fixed Wrap Assassin projectiles colliding with other projectiles and func_lod entities
• Fixed Halloween: Voices From Below spell not working correctly with more taunts and the Ready voice lines
• Updated soundlevels for some competitive mode sounds
• Updated the description for the Blutsauger to clarify its attributes
• Updated sound channels for some voice lines
• Updated hurtme command to allow negative health values when using sv_cheats
• Updated koth_probed to fix an error model
• Updated/Added some tournament medals
• Updated the localization files

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

December 10, 2021 — TF2 Team

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Listen up mercs, it is once again the end of the year and you all know what that means, don’t you? Put your hand down Scout, it does not mean you can try to score a date at the mall while dressed as an elf again. It means that you have once again been enlisted to fight off hordes of angry shoppers, falling trees, and most importantly, robots! And you had better believe those trees will not be on our side, despite that holiday everyone celebrates right about now. Now pack your guns, because your tour of duty has BEGUN!

Operation Binary Blackout is a holiday Mann vs. Machine charity event brought to you by Moonlight MvM featuring 7 intermediate missions and 13 advanced missions. Defeat the hordes of robots in this community tour and earn up to 3 in-game medals! Event servers are available worldwide in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

If fighting off robots isn’t enough for you, there is also a charity drive for Child’s Play aimed at benefiting the lives of children at hospitals around the world. Cash or item donations of at least $5 USD will earn an in-game donor medal! Click here for information on how to donate!

Interested in creating content for future MvM events? New MvM submissions are now being accepted for the next event! Check out the links below for more information or join the Moonlight MvM Discord to participate in the development process. All contributors will earn a special in-game content creator medal!

Have fun, but don’t delay, because the event will end on March 30, 2022!

Important links:

• Event website
• Servers list
• Discord server
• Steam group

TF2Maps Winter Jam Charity Event

June 1, 2021 — TF2 Team

Following the North American Community Clash, EssentialsTF and DreamHack are now hosting an online TF2 tournament in Europe over two weekends beginning on June 12th! Players will be competing for a $2,400 prize pool, and the tournament will feature an open bracket so all teams can get their chance at glory against the best of the best! There will also be a smaller tournament, featuring a $90 prize pool, for players who are new to competitive TF2.

The main event begins with the group stages on June 12-13th beginning at 17:00 CEST, followed by the playoffs on June 19-20th beginning at 15:00 CEST.

EssentialsTF is also partnering with TFNew in providing a Newbie Team Drive for the upcoming European DreamHack Newcomer Clash. This is for players who are new to competitive and want the chance to get on a team for the event with a mentor who will help teach them the basics of Competitive 6v6.

Signups for both the main and newcomer tournaments will end June 6th at 01:00 CEST, so be sure to get registered soon! You can watch the tournament live on the EssentialsTF Twitch channel, and you can get more information about the event, such as the full schedule, on Clash.TF.

DreamHack TF2 Community Clash NA

December 16, 2019 — TF2 Team

It’s that time of the year again! Merry Smissmas!

New Community Cosmetics, War Paints, and Unusual Effects

We’ve added 18 new community cosmetics, 10 new community War Paints, and 17 new community Unusual effects! Plus, the Festivizer can be found as a bonus drop when opening the Winter 2019 Cosmetic Case, and the taunt Unusualifier can be found as a bonus drop when opening the Winter 2019 War Paint Case!

Big Sale in the Mann Co. Store

It wouldn’t be Smissmas without the Spirit of Practically Giving. Look for 50% off tons of items, taunts, and tools in the Mann Co. Store through January 7th, 2020.

And last but not least… Stocking stuffers for everyone! Merry Smissmas! See you in 2020!

Insomnia65

July 10, 2020 — TF2 Team

People always talk about what a great musician Mozart was. But you know who never updated any of his albums with free music? Go ahead, guess.

