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• February 9, 2023 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Attention, Steam Workshop Creators! Valve teased a full-on update-sized update to be released around the summer! Submit your workshop creations before May 1st, 2023 for a chance to have them included.
  • February 14, 2023 (edited): Valve made some revisions to the wording of this blog post. The updated post now states that they plan to ship a "full-on holiday-sized update" with "other community-contributed fixes" instead of a "full-on update-sized update" with "who knows what else?!"

• July 10, 2020 - TF2 Official Blog updated. TF2 Fight Songs Album is Getting a Free Expansion Pack Valve updated Fight Songs: The Music of Team Fortress 2 with 3 new songs: Yeti Park, Saxton's Dilema and Mercenary Park. The sheet music and Sibelius files for the album were also made available.

• May 4, 2020 - TF2 Official Blog updated. A Hell of a Campaign Valve honors Rick May, Soldier's voice actor who passed away on April 8, 2020. A new soundtrack and a Soldier statue were added to the game.

• December 16, 2019 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Merry Smissmas, Everyone! New Smissmas update added 18 new community cosmetics, 10 new community War Paints, and 17 new community Unusual effects! Remember to check your Stocking Stuffer and visit the Mann Co. Store for huge 50% discounts!

• August 2, 2019 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Update on the Crate Depression of 2019 A bug causing some crates to guarantee an Unusual hat unbox was fixed. Valve posted an update on the situation and a summary of updates to affected inventories.

• March 28, 2018 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Competitive Update Shipped! Valve has rolled out a slew of matchmaking and other game improvements! And they haven't forgotten about everybody's favorite feature, new community cosmetics are here as well!

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• March 15, 2018 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Seventh Annual Saxxy Awards Winners! Congratulations to the winners of the Seventh Annual Saxxy Awards!

• March 9, 2018 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Vote for the Saxxy Awards! It's that time of the year again, voting has opened for the Seventh Annual Saxxy Awards! Between now and March 13th, vote on submissions entered into the contest. The winners will be revealed on the 14th!

• March 1, 2018 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Now Accepting Submissions for the Seventh Annual Saxxy Awards! Submissions are now open for the Seventh Annual Saxxy Awards! Prove your movie making mettle by submitting your works before March 8th. Good luck to all who enter!

• Feburary 5, 2018 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Jungle Inferno News The Jungle Inferno Campaign will end on Feburary 11th, but don't panic! Contract progress will still be recorded for current pass owners, and you'll still be able to acquire the exclusive items. In addition, all maps will be moved to their appropriate game mode categories at the end of the campaign. Now get back to grinding those contracts!

• October 26, 2017 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Scream Fortress IX has arrived! Scream Fortress is back for another year of happy haunting alongside Jungle Inferno! Free Halloween contracts with unique rewards can now be found on your ConTracker until November 8, 2017.

• October 20, 2017 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Jungle Inferno is Live! The Jungle Inferno Update is finally here! The Jungle Inferno Campaign! New Pyro weapons! War Paint! Cases! Taunts! It's all here, and it's all in-game and ready to play!

• October 19, 2017 - TF2 Official Blog updated. We're Almost Live! The Jungle Inferno Update is almost here! Valve has decided to delay the update another twenty-four hours to make sure everything is up to snuff before it launches. In the meantime, the patch notes can be read here. We're in the endgame!

• October 18, 2017 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Hot Stuff! Valve has finally lifted the curtain on the Pyro's new balance changes! And we haven't forgotten about the best part, new weapons are here as well!

• October 17, 2017 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Hit the Campaign Trail! A major update calls for a new campaign, and that's the case with the Jungle Inferno Update! Introducing the Jungle Inferno Campaign! The campaign system has been given a new layer of paint, returning with new exclusive rewards and new ways to play.

• October 16, 2017 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Welcome to... Mercenary Park! After almost a year since it's announcement, the next major update is finally on the horizon... Introducing the Jungle Inferno Update! And with it comes an animated short, and a mammoth amount of brand-new maps and taunts!

• November 4, 2016 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Now Accepting Submissions for the Sixth Annual Saxxy Awards! This year's Saxxy Awards is here, folks! Finish up your works of art in SFM and send them our way. The deadline is November 11th, but you should submit earlier just to be safe. Happy animating!

• October 21, 2016 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Scream Fortress VIII has arrived! Once again Halloween has come, and it's spookier than ever! Amongst the menacing maps, cutting-edge contracts, and terrifying taunts, we are proud to present our newest ungodly creation: a taunt Unusualifier, which you can find in the latest case. Scared yet, unusual fans? Because that's not all! Until the event ends, the chances of receiving an unusual cosmetic from a case will be doubled! And all those cosmetics will have an effect from this event! It's downright horrifying!

• October 11, 2016 - TF2 Official Blog updated. What We're Up To Happy almost-Halloween! This time each year we usually would be finishing up our annual Halloween event, but that's not the case here. No, we will be focusing on something even better: a big upcoming update and campaign! Does that mean this year's horrifying haunting is cancelled? Not at all! Halloween will still be coming next week with all-new maps, contracts, taunts, and more, so stick around!

• August 24, 2016 - TF2 Official Blog updated. We Turned 20 Today! Today is officially Team Fortress's 20th birthday! Log into TF2 to get your Party Hat and a free Noise Maker to show your merriment. While today is our favorite game's birthday, it may also be someone else's birthday as well. Could be yours, could be mine. What we're trying to say is it's also actor Steve Guttenberg's birthday. Happy birthday, Steve!

• August 22, 2016 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Insomnia58 The Multiplay Insomnia Gaming Festival is right around the corner, and with it comes one of the biggest TF2 tournaments to date! Check out the Team Fortress 2 Open from the 26th to the 28th where sixty-four teams from around the world will duke it out for fame and glory!

• August 16, 2016 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Comp Mode Rank Improvements (And What We're Working on Next) Valve has revealed some upcoming changes to the matchmaking experience. Besides improvements on how Competitive Mode ranks are determined, additions to Casual such as the ability to requeue on the same server will be coming in the future. Please stay tuned!

• August 15, 2016 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Meet Your Winner: PYRO! After five weeks of burning, bullets, but mostly burning, the Pyro has been declared the winner of Meat vs Match! As a result, he will be the first to receive a class pack filled with balance changes, cosmetics, and new weapons in a future update. Congratulations and thanks to everyone who participated!

• August 9, 2016 - TF2 Official Blog updated. The Sixth Annual Saxxy Awards! It's that time of the year again. It's time for the Sixth Annual Saxxy Awards! Time to show off the best talent the Source Filmmaker community has to offer. Submissions are due by November 11th.

• June 29, 2016 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Exclusive Disgaea PC Cosmetics Have you ever wanted to cosplay as an evil exploding knife-wielding penguin? If not, now's your chance! Buy Disgaea PC and receive three promotional cosmetics!

• February 15, 2016 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Tough Break Campaign Passes 50% Off! Are you really, really late to the Tough Break Campaign? Then lucky you, because now all campaign passes are half-off! All late adopters will still have access to all contracts, so if you've been on the fence on buying a pass, there's no time like the present to jump in!

• December 22, 2015 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Introducing the Festivizer! Not satisfied with just having a Decorated weapon? Now you can strap Christmas lights to it! Introducing the Gun Mettle and Tough Break Festivizer, for all your Smissmas needs!

• December 17, 2015 - TF2 Official Blog updated. The Tough Break Update is Coming... The next contract campaign is upon us, just in time for Smissmas! The Tough Break Update includes weapon-specific contracts, a weapon loan program, four whole new weapon collections, new community maps, taunts, and weapon balances!

• December 4, 2015 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Arkham Knight Contest Winners Pretending to be Batman (or Robin) just got a lot easier with the addition of new Batman-themed cosmetics personally approved by Batman himself! Along with the three winners are seven runner-ups, including a full set, all available in the Mann Co. Store!

• November 18, 2015 - TF2 Official Blog updated. The 2015 Saxxy Awards Winners Have Been Revealed! Congratulations to the winners of the Fifth Annual Saxxy Awards!

• November 11, 2015 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Get Voting For the Saxxys! Voting has commenced for the Fifth Annual Saxxy Awards! Get yourself to the voting page and choose your favorites!

• October 28, 2015 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Scream Fortress VII is Here! Introducing the seventh annual Scream Fortress update! Added this year are four new community maps, two new taunts, and loads of cosmetics! The event runs until November 11, so get in on the action while you can!

