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With all the hustle and busty fustle of Australian Christmas, you probably thought we forgot the most important part of it: The gift-giving. Well, we didn't forget. We were hoping you would. But you didn't--you guys are sharp! So get your Gift-Gettin' Pants on, because you are about to get gifts, and we'd prefer you were wearing pants for it.

GIFTED! All the community items previously only available in the Nice Crates are now craftable, droppable, and available in all the ways you're used to getting them!

ALSO THIS GIFT! A free Secret Saxton for every premium account!

DUCK! GIFT COMIN' ATCHA! To acknowledge all you generous souls who've been handing out Secret Saxtons and piles of gifts since the formation of the TF economy, everybody is receiving a Spirit of Giving badge. It's a plate-sized x-ray illustrating to your peers exactly how big your heart is, and consequently, what a good person you are. You—and more importantly, everybody else—will actually be able to see your heart grow over time depending how many gifts you're giving. We strapped an actual decommissioned Soviet-era x-ray machine to several team members' chests, and trust us, the science checks out: The people in our experiment with the biggest hearts were in fact the nicest guys on staff. How do we know? You should have seen how many people showed up at their funerals.

STOCKING STUFFER! In an effort to get the gift-giving juices flowing, we've made every map as Smissmassy as possible by wrapping lights around every rope!

BUT THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL... was inside you all along. It's blood! Turns out you can sell it! See you at the plasma center! Merry Smissmas, everybody!

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 Spy-cicle exploit
• Fixed the Manmelter idle effects showing on other flareguns

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:

• Naughty/Nice Winter Crate Keys have been changed to regular MannCo Crate keys.

Thanks to some talented community translators, there's now a Russian version of 'A Smissmas Story' available for you to read here.

Update: Zde je odkaz na českou verzi komiksu, vytvořenou členem komunity SC.

Sign ups are still open (Four for the KritzKast Low-Fi Offclass Cup until Saturday 12:00AM EST. Interested in something a little different? Players are limited to no more than two of each: Pyro, Sniper, or Spy and only one Heavy, Engineer, or Medic. There's a few unlocks white listed as well, more details can be found in their announcement. Specific sign up details are available here.

Updates to Team Fortress 2, Day of Defeat: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: Source Engine Changes (TF2, DoD:S, HL2:DM)

• Limit the effective FOV of players using wide-screen resolutions with aspect ratios wider than 1.85:1. The sv_restrict_aspect_ratio_fov ConVar can be changed to remove the restriction or make the restriction also apply to full-screen players.

Team Fortress 2

• Fixed Cp_Foundry not ending the map in the middle of a round when mp_timelimit is hit
• Fixed the Spy saying 'Prego' for one of his 'Thanks!' lines
• Fixed incorrect player animations for the Buff Banner and the Battalion's Backup
• Fixed some cases where strange Ullapool Cabers and wrenches would fail to correctly count kills
• Improvements for client stability
• Updated the localization files
• Crafting changes:
  • Added crafting recipes for weapons introduced during the holiday update
  • When selecting items for use in crafting, the items selected will show their quality in addition to the item name
  • Ellis's Cap can now be used as a crafting reagent
• Item changes
  • Added The Lucky Shot helmet
  • Added The Killer Exclusive to the Mann Co. store
  • Added Mask of the Shaman to the item drop list
  • Fixed particle display problems for items with multiple effects
  • Fixed the Dr. Whoa paint not drawing correctly for the Blue team
  • Updated the Desert Marauder and the Villain's Veil so they can be equipped together
  • Updated the Fancy Dress Uniform and the Kringle Collection so they can be equipped together
  • The Bombinomicon no longer shakes the screen and has a delay before the explosion so that Snipers, Spies, and others can get better feedback on the actual cause of death
  • The Bazaar Bargain functionality has changed: only one stored head is lost on a miss or a bodyshot and no heads are gained when missing while crit-boosted

Steam now hosts more than 40 million accounts and 1,800 games, and its 2011 year-over-year sales increased 100 percent for the seventh year in a row, Valve announced today with a ridiculously smug grin on its face (we assume). During the Holiday Sale, Steam clocked more than 5 million simultaneous users -- in perspective, that's easily more people than the entire population of Norway, all on Steam at the same time.

Steam served over 780 petabytes of data to gamers in 2011, more than doubling the amount delivered in 2010, Valve reported. More than 19 million items were traded in-game, Valve president Gabe Newell said, and he promised that more free-to-play titles will be launched in 2012 to supplement the 18 Steam already hosts.

Newell hasn't forgotten about Big Picture Mode, Valve's attempt to infiltrate living rooms with a top-boxy device that will offer Steam via controller navigation on "more screens throughout the house." Newell said Valve is "preparing for the launch" of Big Picture Mode, so we're guessing we can expect to see something concrete by 2015.

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:

• Naughty/Nice Winter Crate Keys have been changed to regular MannCo Crate keys.
  

Back, back, back, back even further, back a bit more, keep going, yes, not much further now and… there we go. You are now back in the most dim and distant past of the then tiny baby website Rock, Paper, Shotgun, a mere three months into our making-it-up-as-we-went-along existence. You will see ancient typos. You will see only glimmerings of understanding of how the internet works. You will see Kieron Gillen. And you will see The Go Team!, a multi-part mega-feature in which the four RPS founders present their assorted thoughts on Team Fortress 2′s classes constructed based on our delightfully haphazard experiences in the original beta back in September 2007.(more…)

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 Spy-cicle exploit
  
• Fixed the Manmelter idle effects showing on other flareguns
  

Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:

• Added community-created winter items to the drop lists, the craft tables, and the store
  
• Added the Spirit of Giving
  
• Gifts from Secret Saxtons and Piles o' Gifts now have a chance to grant a gift in addition to whatever item they would have granted normally
  
• Fixed hearing the deny sound while rotating a sentry during placement
  
• Manmelter balance tweaks:
  • Added particle effect on muzzle that appears when ready to fire
    
  • Increased projectile speed while maintaining the same travel arc
    
  • Increased extinguish range
• Added festive lights to all ropes and cables
  
• Fixed a problem that would sometimes allow the detonator projectiles to crit on burning targets
  
• Updated the localization files
  
• Updated the gamehaptics file:
  • Added draw/melee swing/melee hit/crit forces for the The Sharp Dresser and the Spy-cicle
    
  • Added draw/recoil/reload/crit forces for the Pomson 6000
    
  • Added draw/recoil/crit forces for the Manmelter
    
  • Added draw/recoil force for the Wrap Assassin
    
  • Added melee hit/world hit force for the Third Degree
    
  • Added crit forces for the Holiday Punch
    
  • Fixed missing forces for Demoman swords
    
  • Refined recoil force for the Sandman

#teamfortress Should you ever feel the need to propose to that special someone in the middle of a game of Team Fortress 2, you can now do just that, after developers Valve added an official wedding ring to the game. More »

Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

• Fixed the Stocking Stuffer candy cane using the incorrect material
  
• Updated the Brown Bomber so it can be painted
  
• Updated the festive weapons so they can be gift-wrapped
  
• Updated the localization files
  

#teamfortress2 Done with that Zynga story? Thought that was all the economics you were getting today? Nope. While he's not recommending investor action, writer Paul Manwaring did some number crunching and conservatively valued Team Fortress 2's unique items economy at, oh, about $50 million. More »

Valve has unwrapped the second-annual Australian Christmas update for Team Fortress 2, bringing with it the kind of cheer that can only come from a pile of heavy-duty, particle-melting weapons and a brand new map to use them in. The update includes two new Dr. Grordbort weapon packs -- The Brainiac Pack for Engineer and The Moonman Pack for Pyro -- and Foundry, a new control-point map with 12 unique achievements.

Valve is also dropping 14 community-created holiday weapons in Nice Crates, and strings of festive weapon lights in Naughty Crates, through Dec. 22. More than 50 items in the Mann Co. store are up to 75 percent off through Jan. 2, and the in-game item-drop rate will be doubled for the first week of the event.

If that doesn't put you in a joyful mood, maybe a child stabbing Santa in the neck will -- read all about it in the new TF2 comic, "A Smissmas Story."

Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

• Fixed the Frontier Justice getting infinite crits
  
• Fixed a problem that would allow Pyro Mmmph to activate in the air without taunting
  
• Fixed Manmelter getting crits from Mmmph
  
• Fixed an exploit with The Eureka Effect and The Phlogistinator where the effects could activate without taunting in high-lag situations
  
• Fixed the Brown Bomber not showing up on the Demoman
  
• Fixed client HUD crash
  
• Fixed colors on Christmas lights for the Blue team Scout weapons
  
• Fixed a bug that would cause minicrits when switching weapons rapidly
  
• Steam Workshop zip file size limit has been increased from 4 MB to 10 MB
  

They said it couldn’t be done, but they did it anyway: Valve’s free-to-play FPS, Team Fortress 2, has been updated with new items and stuff! Seasonal weapons are now available, with “naughty and nice” crate gifts appearing across levels in the game. You can learn about the new stuff in detail here, or just jump into the game and get automatically updated with Christmasness. And I have to admit, it does seem like the time of year to spend your hours blasting people into chunks with exotic weaponry, doesn’t it?

#teamfortress I celebrate Australian Christmas with cold beer and barbecued meat. Valve, well, Valve celebrate it a little differently. In 2010 they took Team Fortress 2 all medieval, and in 2011, they're sending it into space. More »

What is the true meaning of Australian Christmas? Some say it is a hamfisted attempt by the Australian government to turn a notorious felon into a beloved folk hero. Others say it's a calculated ploy by the novelty munitions industry to sell guns that shoot mistletoe.

And then there are those who look past all that, and maintain that it is a time to reconnect with friends and loved ones, and to be thankful for the blessings in our lives.

And then there are those who are still licking their emotional wounds from all the reconnecting with friends and loved ones they did at Thanksgiving, and realize that the true true meaning of Australian Christmas is zero human contact, eating candy, and getting as many presents as possible.

And those people are correct—that is the true meaning of Australian Christmas. We looked it up.

But don't take our word for it. Ask the Engineer.

The second six on six newbie mix cup is about to be begin with the special moniker, Christmas Cup. The rules are simple; its a double knockout tournament where teams are comprised of five individuals and one experienced mentor, who will then take part in a week long tournament with some great christmas prizes.

No prior TF2 experience is required, although they reccomend you take part in a few matches beforehand to get a feel for it. These can be joined via their Steam community. You can also seek out a mentor via the same source.

To sign up, or see additional rules, visit their Steam community group.

Updates to Team Fortress 2, Day of Defeat: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: Source Engine Changes (TF2, DoD:S, HL2:DM)

• Added video options UI for Windows Vista / Windows 7 DirectX extensions. Disabling the extensions will increase memory usage, but can improve compatibility with video drivers.

Team Fortress 2

• Fixed wearable gibs spawning outside of the map
• Fixed some missing strings for the Backwards Ballcap
• Updated these items so they can be crafted and traded
  • The Dr. Whoa
  • The Dashin' Hashshashin
  • The Sharp Dresser
  • The Point and Shoot
  • The War Head
• Updated the localization files

The Lithuania Pro v Pub six on nine event has wrapped up and has a few demos and videos to share. VanillaTV has the details along with TF2.lt.

• Badlands
• Badlands Continued
• Badwater

Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

• Fixed the "Checkout Unavailable" error preventing certain accounts from purchasing items
• Improved the framerate stuttering issues some clients were experiencing

Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

• Fixed the "Checkout Unavailable" error preventing certain accounts from purchasing items
  
• Improved the framerate stuttering issues some clients were experiencing
  

#teamfortress Prop builder Zander Brandt, whose awesome Mass Effect rifle we've featured previously, has for his next project done something a little faster, a little more obnoxious. More »

Today, we're introducing a new item from the Steam Workshop, voted on by the community and buyable by everyone. The “Itsy Bitsy Spyer” is a miniature Spy voodoo doll that clips onto the Engineer's belt. It's featured in our Mann Co. Spotlight box at the immediate right of this post!

And for you traders out there, there's a link right underneath the Spotlight item that'll let you buy keys without going into the game. Plus, we’ve removed the three-day trading cooldown for anyone whose first Steam purchase was 30 days ago or more.

All of which brings us to the last new feature we're introducing today: "Buy Now" links that you can create for any item and embed anywhere. Visit the FAQ for more details!

Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

• Added the Itsy Bitsy Spyer
• Added a "Buy Now" feature that allows item purchases on the web
• WebAPI changes:
  • Moved IEconAssets/GetAssetPrices to ISteamEconomy/GetAssetPrices
  • Added new web API ISteamEconomy/GetAssetClassInfo for getting descriptions of items

Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

• Added the Itsy Bitsy Spyer
  
• Added a "Buy Now" feature that allows item purchases on the web
  
• WebAPI changes:
  • Moved IEconAssets/GetAssetPrices to ISteamEconomy/GetAssetPrices
    
  • Added new web API ISteamEconomy/GetAssetClassInfo for getting descriptions of items

Updates to Team Fortress 2, Day of Defeat: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: Source Engine Changes (TF2, DoD:S, HL2:DM)

• Fixed a client crash during demo playback

Updates to Team Fortress 2, Day of Defeat: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: Source Engine Changes (TF2, DoD:S, HL2:DM)

• Dramatically improved the dynamic model loading system's memory usage, performance, and stability
• Reduced memory usage on systems running Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7
• Improved alt-tab handling under Windows Vista and Windows 7