Did you guess Team Fortress 2? Bzzt. Wrong. Because we’re adding three new numbers from our Jungle Inferno update to the TF2 Fight Songs album. If you bought Fight Songs on Steam, you don’t have to do anything, because the songs have automatically been added to your account.

If you bought Fight Songs somewhere else, or even if you didn’t buy Fight Songs, or even if you stole Fight Songs, or did any of those things and then later sold Fight Songs, or bought a recording studio out of spite and recorded a competing version of Fight Songs… look, you’re not on trial here. Download all three songs for free and we’ll forget the whole thing ever happened.

Anyway, did you guess yet? Did you guess Mozart? Because that’s what we guessed, too. Except we looked him up while you were reading and it turns out he’s famous for updating all his hit albums. But you know what he hasn’t done yet? Make his sheet music and Sibelius files available for free, like we’re doing literally right now: Sheet music. Sibelius files. Checkmate, Mozart. See you in hell.

A Hell of a Campaign

May 4, 2020 — TF2 Team

Rick May, the inimitable voice of the Soldier for thirteen years, many shorts and countless updates, passed away this April at age 79. We were lucky enough to work with Rick many times in the studio over the past decade. A quick-witted and kind-hearted collaborator, Rick endowed the character with a trademark bellow and bootfulls of idiotic charm. The Soldier wouldn’t be the Soldier without him.

We are honoring Rick during the month of May with an in-game Soldier statue that will play some of Rick’s signature lines. He will be missed by the Team Fortress dev team and community, and remembered for the indelible character he helped bring to life for so many years.

Merry Smissmas, Everyone!

October 5, 2021 — TF2 Team

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:Scream Fortress XIII has arrived!

• Featuring 6 new community maps: Farmageddon, Sinthetic, Los Muertos, Erebus, Terror, and Graveyard
• Added the Crimson Cache Case
  • Contains 20 new community-created cosmetic items that make up the Crimson Cache Collection
  • Has a chance to give one of 5 new community-created Halloween-restricted items as a bonus item
  • Has a chance to give a taunt Unusualifier as a bonus item
• Added 5 new community-contributed taunts to the Mann Co. Store
  • Taunt: The Drunken Sailor
  • Taunt: The Profane Puppeteer
  • Taunt: The Mannbulance!
  • Taunt: Bare Knuckle Beatdown
  • Taunt: The Homerunner’s Hobby
• Added 28 new community-created Unusual effects
  • 15 new effects for Unusual hats
  • 13 new effects for Unusual taunts
• Added the Scream Fortress XIII War Paint Case
  • Contains 13 new community-created War Paints that make-up the Scream Fortress XIII War Paint Collection
  • Has a chance to give a taunt Unusualifier as a bonus item
• All players who launch the game will receive a Soul Gargoyle if they don’t already have one
  • Grants access to Merasmissions and Halloween item transmutations
  • Tracks Merasmissions completed and souls collected
• All Halloween Contracts have been reset, allowing them to be completed again
• Added new Contracts for this year’s featured community maps
• Completing a Halloween Contract will give players a classic Halloween item and the chance for a Crimson Cache Case or Scream Fortress XIII War Paint Case
• Continue last year’s event by collecting the souls of dead players for your Soul Gargoyle by killing enemies, doing map objectives, or collecting the Soul Gargoyles that spawn in the maps
• All cosmetic and taunt Cases will grant Halloween 2021 Unusual effects instead of their normal Unusual effects during the event. This does not include Crates.
• Join Halloween matches by using the Special Events category in Casual
• Scream Fortress XIII runs through November 7th, 2021

General

• Fixed being able to remove name/description tags from a couple of the stock items
• Added ConVar «tf_delete_temp_files» to control custom player sprays and other temp files being deleted on shutdown
  • Can be toggled in the Advanced Options dialog
  • Default is to delete the temp files
• Updated Bat Outta Hell to fix an issue with the materials
• Updated koth_slasher
  • Reduced round timer to 6 minutes
  • Removed truces from Merasmus and Monoculus events
  • Fixed an exploit where players could get behind the Otherworld’s cabin and attack unsuspecting players
  • Fixed a series of hairline perches in the yards
  • Fixed a pair of visible nodraw entities outside of the spawns
  • Fixed an exploit where players using the Minify spell could hide in the caves
  • Added a strange rustling over there in the woods… ?
• Updated/Added some tournament medals
• Updated the localization files

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

August 2, 2019 — TF2 Team

On the evening of Thursday, July 25th, a bug was introduced that allowed some older crates to grant an Unusual hat on every opening. We fixed the bug the following morning and decided to trade-lock the hats from the bugged crates while we evaluated the situation.