• October 28, 2015 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Mannpower Mode is Out of Beta! After almost a year of beta testing, Mannpower mode is out of beta! Included in this update is the new Hellfire map, three new power-ups, and a host of other changes!

• October 28, 2015 - TF2 Official Blog updated. The TF Workshop Arkham Knight Contest Instead of dressing up as Batman for Halloween this year, why not take the opportunity to dress your favorite mercenary up as Batman? The Steam Workshop is now accepting entries for Batman: Arkham Knight cosmetics, so make sure to submit yours before November 16!

• October 6, 2015 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Get Ready For The Invasion The long-awaited Invasion Update is here! Introducing three new community maps, new cosmetic items and event-exclusive weapon reskins, this update is entirely crafted by the community, make sure to support them by purchasing an Invasion Community Update Pass!

• September 21, 2015 - TF2 Official Blog updated. What We're Up To With the Gun Mettle Campaign winding down, it's time to prepare for the next big update, which should be out by the end of the year. For Halloween this year, it's the community's turn to make the event shine! Get your workshop submissions in before October 18, 2015 to have a shot at seeing your item in-game!

• August 31, 2015 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Issue #5 of Team Fortress Comics! After two eleven months, the next installment of Team Fortress Comics, Old Wounds, is out! Only two more to go!

• August 27, 2015 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Introducing Trade-Ups! Got a bunch of Civilian grade weapons sitting around in your backpack and nothing to do with them? You're in luck, because now you can trade them up for higher tier weapons! Also introduced in today's patch is the Gun Mettle Cosmetic Case, an exclusive drop for participants in the Gun Mettle Campaign!

• August 25, 2015 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Insomnia55 The Insomnia Gaming Festival is going down at Coventry this weekend! If you can't attend, be sure to watch on Twitch!

• August 21, 2015 - TF2 Official Blog updated. The Fifth Annual Saxxy Awards! It's that time of the year again, another chance to earn yourself an Australium-plated Saxton Hale-shaped bludgeon! Can you outdo the entries from the Dota 2 Short Film Contest? Head over to the contest page and show them what you're made of!

• August 18, 2015 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Introducing PASS Time, a New Beta Game Mode! Developed in collaboration with Bad Robot and Escalation Studios, PASS Time is a new gamemode mixing traditional sport and the fine pastime of virtually murdering your friends. Try and score the Jack in the enemy's goal to gain points while avoiding becoming a bloody mess!

• July 2, 2015 - TF2 Official Blog updated. The Gun Mettle update has arrived! Complete contracts, collect unique weapon finishes, and re-learn all your favourite weapons on four brand new maps in this huge update to Team Fortress 2.

• October 22, 2014 - TF2 Official Blog updated. All Five Scream Fortress Updates Now Playable! To prepare yourself for the upcoming TF2-fying Halloween update, Valve is giving you the chance to play all five previous Scream Fortress events. Bring a change of underwear and get practicing your screams.

• September 8, 2014 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Community Merch Now on Sale at WeLoveFine! You can now purchase TF2 merchandise from WeLoveFine's online store, and vote on the next batch of items to be sold!

• August 14, 2014 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Submissions Now Being Accepted for TF2 Merch Ever feel like today's fashion trends are lacking a little something? Like there aren't enough t-shirts with drunken ramblings printed on them? Okay but not drunken Demoman ramblings. Then come this way to submit your designs to the brand new Merchandise section in the Team Fortress 2 Workshop, and then buy them. Guaranteed to make you look 295% cooler.^* (*no guarantees)
• June 16, 2014 - TF2 Official Blog updated. The Clock is Ticking... Tick tick tick.

• June 5, 2014 - TF2 Official Blog updated. The Mann Co. Factory Floor As it turns out, making new weapons for a game isn't an exact science. Sometimes you fail, and sometimes you really fail. Take a peek into the minds of the TF2 Team as they share just how wrong (and sometimes right) things can go in weapon design.

• May 2, 2014 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Catch Up With TF Comics! A lot of lore can stack up over seven years. Don't know your Administrators from your Poopy Joes? Or just dazed, confused, and have a blinding headache that gets worse when bright sunlight hits your eyes so you make do with a life of lying among the dust bunnies beneath your bed, only venturing out to check the official TF2 blog for updates? Then you're in luck. Take this comic and two aspirins, and everything will become clear.

• April 2, 2014 - TF2 Official Blog updated. New Comic and What We're Working On! The very laws of math have distorted, and two has turned into four. A Cold Day in Hell, the third in Team Fortress Comics, is released! We are also let in on a sneak peek from an upcoming update, featuring a moonbase and Steam Workshop support for taunts.

• March 28, 2014 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Get ready to meet your Makers, maggots! Attention! KritzKast have compiled an series of interviews of several TF2 community contributors. Read up on all about it here.

• December 20, 2013 - TF2 Official Blog updated. It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Something What "something"? Why, Smissmas 2013, of course! Buckle up with a bunch of new cosmetic items, and, provided that you've been a good mercenary, find free loot in the Gift-Stuffed Stocking.

• December 4, 2013 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Team Fortress Comics #2! Have you ever wondered what "bi-monthly" means? Apparently it's supposed to mean "once every two months," but nobody knows for sure! Anyways, here's the second Comic from the Team Fortress Comics series, Unhappy Returns! Enjoy!

• November 21, 2013 - TF2 Official Blog updated. A Tale of Two Cities: Day Two On the tails of yesterday's blog post, here is the second day of the Two Cities Update. The announcement of the second new Mann vs. Machine map, Rottenburg, comes along with new upgrades that will bring your teammates back to life without the need to wait to respawn, and additional upgrades for the Soldier as well!

• November 20, 2013 - TF2 Official Blog updated. A Tale of Two Cities Getting tired of the same old Mann vs. Machine maps? Look sharp, the upcoming Two Cities Update will not only introduce a new map, but also new rewards! Additionally, the popular competitive map Snakewater will also become an official map! Look forward to the next part of the update!

• November 18, 2013 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Make Voting History! Voting has opened for the Third Annual Saxxy Awards! Between now and November 24th, vote on submissions entered into the contest. The winners will be revealed on the 26th!

• October 29, 2013 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Scream Fortress 2013 is LIVE! It's that time of the year again! Scream Fortress 2013 is now live, along with all of the previous Scream Fortress events! Check out the new Helltower map, and try out the new Spellbook Magazine!

• October 28, 2013 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Grave Matters Are you all excited for Halloween? Here's a comic to pass the time as you wait!

• October 2, 2013 - TF2 Official Blog updated. The Third Annual Saxxy Awards! From November 4 to November 18, entries will be accepted for the Third Annual Saxxy Awards! Start up your copy of Source Filmmaker and get cracking, and check out the official Source Filmmaker website for more details!

• September 18, 2013 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Only a Thousand Hours Left Until the Witching Hour! It's never a bad thing to start preparing for Halloween early! Submission entries for the Halloween 2013 event are now open, if you've got the talent you may just see your workshop items in the game come October 31!

• August 27, 2013 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Team Fortress Comics #1! Who says that you need a major update to enjoy reading comics about Saxton Hale? Team Fortress Comics #1 has been released, with bi-monthly updates to come, so keep an eye on the official blog for more updates!

• August 27 24, 2013 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Happy Not-At-All-Late 17th Birthday! On this definitely-not-three-days-late day seventeen years ago, a motley crew composed of Robin Walker, John Cook and Ian Caughley created a mod for Quake that took the world by firestorm. In celebration of this anniversary, enjoy Birthday mode with your Party Hat and Birthday Noise Maker. Also enjoy the addition of Chemistry Sets, and try your hand at creating your own Strangifiers!

• August 20, 2013 - TF2 Official Blog updated. RomeBots: History Comes Alive! Ever wanted to re-live history and massacre hordes of Roman robots? Now you can, thanks to Romevision! Just put on a Hardy Laurel, or play with somebody with one, and enjoy the show!

• July 17, 2013 - TF2 Official Blog updated. An Active Solution to an Idle Threat. Science has proven that standing around doing nothing is now more likely to get you shot than it is to get you free things. Valve has again modified the way that the game grants items!

• July 10, 2013 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Move That Update Up! After a week of teasing, it's finally here! Redeem your Summer Claim Checks for Summer Coolers that contain the newest batch of community-contributed items, enjoy the new and improved maps, and play with the newly improved weapons that you never thought to use before!

• July 9, 2013 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Move Those Votes Up! Ever wonder how Valve decides which items submitted to the workshop are shipped into the game? They give us their breakdown with a handy list of criteria and, yes, your votes do count. Also included is a sneak peak at one of the sixty-four items being shipped with the upcoming update.

• July 8, 2013 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Move Those Weapons Up! Next up under the microscope are weapons. From the underutilized Battalion's Backup to the omnipresent Dead Ringer, dozens of weapons are getting their stats tweaked. Also getting an overhaul is the item sets system, with set bonuses being moved to individual set items.

• July 5, 2013 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Move Those Maps Up! All good exploits must come to an end. An upcoming update will fix exploits in the majority of all official maps, including Badwater, and two more community maps, Process and Standin, are going to become official! Look forward to more news to come!

• June 27, 2013 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Help Us Pay it Forward No item is made solely by one contributor without a little bit of help. As thanks, Valve is now allowing workshop contributors to share some of the profit from their item sales with some of the service providers who provided that help. Even better is Valve has decided to take this money from their own cut of the sales, so now there's no reason not to share some of your profits with those mentors that helped you along the way.

• June 13, 2013 - TF2 Official Blog updated. We just shipped some Gold Star items! Much to Valve's own surprise, workshop creators actually listened and resubmitted their items for gold star certification. So Valve decided to turn around and, Valve Time be damned, shipped 10 of those gold star items in an update just two days later. Also, keep your eyes peeled for a super secret update coming soon.

• June 11, 2013 - TF2 Official Blog updated. There's never been a better time to submit Over ten million dollars have been paid out to over 400 community content creators and nearly $250,000 is slated to be paid out to the contributors behind the Robotic Boogaloo update. If you want to try and earn yourself some of that sweet hat money, now's the best time to submit your work to the Steam Workshop. The item submission tools have been greatly improved, and any item submitted with the tool will be given a gold star to show that it is compatible with TF2.

• June 3, 2013 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Adult Swim Extravaganza Do you like Adult Swim? Do you like The Venture Brothers? Did we copy these questions? Probably. But you should most definitely check out the new Adult Swim hats; The Bacteria Blocker, the Weather Master, and the Breather Bag. Those are definitely copied from somewhere.

• May 17, 2013 - TF2 Official Blog updated. The First Entirely Community-Created Update is LIVE! You read right; this time, community contributors could not content themselves creating wee weapons, minute maps and insignificant cosmetic items, so they made an entire major update instead, complete with a trailer and a comic. Introducing the Robotic Boogaloo! This very special community-driven event revealed what's is the RoboCrate and added over fifty new items to the game; find out which here.

• May 1, 2013 - TF2 Official Blog updated. SteamPipe: Just a Heads-Up SteamPipe, a new system that improves the way content is downloaded, updated and stored, is now officially live! The conversion process takes a few minutes, but faster uninterrupted downloads, quicker boot times and map loads, and easier distribution, installation and management of mods are well worth it. Read the FAQ for more informations.

• April 2, 2013 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Don't Drink the Jarate "We don't normally post TF2 cosplay on the blog, for two reasons: 1) We'd quickly turn into a TF2 cosplay site; and 2) Our hearts are shriveled little prunes of hate." However, a group of amazing Team Fortress 2 cosplayers is featured on the blog, and you can find more pictures here.

• April 1, 2013 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Business Time The TF2 Team tricked Reddit into thinking they bought Team Fortress 2 so that they could secretly buy Reddit instead. To celebrate this sneaky purchase, Reddit-themed items will be added to the game. Don't be too excited, though, this might be an April Fool joke like last time.

• March 19, 2013 - TF2 Official Blog update. Future Shock Now you can wear a hat in real life while wearing a hat in Team Fortress 2! Virtual reality support has been added to the game, be sure to check it out!

• February 14, 2013 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Team Fortress 2 is now on Linux Your favorite war-themed hat simulator now works with the well-known free OS, and an exclusive promotional item is given to all players who launch Team Fortress 2 on Linux before the end of the month, so be sure to try it!

• January 28, 2013 - TF2 Official Blog updated. TF2 Action Figures Are Out Now! NECA released two new action figures based on the best, most popular team members: the Pyro and the Demoman. They are now available in the Valve Store, in Toys 'R' Us, FYE, Hastings, and on Amazon, so go get one before they are gone!

• January 10, 2013 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Kiss These Items Goodbye! All good things must come to an end. Hats are good things. The first nine hats are retiring, so get them while you still can!

• December 27, 2012 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Smissmas (Permanent) Cheer for Community Map Makers Support your friendly neighbor map maker! Map Stamps have been improved and the new Strange Filters have been added to the Mann Co. Store. Buy them here.

• December 20, 2012 - TF2 Official Blog updated. The Mecha Update is Live! The Mecha Update has hit! Enjoy the new Mann vs. Machine missions, the new weapons, and the new cosmetics!

• December 19, 2012 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Merry Smissmas! 'Tis the season to be killing robots! The Mecha Update is upon us, with all the holiday cheer to back it up! Check out the update page here.

• December 19, 2012 - TF2 Official Blog updated. New Adult Swim Gear Are you a fan of The Venture Bros. or Aqua Teen Hunger Force? Ever want to show everyone in the game just how big of a fan you are? Now you can, with some new gear arriving from the folks at Adult Swim! Check it out here.

• December 11, 2012 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Well, Now I'm a Statue "I wish I'd read the fine print, since Mann Co. now owns my likeness rights until the year 7039." Gaming Heads has turned Sniper into a statue, and you can find more info from here.

• November 28, 2012 - TF2 Official Blog updated. The Second Annual Saxxy Awards are HERE! (Almost) In 48 hours the Second Annual Saxxy Awards presentation will begin, live online. Make sure you're dressed up for the occasion (and shower you hippy) with the dapper Tuxxy.

• November 21, 2012 - For those hoarders and item collectors among you the Backpack size limit has increased from 1000 to 2000! And this Australian Christmas give the gift of a premium account to someone, with the new Upgrade to Premium Gift tool.

• November 15, 2012 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Vote! Vote! Vote! Submissions for the Saxxy Awards are now closed; you can now visit the voting page and choose your favorite videos! Remember to report videos that violate the contest rules, grab a popcorn and start voting now!

• November 9, 2012 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Five Days Left to Submit to the Saxxy Awards A reminder that there are only a few days left to submit your entries for this year's Saxxy Awards. You have until November 15, 12:00 AM GMT to submit your replay or Source Filmmaker video for consideration. Get cracking!

• October 31, 2012 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Now Accepting Submissions for the Saxxy Awards! Have you ever wanted to win an Oscar? Well, too bad, since there aren't any in Team Fortress 2! You can try to win a Saxxy in the Second Annual Saxxy Awards, though. For more information on how to submit your video, click here.

• October 26, 2012 - TF2 Official Blog updated. THE HAUNTING IS HERE! The Spectral Halloween Special is now here! Get ready to be scared to death by wizards, zombies and giant heads. Enjoy!

• October 25, 2012 - TF2 Official Blog updated. The Fourth Annual Scream Fortress Event Begins Tomorrow! That's right, folks! The latest Halloween event, the Spectral Halloween Special, will be live tomorrow! You can already check the details here.

• October 24, 2012 - TF2 Official Blog updated. World War BOO! The Soldier's misadventures with his roommate, Merasmus, finally reach a conclusion in the lastest comic, Doom-Mates!

• October 19, 2012 - TF2 Official Blog updated. The Second Annual Manniversary Sale is on NOW! What more is there to say? Dig out your parent's or guardian's wallet and get going!

• October 17, 2012 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Attention, Cowards! Saxton Hale has taken time out of his busy day to address you - that's right, you - and your cowardice. If you are not a coward then this is not addressed to you, but otherwise you are in for a world of theoretical hurt.

• October 9, 2012 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Big MvM Update! Have you ever wanted more blood on your Heavy-botheads? Have you ever wanted an easier Mann Up challenge? Have you ever wanted more diamonds? This update is for you!!

• October 5, 2012 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Saxxy Contest Rules Update. The Second Annual Saxxy Awards will begin in less than a month, and the rules have been updated. There's a new category for Best Replay, which means you can now win a Saxxy without using Source Filmmaker. Also, people can now use video editing softwares on their movies for post-production. Lights, camera, action, and good luck!

