January 22, 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:



Improved memory usage on OS X and Linux systems This should reduce the occurrence of "Out of memory or address space" errors on high texture quality settings In particular, drastically improved memory usage for Linux users using mesa prior to mesa 19.0

Added Respawn League AUS/NZ Highlander Season 2, AUS/NZ 4v4 Season 1, Asia Highlander Season 1, and Asia 4v4 Season 1 tournament medals

Added Eu Mixes Cup 1 tournament medals

Added KnightComp Season 1 tournament medals

Updated cp_snakewater_final1 to fix missing player clips

Updated the localization files

January 8, 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:



Added NewbiDuo Cup Winter 2019 tournament medals

Added Streamer Cup Season 1 tournament medals

Updated the localization files

Updated cp_snakewater_final1 Fixed missing clip brush in RED kitchen Fixed minor clipping issues



December 20, 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 cp_gullywash_final1 to fix func_rotating entities not working in the skybox

Updated some of the cosmetic items from the Winter 2018 Cosmetics Collection to fix missing styles

December 19, 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:



Happy Smissmas 2018!

All players who play TF2 during the event will receive a Stuffed Stocking as a gift! Stockings contain goodies for good little Mercenaries. Event runs through January 7th, 2019

Added the Winter 2018 Cosmetic Case Contains 18 new community-contributed items The Festivizer can be found as a bonus drop when opening the case

Mann Co. Store winter sale!

Fixed func_rotating entity not working properly in maps like 2Fort and Gravelpit

Fixed Strange Filter: Brimstone not displaying the prefix in the weapon name

Fixed a Mann vs. Machine bug with giant robots reported by Justin G. (sigsegv)

Added LAN Downunder 2018 tournament medals

Added ETF2L 6v6 Season 31 and Highlander Season 17 tournament medals

Added Brazil Fortress Season 3 tournament medals

Added Russian Highlander Season 1 tournament medals

Added Sacred Scouts 6v6 tournament medals

Added AsiaFortress Cup Season 14 tournament medals

Added AsiaFortress LAN 2018 tournament medals

Updated the Starstorm Slumber unusual effect to fix a display problem

Updated the backpack image for Mr. Quackers

Updated the localization files

Updated pd_monster_bash Fixed an out-of-bounds exploit in RED's courtyard

Updated pl_millstone_event Fixed a spot where players could trap players with teleport exit Fixed Headless Horseman getting stuck in B area house staircase

Updated cp_snakewater_final1 Fixed "splash bug" issues throughout the map Fixed a lot of visual issues Improved clipping and made movement smoother Made fence near yard closed to projectiles



October 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:



Fixed XP-earned text being truncated for some clients

Fixed some missing particles when running in DirectX8

Fixed the Athenian Attire not being paintable

Fixed the Electroshocked War Paint not using the correct color for the BLU team

Added server ConVar "sv_downloadlist_include_navfile" to control downloading .nav files to clients (disabled by default)

Added ESEA 6s Invite Season 29 and Season 30 tournament medals

Added Brazil Fortress 6v6 Season 1 and Season 2 tournament medals

Updated the LODs for the TFNew tournament medals

Updated the Roaring Rockets unusual taunt particle effect

Updated pl_rumble_event Fixed bumper car head start not being awarded correctly to the winning team of the normal world Fixed Merasmus announcing winner of the bumper car race twice Fixed players sometimes getting stuck on closing doors Added spawn locations for the collectable soul gargoyle in the normal world Increased sound distance for the flying sawblades so they can be heard from farther away Improved clipping in the underworld race area

Updated pl_millstone_event Fixed an issue where players were able to trap Headless Horseman above the death pit

Updated pd_cursed_cove_event Fixed missing materials

Updated koth_slasher Fixed an inconsistent set of func_nobuilds at mid Fixed a spot where Engineers could hide buildings in trees Fixed players being able to build on top of the spawn rooms

Updated koth_bagel_event Entering the underworld now puts players back to full health Players will no longer fall off the platform if they enter the underworld while moving backwards or sideways Added a couple pumpkin spawn locations in the underworld Minor visual update to underworld exit



October 25, 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 the Roaring Rockets unusual taunt particle effect

Updated the equip_region for the Earbuds

Updated the models for the TFNew tournament medals to fix their broken LODs

Renamed Mister Sentry to Aim Assistant

Updated the localization files

Updated pl_fifthcurve_event Fixed a bug where players could spam "escaped from underworld"

Updated koth_bagel_event Fixed a projectile bug that was occurring in RED's vent room Updated some propfades on the lightbulbs in RED's valley

Updated pl_rumble_event Fixed an exploit related to using the tiny spell and building sentries inside a wall Bumper cars are now placed in a random order in underworld, after main world has run out of time or ended by explosion Fixed bumper car race instructional text not showing to all players Fixed Merasmus sometimes using his round-beginning lines in the middle of the round

Updated koth_slasher Fixed the clipping issues in the spawn yards and in BLU's mineshaft Fixed a case where the control point is unlocked while Merasmus is hiding

Updated pd_monster_bash Fixed a gap in the spiral stairs that players could slip through when using the tiny spell Fixed a kill trigger not always killing players in the dungeon Fixed players taking fall damage when passing through the pit to the dungeon

Updated pd_cursed_cove_event Fixed projectiles colliding with the waves at the shore Fixed projectiles colliding with the capzone mist effect in locker Fixed players sometimes getting stuck when exiting the locker Adjusted particles on the pickups Increased music volume Added sound to the ship moving through the town (Thanks Spipper) Added sound to the zone closing in the locker Optimization tweaks Various small detail fixes



October 22, 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:



The Insured Tank Update

Fixed a common crash related to the Panzer Pants taunt

Fixed competitive match history failing to load

Fixed an issue preventing some players from being able to activate Halloween Contracts

October 19, 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:



Scream Fortress X has arrived!

