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.
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. They are released to both players and server owners via Steam, and must be downloaded and applied before the game can be launched again. 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
- The Engineer Update (July 8, 2010)
- The Mac Update (June 10, 2010)
- Second Community Contribution Update (May 20, 2010)
- 119th Update (April 29, 2010)
- First Community Contribution Update (March 18, 2010)
- WAR! Update (December 17, 2009)
- Hallowe'en Special (October 29, 2009)
- Classless Update (August 13, 2009)
- The Sniper vs. Spy Update (May 21, 2009)
- The Scout Update (February 24, 2009)
- A Heavy Update (August 19, 2008)
- The Pyro Update (June 19, 2008)
- The Gold Rush Update (April 29, 2008)
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
- July 15, 2010 Patch
- July 13, 2010 Patch
- July 9, 2010 Patch
- July 8, 2010 Patch
- July 6, 2010 Patch
- July 1, 2010 Patch
- June 26, 2010 Patch
- June 23, 2010 Patch
- June 16, 2010 Patch
- June 14, 2010 Patch
- June 11, 2010 Patch
- June 10, 2010 Patch
- May 28, 2010 Patch
- May 27, 2010 Patch
- May 21, 2010 Patch
- May 20, 2010 Patch
- May 19, 2010 Patch
- May 12, 2010 Patch
- May 10, 2010 Patch
- May 7, 2010 Patch
- May 5, 2010 Patch
- April 30, 2010 Patch
- April 29, 2010 Patch
- April 28, 2010 Patch
- April 15, 2010 Patch
- March 19, 2010 Patch
- March 18, 2010 Patch
- February 24, 2010 Patch
- February 23, 2010 Patch
- February 12, 2010 Patch
- February 8, 2010 Patch
- February 4, 2010 Patch
- February 3, 2010 Patch
- January 28, 2010 Patch
- January 27, 2010 Patch
- January 13, 2010 Patch
- January 7, 2010 Patch
- January 6, 2010 Patch
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2009
- December 22, 2009 Patch
- December 18, 2009 Patch
- December 17, 2009 Patch
- December 10, 2009 Patch
- December 7, 2009 Patch
- November 2, 2009 Patch
- October 29, 2009 Patch
- October 14, 2009 Patch
- September 15, 2009 Patch
- September 2, 2009 Patch
- August 31, 2009 Patch
- August 21, 2009 Patch
- August 17, 2009 Patch
- August 14, 2009 Patch
- August 13, 2009 Patch
- July 21, 2009 Patch (Xbox)
- July 14, 2009 Patch
- June 25, 2009 Patch
- June 23, 2009 Patch
- June 8, 2009 Patch
- May 29, 2009 Patch
- May 26, 2009 Patch
- May 22, 2009 Patch
- May 21, 2009 Patch
- May 1, 2009 Patch
- April 20, 2009 Patch
- March 23, 2009 Patch
- March 19, 2009 Patch
- March 18, 2009 Patch
- March 13, 2009 Patch
- March 6, 2009 Patch
- March 5, 2009 Patch
- February 25, 2009 Patch
- February 24, 2009 Patch
- February 20, 2009 Patch
- February 18, 2009 Patch
- February 17, 2009 Patch
- February 16, 2009 Patch
- February 2, 2009 Patch
- January 28, 2009 Patch
- January 12, 2009 Patch
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2008
- December 15, 2008 Patch
- December 11, 2008 Patch
- October 22, 2008 Patch
- October 21, 2008 Patch
- August 26, 2008 Patch
- August 21, 2008 Patch
- August 20, 2008 Patch
- August 19, 2008 Patch
- August 4, 2008 Patch
- July 29, 2008 Patch
- July 8, 2008 Patch
- July 3, 2008 Patch
- July 1, 2008 Patch
- June 23, 2008 Patch
- June 20, 2008 Patch
- June 19, 2008 Patch
- June 11, 2008 Patch
- June 9, 2008 Patch
- May 21, 2008 Patch
- May 9, 2008 Patch
- May 7, 2008 Patch
- May 5, 2008 Patch
- May 2, 2008 Patch
- April 30, 2008 Patch
- April 29, 2008 Patch
- April 2, 2008 Patch (Xbox)
- April 2, 2008 Patch
- April 1, 2008 Patch
- March 20, 2008 Patch
- March 13, 2008 Patch
- March 6, 2008 Patch
- March 1, 2008 Patch (Xbox)
- February 29, 2008 Patch
- February 28, 2008 Patch
- February 19, 2008 Patch
- February 15, 2008 Patch
- February 14, 2008 Patch
- January 25, 2008 Patch
- January 15, 2008 Patch
- January 14, 2008 Patch
- January 07, 2008 Patch
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2007
- December 31, 2007 Patch
- December 22, 2007 Patch
- December 21, 2007 Patch
- December 20, 2007 Patch
- November 27, 2007 Patch
- November 21, 2007 Patch
- November 20, 2007 Patch
- November 15, 2007 Patch
- November 07, 2007 Patch
- November 01, 2007 Patch
- October 31, 2007 Patch
- October 27, 2007 Patch (Xbox)
- October 25, 2007 Patch
- October 09, 2007 Patch
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Beta patches