• September 11, 2012 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Halloween is Only Fifty Days Away! Yes, only 50 days until all of the Halloween ghosts, floating eyeballs, and undead millionaires return! However, being scary takes work, that's why the Steam Workshop is accepting the most horrifying cosmetic items the community has to offer. Not a modeller? No problem. Stay busy by voting on your favorites!

• August 24, 2012 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Sweet Sixteen! Whose birthday is it? If your first guess was Steve Guttenberg, then you're right. But what matters is that Team Fortress completes its sixteenth birthday today! To celebrate this, Birthday mode is now active in-game. Enjoy!

• August 21, 2012 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Bring Home the Gold, Boys! For the first time, with eXtv's fundraiser and the community's help, an American team is going to be sent to the Multiplay Insomnia Gaming Festival in the United Kingdom for a chance against the European teams. Good job showing them your support!
• August 17, 2012 - TF2 Official Blog updated. The Second Annual Saxxys! That's right: every mercenary's favorite movie award is back for its second annual edition! This time, Saxxies will be handed out for the best Source Filmmaker videos submitted for five different categories: Best Action, Best Drama, Best Comedy, Best Original Universe and Best Overall. Don't miss this opportunity!

• August 16, 2012 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Introducing the TF2 Game Hub. Ever wanted to have TF2 screenshots, videos, discussions, news, blog posts and Steam Workshop submissions all mashed up in one place? No? Well, that's too bad, because Team Fortress 2 just got a game hub, which is part of the Steam Community update. While the entire update is only available in a closed beta, anyone can check out the new TF2 hub and get a taste of what's coming to Steam soon.

• August 15, 2012 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Mann vs. Machine is LIVE, Maggots! The robots have arrived! While the Soldier gets his robot disguise kit ready for the next Full Moon, it is up to us to save Mann Co. from this automaton army. Conveniently, the Soldier has prepared and handbuilt a flawless replica of the Mann Co. factory. If your're feeling extra tough, Mann Up with a Tour of Duty Ticket. You may even get a souvenir or two. Now MOVE OUT!

• August 14, 2012 - TF2 Official Blog updated. MvM Day Two: Upgrades & Tactics. So, Gray has an unstoppable army of robots hell-bent on destroying Mann Co. Time to lay out your battle plans. You will be defending the historic Coal Town. You will have a variety of upgrades and power-ups to help enhance your fighting abilities... For a price of course.

• August 13, 2012 - TF2 Official Blog updated. MvM Day One: They Are Legion. Stopping shooting at other mercs, because your next target will be... robots! The long-predicted Mann vs Machine co-op mode arrives to Team Fortress 2, where RED and BLU join forces to defeat Gray's army of robots and stop them from blowing up Mannworks!

• August 12, 2012 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Blood Brothers. In just 12 hours, the community has unveiled TF2's most complex ARG so far, which revealed a new comic a few weeks less than Valve had planned. Nice job, TF2 Community.

• August 10, 2012 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Introducing Kong King. Steam user 3Dnj and Sleeping Dogs have made a new map for the featured Triad Pack: Kong King! You'll have lots of fun (or pain) with your friends (or enemies) in this King of the Hill map based on a Chinese city!

• August 2, 2012 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Year of the Dog. The Chinese Mafia has invaded Team Fortress 2... and has brought several new items with it! You can get all the items in the Triad Pack in random drops, by crafting them, by buying them in the Mann Co. Store, or for free if you pre-purchase Sleeping Dogs on Steam.

• July 31, 2012 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Dreams of Chronic and Sustained Cruelty. The TF2 Team goes on an explanation on how the efects for Pyroland were achieved through several filters, shaders and gradients.

• July 12, 2012 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Mann Co. Summer Sale. This year's Steam Summer Sale has begun, and Team Fortress 2 is going to have its own summer sale as well. Get your wallets ready, because several tools, weapons, hats and miscellaneous items, community-contributed or not, are going to be on sale until July 22. If you want to buy items for even lower prices, you can also choose from many special summer bundles.

• July 10, 2012 - TF2 Official Blog updated. The Source Filmmaker is LIVE! Valve's long-awaited filmmaking tool, the Source Filmmaker, has finally been released to the public, for free! Now any users can create their own vids, or modify Meet the Heavy and Meet the Engineer any way they want to. A special Steam page is live as well to celebrate SFM's launch.

• June 27, 2012 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Meet the Pyro... has finally been released! Delve into the world of your favorite psychopathic arsonist and discover the mystery behind the mask, as you play with the new items announced in the update, because the Pyromania is LIVE!!! Ever wanted to create your own Team Fortress 2 short videos? You can soon as Source Filmmaker is also announced; sign up for a beta invite at the official Source Filmmaker blog.

• June 26, 2012 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Pyromania: Day Two. The Public Enemy, the Urban Professional, and the Dumpster Diver items are revealed and the Pyro receives a deadly new toy, the Scorch Shot. Only one day to go until Meet the Pyro is released!

• June 25, 2012 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Pyromania: Day One. The long awaited Meet the Pyro short will be released in a couple of days, and to celebrate it, Valve announces the Pyromania Update. Day one reveals a new map, with a new gamemode, comemorating Poopy Joe's unsuccessful mission: Doomsday. Several new additions will be announced until Wednesday, when the last Meet the Team video will go live. Keep your eyes open for future announcements!

• June 22, 2012 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Mmm Mmmph! The Pyro mumbles something, as usual. What could he be trying to say this time? Mph mmmmmmph, mmp mmmmmmph mph? Mmmmmhmm mmmmmmmph mph...

• June 21, 2012 - TF2 Official Blog updated. How a Gun Gets Made. If maps are not fun enough to make, Jalcober still made a tutorial for other users on how to model, texture and submit your weapons for TF2. Meanwhile, the community discovered that if you craft two Banana Peels together, you get a secret message unique to each user. These codes resulted in this image. Find out more and keep up to date on the ARG article.

• June 1, 2012 - TF2 Official Blog updated. How a Map Gets Made. Ever wonder how TF2 maps are made? Then you'll enjoy this breakdown of the thought process that goes into making a popular map. See how Gorge came about, from initial concept as rough sketches, all the way to the final product.

• April 7, 2012 - A new Valve-related encyclopaedia, the Ricochet Wiki, is launched by our community! Start editing it now, but be careful to not fall off your pad or get hit by an incoming disc while editing!

• March 28, 2012 - TF2 Official Blog updated. You Are Quite Welcome. Nothing beats a hat. Except of course, maybe hats that show off how great you are, or hats that only last one day. Well you're in luck, because the Per Diem Perk has just begun! The players with most duel wins, Map Stamps purchased, and gifts handed out are going to receive special one-of-a-kind hats that last one day each! Now you too can own a one-of-a-kind hat without having to win an art contest or invent Minecraft! Plus, if you thought Strange weapons didn't track enough stats, that's about to change! All you need is to do is use a Strange Part on your favorite Strange weapon and you'll be ready to use math to explain exactly how much better you are than other people!

• February 14, 2012 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Love is in the air! Do you have someone you play with whom you fancy a bit more than others? Have your romantic gestures of endlessly pocketing them as a Medic failed to win you their affection? By gifting them the Something Special for Someone Special, you can both be given a pair of uniquely named rings while announcing your love to the entire TF2 community at once! And it's less expensive than the traditional way to propose: By wearing a gorilla mask and pretending to be dying of diabetes! Happy Valentines Day!

• February 9, 2012 - TF2 Official Blog updated. I Can't Taunt Without My Radio. Coming directly from the Steam Workshop, a new item has found its way into the game, along with the Aladdin's Private Reserve, the Lucky Shot, and the Conquistador: the Boston Boom-Bringer for the Scout. It plays a beatbox music whenever you taunt, making it the perfect choice for chilling out to a cool beat or bothering those hip-hop haters!

• February 2, 2012 - TF2 Official Blog updated. TF2012! Time for a TF2 version of the State of the Union address! First up, the TF2 team confirm they have top men working on a top secret project....that does not involve hats?! The Steam Workshop now has a Steam group which can be found here. Meet the Pyro is confirmed to be out sometime this year, so look out for it in 2014! And finally the Second Annual Saxxy Awards is back and better than ever. How? You'll just have to wait to find out.