Featuring 5 new community maps: Cauldron, Gravestone, Monster Bash, Slasher, and Cursed Cove

Added the Violet Vermin Case Contains 20 new community-created cosmetic items that make-up the Violet Vermin Collection Has a chance to give one of 4 community-created Halloween-restricted items as a bonus item Has a chance to give a taunt Unusualifier as a bonus item

Added the Scream Fortress X War Paint Case Contains 10 new community-created War Paints that make-up the Scream Fortress X War Paint Collection Has a chance to give a taunt Unusualifier as a bonus item

Added two new official taunts to the Mann Co. Store Taunt: Panzer Pants Taunt: The Scooty Scoot

Added 17 new community-created Unusual effects 11 new effects for Unusual hats 6 new effects for Unusual taunts

Added 5 new Contracts for the featured maps Completing a Halloween Contract will give players a classic Halloween item and the chance for a Violet Vermin Case or a Scream Fortress X War Paint Case

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

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 cases will grant Halloween 2018 Unusual effects instead of their normal Unusual effects during the event

Join Halloween matches by using the Special Events category in Casual

Scream Fortress X runs through November 14th, 2018

Fixed stickybombs doing damage through walls and doors in some situations

Fixed a problem with client-side prediction on Halloween maps that use the bumper car mini-game

Added Tip of the Hats 2018 community medals

Added ozfortress Season 23 tournament medals

Added TFNew 6v6 Newbie Cup tournament medals

Added RGB 3 LAN tournament medals

Added United Dodgeball League Season 1 tournament medals

Updated the localization files

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

August 2, 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 UGC Highlander Season 24, Highlander Season 25, 6v6 Season 26, 6v6 Season 27, 4v4 Season 13, and 4v4 Season 14 tournament medals

Added TFCL 6v6 Season 4, Ultiduo Season 5, and Highlander Season 2 tournament medals

Added TF2Maps 72hr TF2Jam Summer Participant 2018 community medal

Added Insomnia 63 tournament medals

Added Essentials.TF monthly tournament medals

Updated the localization files

July 18, 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 NHBL Heavyweight Champion Season 7 tournament medal

Added TF2Maps 72hr Summer Jam 2018 community medal

Added Chapelaria Ultiduo Gladiator Season 2 tournament medals

Added Newbie Highlander Season 2 tournament medals

Added Newbie Prolander Season 3 tournament medals

Added Rally Call 2018 community medals

Fixed tooltips for Fabricator items being truncated on OS X and Linux clients

June 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:



Added tournament/community medals for HLMixes, Hydro.tf, Ready Steady Pan Season 4, and Blapature

Tweaked Competitive Mode MMR calculations MMR mobility increased somewhat across the board Players who have high game counts relative to the rest of the player base should see fewer adjustments of 1 or 0 MMR

Updated pl_enclosure_final to fix a displacement hole in stage two

Updated Test Run items such that the discount is not valid if the item is already on sale in the Mann Co. Store

Updated the models for The Frontier Djustice, The Rotation Sensation, and the Elf Esteem to fix display problems with unusual effects

Fixed some currencies not properly calculating the Test Run discount, which prevented being able to purchase the item

Updated the localization files

June 7, 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:



Several fixes to address exploits and stability issues

Fixed server crash related to the CTriggerAddTFPlayerCondition map entity

Fixed client crash when playing Mann vs. Machine

Fixed client crash on exit

Fixed Scouts not being able to pick-up the Sandman's baseball

Fixed broken Unusual effects for the Exquisite Rack, the Stainless Pot, and the Universal Translator

Fixed broken Strange Filter store images for Brimstone, Maple Ridge Event, and Pit of Death

Updated r_screenoverlay command to accept '0' as well as 'off' to disable overlays. This fixes some community mods that were incorrectly expecting 0 to disable the overlay, resulting in unexpected behavior.

Added "Reset All Achievements" button to the Achievements dialog A small number of achievements are based on player stats and will be awarded again when Team Fortress 2 is restarted unless the player stats are also reset Resetting achievements will not allow you to receive achievement-based items multiple times

Players who consistently demonstrate a pattern of negative behavior in-game (based upon excessive reports from other players and several other factors) will now receive a temporary matchmaking ban

Added RGL.gg tournament medals

Added Copenhagen Games tournament medals

Added PURE League tournament medals

Added Beginnings 5 tournament medals

Added ozfortress Season 22 tournament medals

May 17, 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 a server crash related to Flamethrower particles

Fixed a client crash related to matchmaking parties

Fixed a client crash related to the ConVar tf_flamethrower_boxsize

Fixed a memory leak in the main menu

Fixed some languages having missing characters in the ConTracker menu

Fixed the voicemenu command being used to lag servers

Fixed a rendering issue with Unusual effects for the Antarctic Eyewear

Fixed some War Paint weapons not being valid trade-up items for the Civilian Stat Clock

Fixed an animation bug related to the Thermal Thruster and changing class while holstering it

Fixed matchmaking players being able to sit at the MOTD so they can't be kicked by players in the match. They will now show in the scoreboard on their assigned team and will be valid vote-kick targets by members of their team.

Updated the Autobalance system to skip asking/waiting for volunteers. Instead, it will go straight to switching candidates to balance the teams.

Updated model/materials for the Valhalla Helm to fix some clipping issues

Updated the localization files

Updated pl_enclosure_final Fixed players being able to get stuck in closing dropdown door in stage 3 Fixed missing team filter for small resupply room in stage 3 Removed unnecessary env_wind entity messing with env_dustmote entities



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:

