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{{hatnote|This article is about Team Fortress 2 patches. For patches on older games, see [[Patches (Classic)|Team Fortress Classic patches]] and [[Patches (Quake)|Quake Team Fortress patches]].}}
 
{{hatnote|This article is about Team Fortress 2 patches. For patches on older games, see [[Patches (Classic)|Team Fortress Classic patches]] and [[Patches (Quake)|Quake Team Fortress patches]].}}
  
'''Patches''' are updates to the game that fix known bugs, glitches or exploits within the game, and often add new features or balance changes to [[weapons]], [[maps]] or other game elements.
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'''Patches''' are updates to the game that fix known bugs, glitches or exploits within the game, and often add new features or balance changes to [[weapons]], [[maps]] or other game elements. Patches are released to players and server owners via Steam, and they must be downloaded and applied before the game can be continued to play.
  
 
Many major patches, called '''updates''', add new weapons, game modes or maps. Typically, these have been focused on one or two particular [[class|classes]], releasing new content specifically for these classes. Other major updates have been centered around a particular theme or holiday celebration.
 
Many major patches, called '''updates''', add new weapons, game modes or maps. Typically, these have been focused on one or two particular [[class|classes]], releasing new content specifically for these classes. Other major updates have been centered around a particular theme or holiday celebration.
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== Major updates ==
 
== Major updates ==
  
* [[July 8, 2010 Patch|The Engineer Update]]
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* [[July 8, 2010 Patch|The Engineer Update]] (July 8, 2010)
* [[June 10, 2010 Patch|The Mac Update]]
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* [[June 10, 2010 Patch|The Mac Update]] (June 10, 2010)
* [[May 20, 2010 Patch|Second Community Contribution Update]]
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* [[May 20, 2010 Patch|Second Community Contribution Update]] (May 20, 2010)
* [[April 29, 2010 Patch|119th Update]]
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* [[April 29, 2010 Patch|119th Update]] (April 29, 2010)
* [[March 18, 2010 Patch|First Community Contribution Update]]
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* [[March 18, 2010 Patch|First Community Contribution Update]] (March 18, 2010)
* [[December 17, 2009 Patch|WAR! Update]]
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* [[December 17, 2009 Patch|WAR! Update]] (December 17, 2009)
* [[October 29, 2009 Patch|Hallowe'en Special]]
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* [[October 29, 2009 Patch|Hallowe'en Special]] (October 29, 2009)
* [[August 13, 2009 Patch|Classless Update]]
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* [[August 13, 2009 Patch|Classless Update]] (August 13, 2009)
* [[May 21, 2009 Patch|The Sniper vs. Spy Update]]
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* [[May 21, 2009 Patch|The Sniper vs. Spy Update]] (May 21, 2009)
* [[February 24, 2009 Patch|The Scout Update]]
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* [[February 24, 2009 Patch|The Scout Update]] (February 24, 2009)
* [[August 19, 2008 Patch|A Heavy Update]]
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* [[August 19, 2008 Patch|A Heavy Update]] (August 19, 2008)
* [[June 19, 2008 Patch|The Pyro Update]]
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* [[June 19, 2008 Patch|The Pyro Update]] (June 19, 2008)
* [[April 29, 2008 Patch|The Gold Rush Update]]
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* [[April 29, 2008 Patch|The Gold Rush Update]] (April 29, 2008)
  
 
== Full list of Team Fortress 2 patches ==
 
== Full list of Team Fortress 2 patches ==

Revision as of 09:34, 18 July 2010

This article is about Team Fortress 2 patches. For patches on older games, see Team Fortress Classic patches and Quake Team Fortress patches.

Patches are updates to the game that fix known bugs, glitches or exploits within the game, and often add new features or balance changes to weapons, maps or other game elements. Patches are released to players and server owners via Steam, and they must be downloaded and applied before the game can be continued to play.

Many major patches, called updates, add new weapons, game modes or maps. Typically, these have been focused on one or two particular classes, releasing new content specifically for these classes. Other major updates have been centered around a particular theme or holiday celebration.

As both Windows and Mac OS X versions use the same code, updates exclusive to either platform are not released. Patches to the Xbox version, however, are fairly scarce, due to restrictions imposed on game developers by Microsoft. To date, there have been only 4 patches to Xbox version (the last released in 2009), versus the 141 patches released for PC since 2007.

Major updates

Full list of Team Fortress 2 patches

Patches are listed (in reverse-chronological order) for the Windows and Mac OS X version unless otherwise noted. Patches in bold indicate a major content update (see above).

2010

2009

2008

2007




Beta patches