• December 21, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated. The Australian Christmas Update... UPDATE! Not enough gifts in this holiday? Say no more! The new items are now even easier to collect, either by crafting, dropping, or buying them. Not only that, but everyone playing during the holiday will receive a Spirit of Giving, as well as a Secret Saxton to start gifting people right away. Still missing the Smissmas spirit? All cables in all maps are now wrapped in festive lights. Enjoy the holiday!

• December 15, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated. The Australian Christmas Update is Here! A veritable pile of new items and hats have arrived for your TF2 pleasure, including the frigid Spy-Cicle or the jolly Holiday Punch. There are items for everyone, though you may need a key to put your hands on some of them. A Merry Australian Christmas to everyone!

• December 14, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Happy Australian Christmas Eve. If you didn't figure out in the True Meaning comic, new exclusive space items have arrived for the Engineer and the Pyro, as part of the Australian Christmas 2011 holiday event! You can see more about them, plus a new map, in the first part of the update!

• December 13, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated. It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Australian Christmas. Discover the story behind Smissmas and its true meaning in a holiday-themed comic, featuring the RED Engineer and the RED Pyro!

• December 1, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Mann Co. Spotlight Items. Introducing the latest graduate from the Steam Workshop, the Itsy Bitsy Spyer. And now you don't even have to start up TF2 to make him your own as the new Steam 'Buy Now' feature allows you to purchase items from the Mann Co. Store straight from the web!

• November 14, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated. We want holiday-themed community items!. Ah, November. That special time of year when subtle insinuations hinting at the approach of a certain holiday begin to manifest themselves, and Mann Co. prepares new shipments of festive merchandise for the discriminating mercenary. It's the perfect time for the community to demonstrate their passion for the festive season and contribute themed items to the Steam Workshop! So stop pine-ing away in your Claus-trophobic basements, and start creating some community content!

• November 7, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Vote Now! Help Me Beat Up a Doctor! If Dr. McNinja and Saxton Hale were to duel, who would win? Obviously, the Australian CEO of Mann Co. who personally killed 1,593 physicians. Help him decide this once and for all by voting here. In other news, one of Hale's co-workers was smart enough to decipher Saxton's secret message and send him a prompt reply only a few weeks too late. Thanks anyway, PVO.

• November 2, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated twice. Gift Abuse: The Gift That Keeps on Abusing. The Administrator complains about how some game servers are cheating to abuse the gift system. Press F7 at anytime to report abusive players and servers with the Abuse Reporting Tool and make the game fair for everyone. Enter... MONOCULUS!... AGAIN! Keep an eye on Monoculus, as he will become stronger every time he's defeated. Go get him!

• October 27, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated twice. Enter… MONOCULUS! Discover the story behind Merasmus the Magician in the "Bombinomicon" Halloween comic. Scream Fortress Very Scary Halloween Special. The Third Annual Scream Fortress Update is here! Kill giant floating eyes! Collect costumes to wear during the holiday! Visit the Underworld! All of this is only available until the Halloween event is over. Trick or treats!

• October 21, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Update on the Halloween Update. Halloween is coming next week, and it's going to be scarier than ever! To get yourself ready for it, visit Mann Manor repeatedly, and kill the Horseless Headless Horsemann until you become as brave as Saxton Hale himself. Then, this next update will scare you so much you'll wish you could unsee everything that happened! But you can't! In the meanwhile, wear your paper bags, and enjoy the holiday!

• October 13, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Surprise Manniversary Update and Sale. Get your pirate gear and birdcage ready! The newly revamped item submission system will allow the addition of more hats than ever before! Best of all, you can now show off THREE of your precious equippables at once with epic slow-mo and shaky-cam! So go celebrate with a hearty high-five! And you can shop with a clear conscience knowing everything is on sale now!

• October 11, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Making of a Skull Hat. Bay Raitt provides an exclusive in-depth behind the scenes look at the creative process behind the Spine-Chilling Skull, and also announces "an improved item submission process" for item creators.

• September 6, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Steam Trading: Out of Beta and available to everyone!. To celebrate this, items are on sale within the Mann Co. Store, and items are also for sale in the in-game stores of Portal 2 and Spiral Knights.

• August 24, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Happy Birthday to Us 15 years ago, when hats were just a twinkle in Robin's eye, a Quake mod known as Quake Team Fortress was born. Immensely popular, the mod spawned several iterations before culminating in the release of Team Fortress Classic, and eventually Team Fortress 2. So join us in celebration by donning your Party Hat, grabbing your Noise Maker and wishing Team Fortress and the Valve team a happy birthday! Did we mention there's cake?

• August 18, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated. The Manno-Technology Bundle Bidwell bravely stole liberated eight new Deus-Ex-themed items from Sarif Industries for your killing pleasure! From the merciless Machina to the trendy Deus Specs, the battlefield has never seen this much technology. All of these items can be yours when you pre-order Deus Ex: Human Revolution before August 22nd, 2011.  

• August 9, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Introducing Steam Trading Beta Hats piling up? Ready to trade them away for cold, hard...video games? You're in luck - Steam Trading Beta is now live! Players who opt into this service will be able to securely trade their Team Fortress 2 inventory and Steam gifts with others who opt in to the beta. Steam Community profiles of Beta participants have been upgraded with a backpack viewer and additional tabs displaying any Steam gifts available for trading. Opting into Steam Trading Beta also alows players to conduct item trades directly through the Steam interface without launching Team Fortress 2. Get to trading, or read the Trading Beta FAQ for more details!

• August 4, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated. A History of Violence Fifteen years ago, Team Fortress was on its way to be released. Although there were no maps, no teams, and - surpisingly - no hats, we had Soldiers wielding Rocket Launchers. Today, players who own Quake IV will have the chance to satisfy their nostalgia with the Original Rocket Launcher, built with the help of id software. The TF2 Team would also like to thank them for making everything until today possible. The item was actually made to celebrate the QuakeCon, a QuakeCon Steam Sale was released, along with several other promotional items recently added: The Wingstick from RAGE, The Dragonborn Helmet from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, The Anger from Brink, and Pip-Boy from Fallout: New Vegas! Get them now before the promos are over!

• July 20, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Fit For a King Several rockets have crash landed on TF2 maps. Sent by the peculiar Dr. Grordbort, they contain his latest inventions. Luckily the Soldier (on a tea party) is the first on the scene to uncover the stash. Now equipped with the the quite fantastically named Righteous Bison, Cow Mangler 5000, Lord Cockswain's Pith Helmet and Lord Cockswain's Novelty Mutton Chops and Pipe, get ready because the Soldier is charging his laser. Pew pew pew.

• July 1, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Summer Sale! It's officially Summer in TF2 land, and you know what that means: more STUFF! Put on your shades and open those Refreshing Summer Coolers you traded all your metal away for and get awesome new hats, miscellaneous items, and a mailbox. Plus, the blog hints at the possibility of a second miscellaneous item slot! So get your spurs, badge, and hat ready, because the Engineer is about to become a full-on Sheriff.

• June 24, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated. The Über Update, Day Five Today is Stuff Friday! Introducing: the Meet the Medic taunt for the Medic, the Schadenfreude taunt for all classes, the limited edition Meet the Medic lithograph available for purchase, and special art from the update on the Artwork page. We hope you enjoyed the update!

• June 23, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated twice. Meet the Medic This is it! The moment you've been waiting for! Meet the Medic is finally here! The Clinical Trial set for the Medic was announced! The Über Update was released! And before we forget, there's one more thing... Team Fortress 2 is now free to play!

• June 22, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated. The Über Update, Day Three. Today is World War Wednesday! Introducing: The General's Formals set and the Airborne Armaments set  for the Soldier, and the Detonator for the Pyro. Tomorrow is the big day!

• June 21, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated. The Über Update, Day Two. Today is Timbuk Tuesday! Introducing: the Lawrence of Australia set for the Sniper, the One Thousand and One Demoknights set for the Demoman, and The #1 Fan set for the Scout. Only two days left to go!

• June 20, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated. The Über Update, Day One. This is it: Meet the Medic is finally, officially coming, along with the largest update in Team Fortress 2 history! Day One, aka Mobster Monday, starts off with the revelation of two new class packs, Black Market Business for the Heavy, and The Man of Honor for the Spy, and a new Payload map, Barnblitz! While you're at it, check out the blog's snazzy new redesign, including the gorgeous Artwork section. And guess what: TF2 is F2P for a week! Invite your poor, Irish friends to get some hats and kill some mercenaries while they can!

• June 15, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Happening in YOUR Community As TF2Maps sets up their Asymmetry/Symmetry Control Point Map Contest, OZ Fortress made their 6th Ultiduo and a video with the higlights from their Cup 2 season. Check them out!

• June 14, 2011 - Spiral Knights promo item! If you unlock the achievement "Mission Accomplished" for Spiral Knights, you'll get a new item for the Soldier: the Spiral Sallet. Did we mention Spiral Knights is free?

• June 8, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated. The Saxxy Awards Are Here! Tears rolled as Valve announced the winners of each category live for the First Annual Saxxy Awards! Each winner received an Australium-plated statuette, a complete list of which can be found here.

• June 6, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Saxxy Awards Show - LIVE!  Hold on to your hats while you watch as Valve announces the winner of a category every 5 minutes this Wednesday, June 8th @ 3:00PM PDT!

• June 2, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated twice. The Saxxy Nominees have been announced! After selecting ten videos for each category, Valve lets the TF2 Community choose their favorite videos among the nominees in all twenty categories to choose who'll win the Saxxy Awards. Start judging! There's also a new Red Faction: Armageddon promo item! If you pre-order Red Faction: Armageddon before June 9, you'll get a new melee weapon for the Pyro: the Maul. AND! From June 3-10, it will be Double Drop Week!

• May 31, 2011 - Magicka: Nippon DLC promo item! If you purchase the Magicka: Nippon DLC for Magicka before June 5, you'll get a new item for the Demoman: the Conjurer's Cowl.

• May 23, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Battle Voting Continues! When Valve closed the submission deadline last Thursday, they had received tens of thousands of videos submitted for the Saxxy Awards! But now, the Saxxys approach the end of the Battle Voting, on May 26th, so vote while you can! The most voted videos will then be selected by Valve, allowing the community to vote one more time to decide who'll take the Saxxy. Until then, keep on voting!

• May 20, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Bonjour amis de cinéma. Francis the Talking France explains Valve's lack of cinematic know-how, so part of the Saxxy Awards decision making process will be left up to you, the fans! You can vote for entries on this page, as well as flag any Call of Duty or Animal Planet videos, as those are generally not eligible for the contest.

• May 13, 2011 - The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings promo items! If you purchase The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings before May 17, you'll get three new items for the Scout. Enjoy!

• May 10, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Saxxy Contest FAQ. Valve answers your frequently asked questions about the Saxxy Awards and posts an update for the next Community vs. Pros event. And since the community requested it, a no-dialog version of the Meet the Director comic is now available for download.

• May 5, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated. The Replay Update. Valve releases the next major TF2 update. Introducing the Replay Update! Now it's even easier than ever before to make exciting videos of your greatest losses and most humiliating victories. Demonstrate your movie directing skills by entering to win a Saxxy Award, with over twenty categories to choose from. And in case that wasn't enough, there's a new comic to read and ten new hats to wear. Have fun, and good luck to all who enter the contest!

• May 2, 2011 - Midweek Madness: Plants Vs. Zombies promo items! If you buy Plants Vs. Zombies on Steam before May 5th, you'll get two hats for TF2: the Brain Bucket for the Soldier, and the Dead Cone for the Pyro. Enjoy!

• April 28, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated Mounts and Blades and Hats and Fires and Hats and Swords A number of promotional items have been released! 2 hats for Mount & Blade With Fire & Sword and a misc and weapon for SpaceChem, which Robin states is pretty much the greatest game ever made. A few Community news items too!

• April 19, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Well That Was Close When the TF2 Team discovered Portal 2 had no hats, they had to do something urgently. Specifically, spending a night adding hats to the game. That means players can now equip any Mann Co. Caps, Prince Tavish's Crowns, Pyro's Beanies, Fancy Fedoras, Master's Yellow Belts, and Tyrant's Helms they already own in Team Fortress 2 on their robots! You're welcome, Portal 2 team.

• April 15, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Update on the Hatless Update: Now with 100% More Hat A hat, or as Robin "Judas" Walker calls it, a "pin", managed to sneak into the Hatless Update! While the TF2 Team spends the weekend at the library looking up the definition of the word "pin", you may want to know that players who have pre-ordered Portal 2 will receive a suspiciously hat-like pin to wear proudly. It's like a hat, except for your chest (or not).

• April 14, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated. The Hatless Update Despite the sayings and even the threats, the TF2 Team proves TF2 is no one-trick pony and releases the Hatless Update, an update with zero new hats! Introducing the coaching and voting systems, training for more classes, class-specific duels, dynamic model loading, server-Steam ID association, bot improvements, voice chat improvements and even paint improvements, plus several item tweaks and a new map: KOTH_Badlands! Enjoy the update, but watch your back, because Spy-Bot is feeling more devious than ever.

• April 8, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Charity Results The TF2 Team raised $430,543.65 with all the donations from the Japan Charity Bundle, and would like to thank the TF Community for their generous acts! The Unusual Hat Club also raised more $3,000 for Japan through their Hats for Help campaign. Thank you everyone who took part in this charity!

• April 7, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated. This is Very Good Title to Blog Post The Heavy, who is filling in for the Soldier (due to jury duty), just wanted to let you all know there are nine new hats available through crafting, dropping, or purchasing through the Mann Co. Store. Oh, yes. And a bear. That is all.

• April 5, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated. How does this blog thing work again? The TF2 team posts various pieces of community news, notably a video of a female Spy model created by  ChemicalAlia, maker of the Saharan Spy Polycount Pack.
• April 1, 2011 -  The Potato Sack. Purchase or own all 13 games in The Potato Sack and receive a Genuine potato hat in TF2. 

• March 29, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Hats For Help Sales from the Japan Charity Bundle have raised over $300,000 so far in support of the American Red Cross's disaster relief efforts in Japan. This is fantastic news, and a testament to the generosity and awesomeness of the Team Fortress 2 community. Well done, and keep up the great efforts! And just as a reminder, the Japan Charity Bundle will be available in the Mann Co. Store until April 6.

• March 23, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated. If We Could Be Serious For a Moment... Valve supports the current Red Cross efforts in Japan by making three special hats and two Noise Makers available in the Mann Co. Store through the Japan Charity Bundle. All of the money, after tax, goes directly to the Red Cross. But hurry up, as the hats will become permanently unavailable after April 6.

• March 10, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated. The First-Ever Three-Way Pack Update! Oh? You want more promotional items? Well great news! Valve, Sega, and Larolaro, creator of the Soldier's Tank Buster Polycount Pack have teamed up to bring you The Shogun Pack, bringing nine brand new in-game items for TF2! You get four weapons, four hats, and a tool. The new items are available through crafting, dropping, purchasing in the Mann Co. Store, or by preordering Total War: Shogun 2 by March 15 on Steam, which will get you a Genuine quality version of the set. Enjoy the update!

• March 1, 2011 - Here are some updates on recent TF2 Promotional items. First, a new item is available. If you preorder Homefront before March 15, you'll receive the Hero's Hachimaki, a hat for the Soldier. Also, the RIFT preorder weapons, the Sharpened Volcano Fragment and the Sun-on-a-Stick, are now tradable and craftable. Have fun with the new items!

• February 24, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Community Map Pack! Valve decides that Mondays aren't the only days in the week worth sprucing up, as they've just put three more community maps into TF2! Introducing the Community Map Pack Update! Added to the game are Lakeside, a King of the Hill map by Valentin "3DNJ" Levillain; Nightfall, a Payload Race map by Aaron "Psy" Garcha and Paul Good; and Frontier, the Payload map by Patrick "MangyCarface" Mulholland and Arhurt that stars Lil Chew-Chew! Congratulations to the mapmakers for getting their work officialized (again, in some cases)! Now, go get playing (and stamp-buying)!

• February 14, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated. It's Monday. Valve posts Benjamuffin's song about Tom Bui again (third time) as they sing about the latest updates in the TF2 community. First, United Kingdom Community Servers is holding a Knockout Cup. Next, ESL announces a 1v1 Scout Cup, with the signups still open for all of you scatterbrained speedniks. Finally, a mysterious individual known as SlienceMaster shows off a real life hat. But wait, you ask. How is it possible that someone made a hat in real life? By basing it off of a preexisting hat, of course.

