Team fortress 2

August 10, 2021 — TF2 Team

(Image credit: SFM — boon and Poster — Raos)

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

June 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:

• Added the Summer 2021 Cosmetic Case
  • Contains 18 new community-contributed items
  • Adds 6 new community-created Unusual effects
• Numerous security and stability improvements
• Added a cooldown before a player can create a vote when they join a match already in-progress
  • sv_vote_late_join_time controls the grace period after the match starts before the cooldown is applied: default 90 secs
  • sv_vote_late_join_cooldown controls the length of the cooldown: default 5 min
• Kick votes will end early and automatically pass if the vote target leaves the match during the vote
• Added a ConVar to control players changing their name during a match
  • tf_allow_player_name_change: default is 1
  • Matchmaking servers will set this to 0
• Updated the player list in the vote-kick dialog to show the time each player has been connected to the server
• Removed the disconnect reason from the message when players leave the server
• Updated the Mann vs. Machine «inspect» command to only work for players in your party or in your Friends list
• Moved materials for community particle effects into the Effects/workshop sub-folder to distinguish them from Valve materials
• Updated/Added some tournament medals
• Updated the localization files
• Updated cp_snakewater_final1
  • Fixed clipping throughout map
  • Fixed explosion splash being caught by objects throughout map
  • Made movement smoother throughout map
  • Reworked some problematic areas like the kitchen
  • Minor visual enhancements throughout the map
• Updated cp_process

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

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

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

May 1, 2020 — 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:

• Added a tribute to Rick May, voice of the Soldier
• Fixed a client crash related to malformed custom spray files
• Fixed an exploit where sentry guns could fire through thin walls
• Fixed confirm dialog showing the error model for some items when using paint cans
• Updated the Aim Assistant and Telefragger Toque to fix jigglebones issues
• Updated the ConTracker font to fix missing characters in some languages
• Updated/Added some tournament medals
• Updated the localization files

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

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

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

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

September 23, 2019 — 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 Iron Lung hiding the Engineer’s helmet
• Fixed Scottish Resistance stickies not always being visible through walls
• Fixed the Festive Sapper not playing a timer sound while attached to buildings
• Updated/Added some tournament medals
• Updated the Bottle Cap and the Shutterbug cosmetic items to fix styles that were missed when the items were originally added
• Updated Twitch API to the current version
• Updated the localization files

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

April 26, 2018 — 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 players not being able to push the payload cart on some maps
• Fixed a client crash related to the main menu
• Fixed a client crash when exiting the game
• Fixed not being able to pickup item_bonuspack entities that have not been assigned to a specific team
• Added self-damage when using the Short Circuit’s orb to attack an enemy at close range
• Added the new Heavy and Pyro weapons to the list of weapons that can be found via random drops
• Added The Heartfelt Hero medal for the Hugs.tf 2018 community event
• Updated ctf_foundry
  • Organized powerup locations to be more consistent with other maps
  • Removed the crit powerup in the center of the map
  • Fixed the return times for dropped flags

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

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

National Heavy Boxing League Season 10 Highlights

September 21, 2018 — 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:

• Added LBTF2 6v6 Season 15 tournament medals
• Added NewbieDuo Cup Summer 2018 tournament medals
• Added Ultimate Ultiduo Season 2 tournament medals
• Added Fresh Meat Prolander Cup Summer 2018 and Autumn 2018 tournament medals
• Added ETF2L Highlander Season 15, 6v6 Season 30, and Highlander Season 16 tournament medals
• Added Newbie Highlander Season 4 tournament medals
• Added RGL.gg Season 4, Season 5, and One Day Prolander Cup tournament medals
• Added PASS Time Federation Season 1 tournament medals
• Added Chapelaria Highlander Season 1 tournament medals
• Added Respawn League Highlander Season 1 tournament medals
• Added Moscow LAN Summer 2018 tournament medals
• Community request: player_hurt events are now visible to SourceTV clients
• Updated the localization files

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

Все началось с первой Quake

В Quake Id Software впервые в индустрии использовала 3D-модели вместо спрайтов и создала полностью трехмерный мир. Разработчики предложили всем желающим доступ к QuakeC – языку, на котором была написана игра. Так появились моды, один из которых в итоге обойдет по популярности саму Quake. 

Друзья выпустили первую версию мода 24 августа 1996 года. Это была, по сути, командная версией карты Fortress в Doom. В первых версиях мода не было команд, каждый играл сам за себя, а все виды оружия были взяты из оригинальной Quake. Но классы появились сразу: Scout, Sniper, Soldier, Demoman и Medic.  

Разработчики написали специальную программу, отслеживающую онлайн на серверах Quake. Тогда и выяснилось, что Team Fortress обошла саму Quake и другие моды. В TF играли 2,5 тысячи человек, а во второй по популярности мод – 1,5 тысячи.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=-NoyXRUFh4E

Трейлер мода

December 3, 2020 — 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 2020!