Over the past week, we have been discussing ways to address this situation with the goal of minimizing the impact on the TF2 community as a whole, while preserving the experience of customers who had simply opened a crate, made a trade, or purchased from the market on the 25th, unaware that a bug produced their item.

During our investigation we discovered that a small number of accounts acquired these hats and a smaller portion of those accounts acquired an exceedingly large number of them. Based on this, we’ve decided that if you currently own one of these Unusual hats, the first one added to your account will be made tradable. Any other Unusual you have received due to the bug will remain permanently trade locked. If you decide that you would rather not have these trade-locked hats on your account, you may instead elect a full refund on any number of them.

The number of Unusual items being made tradable represents about one month of the regular Unusual drop rate.

A few of you were concerned that you had done something wrong by opening a bugged crate, and proceeded to delete your hats. While we appreciate the concern, you didn’t do anything wrong, so hats from bugged crates deleted before the tradable date will be restored to your accounts with the same restrictions described above.

Item tradability, restoration, and the refund support page will be made available in about a week’s time. Refunds will be the full price paid for any hats, crates or keys bought on the Steam Community Market or Mann Co. store. We will post an update when that exact date becomes available.

We apologize for the inconvenience of this incident, and we’ve added safeguards to prevent incidents like this in the future.

Update Aug 16: One unusual per account has been made tradable as described above. Affected users should visit the following support page for information about affected items and to submit refund requests if eligible: https://help.steampowered.com/en/wizard/HelpWithItemBug

December 8, 2021 — TF2 Team

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:

• Updated the Smissmas Tree Unusual effect to improve performance
• Updated El Fiestibrero to fix clipping issues
• Updated The Giftcrafter to fix a problem with the materials
• Updated the Unusual Cap to fix the rotation of the unusual attachment
• Updated the Ominous Offering to add the counts_as_assister attribute
• Updated The Argyle Ace with community Jarate fix from Andrés S. (rabscootle)
• Updated/Added some tournament medals
• Updated the localization files
• Updated pl_coal_event
  • Added a second route into C
  • Detail fixes
  • Optimization
• Updated pl_chilly
  • Fixed few models not being solid
  • Fixed few gift model collisions
  • Fixed few spots where players were able to stand on in thin air
  • Fixed hand truck from blocking players at the indoor area
  • Fixed rare case of the payload cart not exploding when round ends at the pit
  • Fixed being able to stand on the tip of the end rocket
  • Fixed enemy being able to shoot at BLU 1st base spawn basement
  • Minor visual fixes
  • Improved clipping
• Updated ctf_doublecross_snowy
  • Fixed a number of visual issues
  • Fixed a number of clipping issues
  • Added nobuild triggers to spawn doors
  • Major reforestation initiative funded

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

October 14, 2021 — TF2 Team

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:

• Fixed missing material and sound issues for the Taunt: Bare Knuckle Beatdown
• Fixed clipping issue for the Taunt: The Profane Puppeteer
• Fixed some sounds for the Taunt: The Mannbulance!
• Updated The Scariest Mask EVER with Hat/NoHat styles to prevent some clipping issues
• Updated the Wandering Wraith, Corpse Carrier, Beanie The All-Gnawing, and Computron 5000 to fix issues with the materials/models
• Updated the pickup/drop sounds for paintkits
• Updated/Added some tournament medals
• Updated the localization files
• Updated cp_ambush_event
  • Fixed few exploits where players could get out of the map
  • Fixed control point 2 base plate in stage 1 not turning blue upon capture
  • Changed damage type from shock to bullet in underworld
  • Improved clipping
• Updated pl_terror_event
  • Fixed few exploits where players could get out of the map
  • Increased spawn time interval of normal spellbooks
  • Fixed visual issue during warmup period regarding track models floating in air
  • Adjusted payload track select logic to fix rare issue with cart going off track
  • Improved clipping
• Updated koth_los_muertos
  • Fixed a respawn visualizer not showing up on the RED side
  • Fixed falling off the edge when entering the Land of the Dead with higher than normal movement velocity. Now when entering the portal, player speed will be set to 0.
  • Fixed being able to spam grenades and rockets through rooftops
• Updated arena_lumberyard_event
  • Fixed missing beacon particle to signify rare spell spawn locations
  • Fixed an issue with custom HUDs interfering with the map’s own HUD
  • Fixed middle doors shutting themselves when blocked by a player
  • Fixed various props z-fighting inside of walls
  • Fixed instances of the announcer lines playing over the Merasmus’ announcer lines
  • Fixed an issue that caused players to remain in third-person at the beginning of a new round
  • Fixed spells dropped by the skeleton king persisting between rounds
  • Fixed pumpkin bombs generated from spells persisting between rounds
  • Fixed server lag caused by dynamic props
  • Reworked various VO to use new soundscript entries
  • Merasmus will now react to player deaths with varying degrees of sarcasm
  • Pumpkin bombs will now all refresh simultaneously at the start of every round
  • Added a «No entry» sign to the middle doors
  • Smoothed surfaces around the map to ease flying around as a ghost
  • Increased sound of the ghost dispenser to improve healing feedback
  • Extended the warmup periods by 5 seconds (now 15 seconds)
  • Nature & Wildlife preservation measures
  • Removed the Observer

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

September 16, 2021 — TF2 Team

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:

• Fixed an exploit related to players impersonating other Steam accounts
• Updated custom player sprays to be disabled for players by default
  • Players can opt-in to see custom player sprays on community servers in the Advanced Options menu
  • Custom player sprays and other temp files will be deleted on startup and when disconnecting from a server
• Fixed an exploit related to creating unnamed Normal quality items
• Removed the disconnect reason when a player leaves the server
• Fixed the Fireproof Secret Diary not cloaking
• Fixed the Medic’s weapon not hiding during the High Five taunt
• Fixed the equip_region for the Crocodile Dandy
• Fixed taunt_medic_heroic.wav not playing during case openings and trade-ups
• Fixed the Heavy being able to crouch and jump while stunned
• Fixed overhead player icons not drawing while connected to match servers
• Fixed Dragon’s Fury projectiles not passing through tf_generic_bomb entities
• Updated the tf_generic_bomb entity to allow passing the activator in the OnDetonate output
• Updated several of the Summer 2021 cosmetic items to add item_type_name descriptions
• Updated the Coffin Nail warpaint for the shotgun to add the missing «has team color paintkit» attribute
• Updated material for the Hazard Headgear to fix problems with painting and using minmap
• Updated item schema with community fixes from Andrés S. (rabscootle)
• Updated Spy invis materials with community fixes from Liam Stone (boba)
• Updated description of the «Strange Part: Player Hits» item to match its name
• Updated materials for the Time Out Therapy taunt
• Updated the material for the RED dueling icon to match the BLU dueling icon
• Updated backpack images for the Mislaid Sweater and Mr. Quackers to fix size and centering issues
• Updated the description for the Backpack Expander
• Updated the Resonation, Aggradation, and Lucidation unusual effects to fix a problem when taunting
• Updated Golden Wrench, Saxxy, and Golden Frying Pan kills to use the Australium background for death notices
• Updated the link for the New User Forum button in the main menu
• Updated/Added some tournament medals
• Updated the localization files
• Updated cp_snakewater_final1
  • Minor visual fixes
  • Minor clipping fixes
  • Slightly increased spawn time when attacking last
  • Fixed some jumps being made impossible in previous update
  • Made some areas like respawn doors smoother to walk past
  • Nature & Wildlife preservation measures

December 16, 2019 — TF2 Team

It’s that time of the year again! Merry Smissmas!

New Community Cosmetics, War Paints, and Unusual Effects

We’ve added 18 new community cosmetics, 10 new community War Paints, and 17 new community Unusual effects! Plus, the Festivizer can be found as a bonus drop when opening the Winter 2019 Cosmetic Case, and the taunt Unusualifier can be found as a bonus drop when opening the Winter 2019 War Paint Case!

Big Sale in the Mann Co. Store

It wouldn’t be Smissmas without the Spirit of Practically Giving. Look for 50% off tons of items, taunts, and tools in the Mann Co. Store through January 7th, 2020.

And last but not least… Stocking stuffers for everyone! Merry Smissmas! See you in 2020!

Insomnia65

August 2, 2019 — TF2 Team

On the evening of Thursday, July 25th, a bug was introduced that allowed some older crates to grant an Unusual hat on every opening. We fixed the bug the following morning and decided to trade-lock the hats from the bugged crates while we evaluated the situation.

Over the past week, we have been discussing ways to address this situation with the goal of minimizing the impact on the TF2 community as a whole, while preserving the experience of customers who had simply opened a crate, made a trade, or purchased from the market on the 25th, unaware that a bug produced their item.

During our investigation we discovered that a small number of accounts acquired these hats and a smaller portion of those accounts acquired an exceedingly large number of them. Based on this, we’ve decided that if you currently own one of these Unusual hats, the first one added to your account will be made tradable. Any other Unusual you have received due to the bug will remain permanently trade locked. If you decide that you would rather not have these trade-locked hats on your account, you may instead elect a full refund on any number of them.

The number of Unusual items being made tradable represents about one month of the regular Unusual drop rate.

A few of you were concerned that you had done something wrong by opening a bugged crate, and proceeded to delete your hats. While we appreciate the concern, you didn’t do anything wrong, so hats from bugged crates deleted before the tradable date will be restored to your accounts with the same restrictions described above.

Item tradability, restoration, and the refund support page will be made available in about a week’s time. Refunds will be the full price paid for any hats, crates or keys bought on the Steam Community Market or Mann Co. store. We will post an update when that exact date becomes available.

We apologize for the inconvenience of this incident, and we’ve added safeguards to prevent incidents like this in the future.

Update Aug 16: One unusual per account has been made tradable as described above. Affected users should visit the following support page for information about affected items and to submit refund requests if eligible: https://help.steampowered.com/en/wizard/HelpWithItemBug

August 12, 2019 — TF2 Team

The biggest event on the Competitive TF2 calendar is back again! ​Teams and players from around the entire world will be heading to the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, England, to the ​Insomnia Gaming Festival for their chance at glory and a share of the prize pool. Taking place from Friday, August 23rd, to Sunday, August 25th, the event will feature three days of non-stop action and the highest level of competition the game has to offer.

If you wish to support the event there is an ​ongoing fundraiser​ where you can donate money or purchase a range of items; money raised goes towards the production, prize pool, and supporting the North American team, Ascent.NA, attending to represent their region.

Signups for the tournament are ​here​. However, if you can’t make it, the event will be streamed both at the event and online by EssentialsTF over at their ​Twitch page​. For the latest information, be sure to check out ​LAN.TF​ to follow the tournament live.

Update on The Crate Depression of 2019

December 9, 2021 — TF2 Team

(Image credit: Rainnyy and Suna)

The temperature is low, but the spirits are high! The annual 72 Hour Jam is back once more to fill your heart with creative cheer! This year, the Jam’s charity drive is supporting St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. Anyone who donates $5 or more to the drive is eligible to receive this year’s in-game charity medal. Donate here!

Starting Friday, December 17th, at 6pm GMT (10am PST), you have 72 hours to make whatever Team Fortress 2 creation you can think of! Whether it be a map, model, artwork, or even another game entirely, anything goes as long as it’s Team Fortress 2 related! Additionally, you are able to earn another medal simply by participating!

For more information, check out the thread on TF2Maps or join the TF2Maps Discord. Be sure to also follow @TF2Maps on Twitter and Twitch for live coverage over the weekend, as well as any future events!

Happy Jamming!

Dueling Doubles Tournament

October 28, 2021 — TF2 Team

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:

• Fixed a client crash related to right-clicking an input field to open the context menu
• Updated Taunt: The Dueling Banjo to add a missing sound file
• Updated spelling for Sarsparilla Sprayed to Sarsaparilla Sprayed
• Updated The Mislaid Sweater and Beanie The All-Gnawing to fix issues with the backpack images
• Updated contributors display list for Los Muertos to add a missing contributor
• Updated Megalo map stamp to fix incorrect image
• Updated border color for Unusual items in the loadout menu
• Updated the localization files
• Updated cp_ambush_event
  • Fixed building inside wall exploit
  • Fixed some lamps that were hovering in the air
  • Fixed a few misaligned textures
  • Improved clipping
• Updated pd_farmageddon
  • Underworld hurt trigger now works as last update explained
  • Fixed visable nodraw entity
• Updated arena_lumberyard_event
  • Fixed a missing material in RED spawn
  • Changed the ghost particles in the 3d skybox
  • The team-colored ghosts that appear on round win now last longer and are more plentiful
  • The constant, purple-colored ghosts are now less abundant
  • Added various clipping improvements around the map
  • Added smoke to the chimneys
  • Added a line of sight check to the ghost dispensers so you can no longer provide benefits through walls
  • Removed the Observer

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

October 22, 2021 — TF2 Team

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:

• Fixed the description for the World Traveler’s Hat not supporting all of the community maps at the same time
• Updated The Missing Piece and The Mislaid Sweater to fix issues with the materials/models
• Updated Mann vs. Machine
  • Added checks to prevent loading an invalid .pop file
  • Fixed several .pop file references from «Witch Hat» to «Point and Shoot»
• Updated cp_ambush_event
  • Fixed an out of the map exploit
  • RED team now respawns on stage 2 after the 1st point has been captured
  • Improved clipping
  • Nature & Wildlife preservation measures
• Updated koth_synthetic_event
  • Fixed a location where teleporters could trap players outside of the map
  • Minor lighting changes
  • Detail changes to make things more cohesive
  • Updated color on BLU barrels
  • Fixed some console errors
• Updated pd_farmageddon
  • Minor lighting changes to brighten up a few spots
  • Updated .nav mesh to fix scarecrows not chasing players
  • Minor detail changes
  • Updated announcer lines so they are easier to hear
  • Removed general damage in the capture area while the point is unlocked

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

December 6, 2021 — TF2 Team

(Image credit: Requim, kevin supermarket, and agrastiOs)

T’is the season to celebrate the holidays with friends and family… a perfect time to sign yourself and your best mate up for WAR!

Come one, come all! The Fortress Faceoffs team has partnered with Divergent Media to deliver a special gift for you this Smissmas season! Bring your friends (just two though, please) to compete in a 2-on-2 tournament with a unique spin on a popular game mode! Players will fight against pairs of any two classes with a catch: each one has a limited selection of weapons in their arsenal! Run the gauntlet with a friend as two different classes to form the best combo since 2Fort and defeat your enemies 20 times to win (like in MGE)! Maps have been chosen to provide the most even balance for all 9 classes, and weapons are hand-picked to keep Scout’s health insurance in good shape. The top 8 champions will have games streamed live on the Fortress Faceoffs and Divergent Media Twitch channels!

Sign up for Dueling Doubles today to get your spot before they run out! The competition starts December 27th @ 1PM ET / 13:00 CET and will last for around one week. For more info about event rules, weapons, and more, join the Fortress Faceoffs Discord and aim for that high score!