• February 3, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated. From Hell. Another TF2 cross-promotion has arrived, this time in the form of RIFT. If you preorder RIFT before March 1st, you'll have access to two new weapons in TF2: the Sharpened Volcano Fragment for the Pyro and the Sun-on-a-Stick for the Scout.

• February 2, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated. It Is Me, But Smaller! The second figure in Gaming Heads' TF2 statue line has been revealed in the form of the Soldier! Like the Heavy, the Soldier will have team colored variants and an exclusive version that comes with both the Rocket Launcher and the Direct Hit.

• January 24, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Monday Night Combat. Team Fortress 2 meets Monday Night Combat! If you purchase Monday Night Combat on Steam before February 1st, you'll get three items for TF2, including the Essential Accessories and Superfan for the Scout, and the all-class Athletic Supporter hat. You'll also get a bunch of TF2 items for use in Monday Night Combat! But most important of all, Crit-a-Cola has been added to the weapon drop list! Seems those theories were right all along...

• January 21, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Look at me! Look at me! Two pieces of community news:  Wireplay's about to start Season 8 of their competitive 6v6 league; announcing TF2Maps.net's Construction Theme pack, and their Asymmetry vs Symmetry mapping contest.

• January 6, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Have at 'em, lads! A community notice for the upcoming Pubs vs Pros Winter Wasteland matchup, where 6 competitive TF2 players take on 9 pubbers, and a reminder to watch ETF2L's Highlander Mix-up highlights on eXtelevision.

• January 3, 2011 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Back to the drawing board, genius! The TF2 team has released the details on the new Item Test system, which gives community item contributors an easier way to test their creations. The details on how to test custom models can be found in the blog post or here on the wiki.

• December 27, 2010 - Team Fortress 2 is chosen as PCGamer UK's Online Game of the Year, 3 years after release! Well done Valve! Keep up the awesome stuff that keeps us coming back!

• December 22, 2010 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Additional time has been awarded. The Administrator has kindly asked Mr. Hale to increase his shipments of weapons and equipment for exactly one week, in order to ensure that you are properly equipped to fulfill your contracts. There are control points that need capturing, intelligence that needs recovering, and hats to be secured. From December 23rd to December 30th, the rate at which items drop will be doubled. Also, Miss Pauling has gifted everyone with a "stocking stuffer". Happy Holidays to all!

• December 17, 2010 - TF2 Official Blog updated.  Aye! Me bottle o'scrumpy! Anon! The Australian Christmas update is here! A ton of new items have been added to the game, as well as a new game mode! Three more Polycount packs have been put in game, including "The Medi-eval Medic," "The Hibernating Bear," and "The Expert's Ordnance"! Keys have been added for the Festive crates! New game mode: Medieval Mode, where you can use nothing but ye olde weapons! And you can donate to mappers you like, and get a hat in exchange! Wow! Aren't you glad we all live in the Wonderful World of Oz?

• December 10, 2010 - TF2 Official Blog updated.  Need a Sentry Here! The blog shows off a beautiful Sentry Gun built by Weta Workshop. It's motion-sensitive, has audio, and the ability to blow away terrible Half-Life movie scripts!  The Team Fortress twitter account is also announced, just in case you follow that sort of thing.

• December 9, 2010 - New TF2 promotional item! The Pyro Meets Killing Floor! From December 14th to January 4th, owners of both TF2 and Killing Floor can get a nifty new in-game TF2 item for the Pyro: Mr Foster's Gasmask and Tie! Who needs those useless napalm grenades when you can show everyone that you mean business? And you'll be able to play as Pyro (RED or BLU) in Killing Floor! Who knew the Pyro was a fan of industrial music (not that any of us are shocked)? Anyway, here's the Steam store link. Have fun!

• December 6, 2010 - The Great Steam Treasure Hunt is here! Who needs metal detectors when you can get hats? From December 6th to the 20th, you can participate in The Great Steam Treasure Hunt! Buy games on sale, complete objectives, enter to win free games, and of course, GET A HAT. Every couple of days, new objectives will be added to the Treasure hunt, for a total of 28. You can get an upgradable TF2 hat in the process, starting with the Bounty Hat at five objectives, the Treasure Hat at fifteen, and the Hat of Undeniable Wealth And Respect for completing all 28! And no, the third hat probably isn't the question mark, sadly.

• December 2, 2010 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Prepare for your examination! The Team Fortress 2 public beta has been released! Now you can test out different versions of weapons, maps, and other game-changing effects without actually breaking the game! As usual, Valve keeps tabs on the community, noting how UGC is about to start their TF2 Highlander League and how Ozfortress has created a TF2 State of Origin Promo Video. Valve also posts a helpful guide to understanding that Victoria is the best state in Australia, wherever that is. Also, do you like music? You do like music, don't you?

• November 24, 2010 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Let's try that again! Remember how Valve was going to participate in that ETF2L.org Highlander exhibition match with pubbers and pros, and how it was postponed? Well fear not! The match has been rescheduled! You can get all the details here. Also, do you like art? You do like art, don't you?

• November 23, 2010 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Who wants some a this? Poker Night at the Inventory is out! Now you can get those really cool new items you've been hearing about on the wiki for the past few weeks! So why are you still reading this? Go get the game and have fun! Oh, and the TF2 team posts a few community updates, including AndyBoneS14's TF2 LAN Trilogy (Part 1), epic.LAN's UK LAN TF2 Tournament, and Part 4 of TFPortal's TF2 Fanstuff Special.

• November 5, 2010 - TF2 Official Blog updated. TF2 Maintenance - November 9 - 1pm PST. The TF2 team updates us on item system downtime on Tuesday, November 9th [1] from 1pm PST and an hour and a half on, leaving Backpacks, Loadouts, Trading, the Mann Co. Store and Crafting unavailable for the period. Additionally, all API users should note that item IDs are moving during the same maintenance block. Conveniently provided is a Steam Users' Forums thread with updates.

• November 3, 2010 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Shh. Sascha is asleep. Telltale's upcoming Poker Night at the Inventory, featuring the Heavy from Team Fortress 2, is going to have earnable TF2 in-game items! First up, there will be a preorder bonus consisting of the Dealer's Visor for the Heavy. Next, through regular Poker Night gameplay, you'll have the chance to earn The Iron Curtain minigun for the Heavy, Max's Lugermorph for the Scout and the Engineer, a Freelance Police badge called The License to Maim miscellaneous item for all classes, the Enthusiast's Timepiece wrist watch from Penny Arcade's Tycho for the Spy, and finally, Strong Bad's Dangeresque Shades for the Demoman. Have fun!

• October 29, 2010 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Here, have some art. The TF2 team posts some high res artwork from the Scream Fortress event. Nice!

• October 27, 2010 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Sound of Blog Post Being Posted The Scream Fortress, 2010 Halloween Event is upon us! Introducing: The Horseless Headless Horsemann! Kill him and get the new Ghostchievements! And any of last year's Scarechievements if you missed 'em! All of this can be done on one of the two winning Art Pass Contest maps, Mann Manor! What's that? Too scary a map for you? Ha! Then you can play the other winning map, Mountain Lab! Also check out the Mann Co. Store for new items, like the Sticky Jumper! Have fun!

• October 26, 2010 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Couldn't ya see the bloody bombs? Valve and KritzKast team up for a contest where YOU can figure out what the heck the Demoman was saying in his Meet the Team short! Next, BLU and RED sticky bomb plush are now available in the Valve online store. Also, My Gaming Edge is working on their 1v1 training mod. And finally, from the makers of the Heavy's interactive YouTube adventures comes "A Granary Adventure: The Underdog Story" featuring poor Pyro.

• October 14, 2010 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Sandwich and I are coming for you! Valve announces the winners of the Art Pass Contest, as well as some honorable mentions. Congrats to YM and 3DNJ for winning! Special mentions to Acegikmo, Gooba, honeymustard, and TerabyteST for their excellent work. Valve also links to an ESEA S6 highlight reel.

• October 6, 2010 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Free hats! Ellis' Cap and the Frying Pan given to those who already owned or purchase a copy of Left 4 Dead 2 before Thursday at 4pm PST. Also, a Team Fortress 2 update that fixes numerous bugs from the Mann-Conomy Update.