• All players who play TF2 during the event will receive a Stuffed Stocking as a gift! Stockings contain goodies for good little Mercenaries.
• Featuring 4 new community maps: Pier, Snowfall, SnowVille, and Wutville
• Added the Winter 2020 Cosmetic Case
  • Contains 20 new community-contributed items
  • The Festivizer can be found as a bonus drop when opening the case
• Added the Winter 2020 War Paint Case
  • Contains 13 new community-created War Paints that make-up the Winter 2020 Collection
  • Has a chance to give a taunt Unusualifier as a bonus item
• Added 8 new community-contributed taunts to the Mann Co. Store
  • Taunt: The Pooped Deck
  • Taunt: Time Out Therapy
  • Taunt: Rocket Jockey
  • Taunt: The Boston Boarder
  • Taunt: Scorcher’s Solo
  • Taunt: Texas Truckin’
  • Taunt: Spin-to-Win
  • Taunt: The Fist Bump
• Added 19 new community-created Unusual effects
  • 12 new effects for Unusual hats
  • 7 new effects for Unusual taunts
• All cosmetic and taunt cases will grant Smissmas 2020 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, 2021

General

• Fixed exploit where players could use «retry» in the console to reset the MvM timer and prevent the wave from starting
• Updated item schema with community fixes from Andrés S. (rabscootle)
• Updated web page with community fixes from Liam Stone (boba)
• Updated Spy invis materials with community fixes from Liam Stone (boba)
• Updated materials with community fixes from Andrés S. (rabscootle) and NeoDement to fix broken Jarate effect
• Updated/Added some tournament medals
• Updated the localization files

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

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!

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

Fate

This build of Team Fortress 2 was completely scrapped. Nothing in this version would appear in the final version of Team Fortress 2. Instead, the team took a completely different direction when they began making the next build; instead of trying to make a large, RTS-like FPS game, they went back and streamlined the classic Team Fortress games for a new generation of gamers, then added a unique art style.

It seems possible that this build’s complexity is what killed it. One of the Developer Commentaries in the final Team Fortress 2 mention that they had made the game too complex, so as the make the Commander option from the first build useful. From what has been seen, the Brotherhood of Arms design was not very complex, but Invasion was. Its possible that Robin Walker, the dev that made the commentary, mixed up Brotherhood of Arms and Invasion.

March 31, 2021 — TF2 Team

(Image credit: Gigazelle)

Spring is on its way and you know what that means: Spring cleaning, disposing of your winter ramen collection, and warmer weather flooding your basement with melted snow. Well, throw that to-do list into your overflowing dumpsters because there’s a new April Fools Mann vs Machine tour in town that’s served like heated leftovers fresh out of the microwave!

Operation Starched Silliness is an April Fools MvM charity tour brought to you by Tindall Berry that pits the Mercs against a meme-fueled robotic rampage. Complete all the waves in this intermediate-difficulty community tour and earn an in-game medal! Event servers are available worldwide in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania.

In addition to waging a war against the memes, there is also a charity fundraising campaign for Doctors Without Borders to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Donations of $5 USD or above will earn an in-game donor medal! Item donations will also be accepted. Click here for instructions on how to donate.

Have fun, but don’t delay, or else the meme machines will conquer the world by April 18th, 2021!

Important links:

• Servers List
• Charity Page

GGtoor Locked and Loaded #2

March 30, 2018 — 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 model/materials for the Starboard Crusader and added a second style
• Added AsiaFortress Season 13 medals
• Updated the localization files
• Fixed Mann vs. Machine matches with open slots not receiving late-joiners
• Fixed a server crash related to the Sniper Rifle
• Fixed the «View promotional codes» button not showing for those users with promotional codes

Notes missed from Competitive Revamp update

The UI version has been bumped to 3. Any UI mods will need to be updated to work with the new UI changes.

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

Рекорды Доты, феномен PUBG и стабильность Football Manager. 10 лет истории Steam за минуту

В ней было больше классов, чем в оригинальной версии игры и особый упор на командное взаимодействие. Невидимый командир, наблюдающий за всей картой, должен был контролировать отряды, раздавая приказы. Офицер с прибором ночного видения и дымовой гранатой отвечал за боевой дух команды; повышая мораль, он увеличивал скорость и меткость игроков. Игроки могли помогать друг другу – например, вставлять патроны в пулеметный станок, пока товарищ из него стреляет.

Игра так и не вышла, но ее успели признать «Лучшей онлайн-игрой» и «Лучшим экшеном». Однако проект отменили, так как его попытались сделать максимально реалистичным: убрали вещи вроде рокетджампов и оставили только оружие, основанное на настоящих прототипах. Игру превратили в военный шутер.

Реклама Team Fortress: Brotherhood in Arms

Вместо нее в 1999 году появилась Team Fortress Classic – копия оригинальной Team Fortress. Игра была выпущена в виде бесплатного DLC для Half-Life.

Персонажи Team Fortress Classic

В 2000-м вторую часть снова отложили, на этот раз из-за создания движка Source. В это время Уокер возглавил Half-Life 2: Episode One, а Кук был занят разработкой Steam. Фанаты забеспокоились. А через два года появился очередной повод для волнения – хакер выкрал исходники Half-Life 2, в файлах были код Team Fortress Invasion и две модели персонажей. По лору игры человечество должно было противостоять пришельцам. Однако Valve все еще не делала никаких заявлений, несмотря на крупнейшую утечку информации.

April 12, 2018 — 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:Matchmaking Changes

• The initial load time into a match no longer counts against a player’s abandon timer
• Changed the timeout before a missing player is marked as having abandoned a competitive match to be three minutes from the first time a player disconnects from the server, rather than from the moment the match is formed
• Queue times should now be significantly faster when dealing with large numbers of placement and recently-placed players in queue
• Moved the Competitive MMR change notification so it no longer overlaps your rank
• Fixed continuing to receive the prompt to rejoin a match after you have been dropped from said match
• Fixed a case where players would receive a rank change in matches that dissolved due to abandon

General

• Added a stomp animation to Pyro that plays when coming down after blasting off from the Thermal Thruster
• Added HLPugs.tf tournament medals
• Added Gette it Onne! tournament medals
• Added TFCL tournament medals
• Added Copenhagen Games tournament medals
• Fixed Medics having an accelerated Ubercharge build-rate when healing full-health Snipers who are using The Razorback
• Fixed being able to capture control points during setup time
• Fixed the Golden Wrench not having an offset when using minimized viewmodels
• Fixed the Private Maggot Muncher hiding the Soldier’s hat when equipped
• Fixed the Medic’s auto-call feature not including enemy Spies disguised as the Medic’s team
• Fixed The Lugermorph not displaying when inspected in the backpack
• Fixed unusual effects on the Brass Bucket rendering in the wrong spot
• Fixed Mann vs. Machine late-join failing for parties of two or more
• Fixed the Short Circuit orb not changing particle color after being deflected
• Fixed the Short Circuit orb not being able to destroy rockets/grenades during the first 0.25 seconds of their lifetime
• Updated models and materials for the Private Maggot Muncher
• Updated the localization files

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

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!

RGL.gg Highlander Grand Finals

October 18, 2021 — TF2 Team

(Image credit: washy)

Old church bells have begun to ring, once-occupied graves now lay empty, and never-before-seen creatures of the night have risen from their slumber for one sole purpose: to be shot!

A Halloween-inspired take on the traditional Mann vs Machine dynamic, Operation Hexadecimal Horrors features 48 brand new missions spread across more than 10 new, returning, and spookified maps! The campaign will run until November 30th, so don’t wait! Servers are available in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

On an entirely different, less scary topic: a charity drive benefiting The Trevor Project will be running in tandem with the campaign. In-game medals are available for those who donate $5 or more! Check out the website to learn how to donate and how to play!

A Drop of Delight

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!

December 16, 2019 — 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 2019!

• All players who play TF2 during the event will receive a Stuffed Stocking as a gift! Stockings contain goodies for good little Mercenaries.
• Added the Winter 2019 Cosmetic Case
  • Contains 18 new community-contributed items
  • The Festivizer can be found as a bonus drop when opening the case
• Added the Winter 2019 War Paint Case
  • Contains 10 new community-created War Paints that make-up the Winter 2019 Collection
  • Has a chance to give a taunt Unusualifier as a bonus item
• Added 17 new community-created Unusual effects
  • 11 new effects for Unusual hats
  • 6 new effects for Unusual taunts
• Mann Co. Store winter sale!

General

• Updated several maps to fix localization issues
• Updated/Added some tournament medals
• Updated the localization files

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

October 15, 2020 — 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 Jupiter Jetpack to not hide the Pyro grenades
• Updated The Great Deflate achievement to include the Balloonicorpse
• Updated pl_hasslecastle
  • Fixed more out-of-bounds exploits
  • Improved clipping
  • General improvements
• Updated koth_undergrove_event
  • 3v3 participants will now be healed and extinguished upon entering a 3v3 portal, in addition to when the 3v3 begins and ends
  • Reduced the delay after winning a 3v3 before players are teleported back to the overworld
  • Fixed Wrap Assassin/Pomson 6000 projectiles not firing correctly in the indoor areas
  • Polished clipping around the capture point
  • Polished some textures on RED’s side
  • Fixed several console errors that appeared upon map load
  • Minor lighting fixes

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

Игру бережно поддерживали. Патчи, ивенты, комиксы, видео

Выпускались регулярные обновления. Так в Team Fortres постепенно появились ачивки с наградами, новые игровые режимы и карты, оружие, косметические предметы и события, часть из которых создана сообществом. Патчноуты появлялись до самих обновлений – не так, как сейчас это происходит в CS:GO и Dota 2. 

Последнее крупное дополнение со своим тизером – «Пламенные джунгли» – вышло в октябре 2017-го. С тех пор были лишь праздничные обновления в честь Хеллоуина и Рождества, а 24 августа ежегодно отмечают день рождения серии. Всего было выпущено более 670 патчей, из них более 40 – масштабные.

Компания отлично справилась с естественным оттоком игроком. Спустя четыре года после релиза – летом 2011-го – с выходом Убер-обновления игра стала условно-бесплатной.

В 2012-м был выпущен новый PvE-режим «Манн против машин» – игроки должны сражаться с волнами своих (и не только) механических копий, не давая им уничтожить базу.