TFConnect Charity Event

October 8, 2021 — TF2 Team

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:

• Fixed The Bone Cone hiding the player’s head
• Fixed missing clap sound for the Taunt: The Homerunner’s Hobby
• Fixed missing siren sound for the Taunt: The Mannbulance!
• Fixed LOD and loop bug for the Taunt: Bare Knuckle Beatdown
• Updated Towering Patch of Pumpkins, Poopy Doe, The Miami Rooster, and the Spooky Head-Bouncers to fix issues with the materials
• Updated the Goalkeeper and Eyequarium items with Hat/NoHat styles to prevent some clipping issues
• Updated the Shrieking Shades Unusual effect to prevent a naming conflict with another effect
• Updated the Spectral Shackles Unusual effect to fix some material and rendering issues
• Updated the Thundering Spirit Unusual effect to fix a missing glow effect
• Updated the 2nd objective for the Graveyard contract to be «Survive 500 damage in a single life on Graveyard»
• Updated the localization files
• Updated the Swashbuckled war paint
  • Fixed an issue with the Holy Mackerel
  • Removed Yeti gradient
  • Replaced Yeti gun oil sticker with skull and crossbones
• Updated the Necromanced war paint
  • Fixed an issue with the Holy Mackerel
  • Fixed BLU team colors
• Updated pd_farmageddon
  • Optimizations
  • Fixed asymmetrical doorways
  • Fixed players being pushed into the ground instead of killed when Gourdon’s mouth closes
• Updated koth_synthetic_event
  • Replaced broken prop in room behind BLU spawn
  • Fixed console warnings
  • Fixed a place where players could get out of the map
• Updated koth_los_muertos
• Updated pl_terror_event
  • Fixed RED players sometimes spawning into 2nd RED spawn instead of 1st one
  • Fixed a cosmetic issue with RED spawn door in the 2nd spawn area
  • Fixed players being able to see out of map
  • Added a 2 spots for collectable gargoyle to spawn in
  • Added missing nav for bots in the underworld
• Updated cp_ambush_event
  • Fixed players being able to get out from playable area in underworld
  • Fixed players teleporting and getting stuck on each other when going through portal in underworld on stage 3
  • Fixed some stage 3 BLU spawn respawn visualizers looking odd
  • Slightly moved some underworld enter portals off from walls
  • Slightly decreased time added when capping last points of 1st and 2nd stage
  • Fixed some places where players could get out of the map

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

September 6, 2021 — TF2 Team

BlapBash 2021 has begun! Familiar TF2 personalities and communities gathered on August 28th and 29th to raise money for SpecialEffect! They brought back classic events like competitive spire matches and TF2 case unboxing, and they introduced some brand-new surprises! Highlights of the broadcast will be displayed on their . Both days of the event are available to watch right now on the Essentials.TF Twitch channel.

BlapBash in-game medals have also returned! Claim one for yourself with a minimum $5 donation made before September 12th! To donate, visit the BlapBash donation page!

Donations close on September 12th, so act fast!

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June 14, 2021 — TF2 Team

TFConnect is back with another action-packed, content-filled charity livestream event — but this time, instead of taking place during the harsh, unforgiving months of winter, they’re coming at you during the scorching, equally as unforgiving months of summer!

The Midsummer Mashup is a weekend-long charity fundraising livestream taking place during the weekend of June 26-27th, starting at 6pm BST / 1pm EDT, and is focused around the Team Fortress 2 community in support of Stop AAPI Hate, an organization that responds to incidents of hate and discrimination against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

They’re going to have your favorite content creators playing PropHunt and Freak Fortress, as well as interviews with Item-makers, mappers, and developers! There’s something for everyone to watch, and even play, in the Midsummer Mashup!

Catch the action live on KritzKast’s Twitch channel!

Important links:

• Donate towards Stop AAPI Hate
• TFConnect Discord

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