• September 30, 2010 - TF2 Official Blog updated:
  • Mann-Conomy F.A.Q. A third blog post to reiterate there is an F.A.Q. for the new update.
  • Probably not a big deal, but... The next major update is revealed:  The Mann-Conomy Update.  Introducing the long-awaited Polycount items, the Mann Co. Store & Catalog, more new items and new features.
  • Bidwell's Big Plan A comic introducing the back story of the Mann-Conomy Update.

• September 2, 2010 - TF2 Official Blog updated. The Highlander Mix-Up Match is HERE! The Valve guys open the ETF2L Highlander Community Challenge with a friendly, Highlander match with pubbers and pros. Due to technical difficulties, the match was postponed. Stay tuned for more information.

• August 24, 2010 - TF2 Official Blog updated. The healing is not as rewarding as the hurting! A contest where YOU write hat descriptions, with the winning entries appearing in-game? AND a new TF2 cross-promotion for buying Worms:Reloaded? Wow! It gets you a hat and holy hands grenades! Plus, Valve takes some competitive scene notes.

• August 19, 2010 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Two Quick Notes The TF2 Community Submitted Avatar Gallery is up and they show their love for eXTV's latest video, an Intro to Competitive TF2
• August 11th 2010 - PCgamer posts an interview with Robin Walker regarding Trading, a new Game Mode and the Polycount pack (with a bonus surprise pack). All three are scheduled to be released sometime "next month."

• August 10th 2010 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Sorry to pop in unannounced Announcement of the ETF2L Highlander Community Challenge and an open invitation to community contributors to give interviews on modelling.  

• August 4th 2010 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Golden Wrench Destruction for Charity The TF2 team reflects on the Golden Wrench charity event, and of their continued respect for the community's initiatives.

• July 28th 2010 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Is that an Equalizer in your pocket? The TF2 team has been busy playing Minecraft, an upcoming game and the community has been busy making a Minecraft themed Payload map!

• July 24th 2010 - The Golden Charity is officially underway. Donate money to Child's Play! Every 25 donations of over $10 will result in a destroyed Golden Wrench! Please do donate!

• July 19th 2010 - Do you like hats? Do you like free games? Do you like blasting away waves of alien parasites with your friends? Do you REALLY like hats?? Then check out Alien Swarm, a free game from Valve that comes with a TF2 hat-bearing achievement! Don't you LOVE hats???

• July 16th 2010 - TF2 Official Blog updated RUN! RUUUUUN! I AM COMING FOR YOU!, The guys at TF2Maps.net have opened their doors on their new Art Pass Contest. Valve have lost a map and the TF2Maps.net entrants have to detail it! The winner goes official! Also, Team Fortress Wiki get a cameo in the comic!

• July 15th 2010 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Aye, that's tha way ya do it! The winners of the Polycount pack contest have been announced! Congratulations to all of the winners! BONUS: Valve has confirmed that several more packs from the contest will be added to the game in later updates. Huzzah!

• July 8th 2010 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Engineer Update is Here!. The Engineer update is released! Three new official maps, the community map Coldfront, several new weapons, and of course, new Engineer domination lines. What are you waiting for? Go play!

• July 7th 2010 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Engineer Update: Day Three. Another official (dynamic) payload map, Hightower, is unveiled, as well as a community-created wrench (and there's at least one more melee item to follow). Plus! Moving sentries?

• July 6th 2010 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Engineer Update: Day Two. A new weapon is revealed: the Wrangler! Also, a new official payload map, Upward, will come out with the update. 50 Golden Wrenches to go!

• July 5th 2010 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Engineer Update: Day One. The first regular unlock for the Engineer is revealed: The Frontier Justice, an alternate shotgun. Every 25 Golden Wrenches found will produce information on a new weapon on the TF2 Official Blog.

• July 2nd 2010 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Loose Canon. Apple comic was non-canon, but the Engineer comic is canon. A must read!

• July 1st 2010 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Steam Web APIs Valve creates new APIs for item data in TF2. Check out the blog for further details.

• June 30th 2010 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Listen! Calm before the storm: Check out the entries for the Polycount Contest! Also commemorates the TF2 Wiki at its newer, more official, less confrontational home.

• June 18th 2010 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Three Maps. Two Teams. One Victor. Pubbers battle it out with Pros in The Battle of Both Worlds! Watch as competitive players slug it out with public server players. And check out that nifty poster.

• June 10th 2010 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Wow, you guys are GOOD TF2 comes out on the Mac! Welcome to the fray, guys. Mac update trailer available for your viewing pleasure. Mac users get Earbuds!

• June 9th 2010 - TF2 Official Blog updated. Tomorrow.. Big things happening at Valve. Things like the release of TF2 on Mac, 10th June 2010.

• June 3rd 2010 - Crash hunting with Valve's -GreenMarine-. Been crashing in TF2 a lot lately? Then you can help solve the problem!

• May 24th 2010 - TF2 Official Blog Danke, my hard-hatted friend! Valve and Polycount team up for a new video game art contest!

• May 20th 2010 - More Contribute! items added. 10 new hats, 2 new weapons, and 1 new misc. item. Congrats guys.

• May 18th 2010 - TF2 Official Blog All I can tell you about this next procedure is that it will be excruciating. More Pyro updates are coming out! Also check out Mister Royzo's Fancy vs Nasty Update page.

• May 13th 2010 - TF2 Official Blog updated twice - A Week in the Life of the TF2 Team. A member of staff is missing from Valve! He didn't like hats, so the team didn't like him. Gotta move that gear up!. Community activity round up. TF2Maps Competitive CTF Contest and the Third European edition of Pros vs Pubbers.

• May 5th 2010 - TF2 Official Blog updated - Imagine if I hadn't been drunk. Primeval warrior added to game and Engineer Update teaser video released. Coming Soon...

• April 29th 2010 - Team Fortress 2 Update - 119th update commemorative items added: Grizzled veteran, Soldier of fortune and Mercenary.

• April 28th 2010 - Team Fortress 2 Update - New Scout secondary unlock Crit-a-Cola added, multiple bugs fixed and fundamental gameplay changes introduced.

• April 20th 2010 - TF2 Official Blog updated - Thanks for standin still, wanker., Significant changes to the item drop system detailed.

• April 15th 2010 - TF2 Official Blog updated - It is a good day to be giant man, Sam & Max crossover announced. Lugermorph, Big kill and Max's severed head released to those who purchase The Devil's Playhouse.

• April 8th 2010 - TF2 Official Blog updated - Gotta move that gear up!, Round-up of Community activity.

• March 19th 2010 - TF2 Official Blog updated - Nice goin', pardner, first wave of Community items released. Items released include: Killer's kabuto, Pain train and Hotrod.

• March 9th 2010 - TF2 Official Blog updated - Your Mac Questions Answered

• March 2nd 2010 - TF2 Official Blog updated - Dammit dammit dammit dammit!

• February 2nd 2010 - TF2 Official Blog updated - Propaganda Contest Runners-Up!

• January 28th 2010 - TF2 Official Blog updated - Cheaters, Winners and Busybodies

• January 27th 2010 - Team Fortress 2 Update - '100? Newspaper' added to main menu. Community mystified.

• January 25th 2010 - TF2 Official Blog updated - R.I.P. Crazy Legs.

• January 13th 2010 - TF2 Official Blog updated - Contribute site announced, submit your custom models and avatars to VALVe!

• December 21st 2009 -  TF2 Official Blog updated twice - Official bot commands added[2]

• December 17th 2009 -  TF2 Official Blog updated three times - VI Day Declared, Soldier wins the War on the Demomen, claiming the new Gunboats item as his own - Two new maps revealed, Gorge and Doublecross - The War Update goes live, have fun!

• December 16th 2009 - Casualties Updated - Two new Soldier weapons, the Buff Banner and the Equalizer, are revealed - New Demoman weapon the Scottish Resistance revealed - Soldier and Demoman achievements revealed - TF2 Official Blog Updated - Propaganda Contest winners announced

April Fool's Day Events

• April 1, 2011 -  Introducing, the first annual Australium April Update, adding a new weapon and playable class! First up, forget the Holy Mackerel, and come check out the newest TF2 weapon, the cow. Originally hailing from 2fort, the cow is ready for battle, inflicting bleeding and milk upon your enemies. Also added is the first ever playable character addition, the Demopan! Equipped with his trusty Stout Shako and Frying Pan, this trading expert can interrupt team communications with trade requests. Enjoy the update!