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#blitzbrigade Can't it be both? Coming soon to iOS and Android, Blitz Brigade is a team-based online multiplayer shooter. It's set during World War II (can't you tell?) and features vehicular combat, five character classes, single-player challenges and trailer music that sounds like it's being performed by a Team Fortress 2 cover band. More »

Hey, Scout superfans! Scout here. Some doll-makin' company called NECA told us they were gonna make action figures based on the best, most popular team member in TF2. Well, I just opened the box they sent us, and not to tell NECA their business, but MAN these two dolls do not look anything like me.
Don't get me wrong, logically they GOTTA be ME. Right? I just dunno why they didn't start with my traditional outfit, or at the very least Scuba Scout or Kung Fu Fortress Scout or whatever. I guess they're tryin' the most obscure variants first to whet your appetite for the good ol' Classic version.
Still, the way I see it, Chubby Firefighter Scout and for some reason One-Eyed Black Scout are better than no Scout at all. So be sure to hit up your favorite retail establishments (Toys 'R' Us, FYE and Hastings) or online (Amazon and the Valve Store) because these odd-lookin' Scout dolls are gonna sell like odd-lookin' hotcakes.
—Scout

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 client crash during demo playback

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 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)

• Fixed a bug that was preventing some crashes from being reported
• Fixed the chat window not accepting characters for some languages

Team Fortress 2

• Added raw mouse input for the Linux version
• Fixed missing text in the recipe descriptions for The Rescue Ranger, The Loose Cannon, and The Vaccinator
• Updated the equip_region setting for The Bootie Time
• Updated The Menpo to be paintable
• Updated The Last Straw to be paintable
• Updated The Digit Divulger with new styles
• Updated The Rescue Ranger so it can be used as an ingredient when crafting
• Updated the localization files
• Updated the Item Import Tool
  • Improved UI layout
  • Added support for facial animations
  • Fixed skins sticking after a different DMX was loaded
  • Added support for LOD testing
  • Hats will automatically add an Unusual attachment point to bip_head

#teamfortress Reader Brandon passed this video along yesterday, which he helped make, wondering if we'd ever seen it. I had to say "no", which tore me up inside, because it is absolutely perfect. More »

While the console version has been out for a number of months, Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed is stuck at the starting line on PC until January 31. Luckily for Sonic and friends, they will be joined by Pyro, Heavy and the Spy from Team Fortress 2 as PC-exclusive racers.

As seen in the video above, the manager from Sports Interactive's Football Manager series and the Shogun from the Total War series are also playable characters in the PC version of the game. Add in the recent 10% off deal when buying the game through Steam, and we're pretty sure Sega wants you to play Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed on PC.Team Fortress 2 characters join Sonic & All-Stars on PC

You can’t make this stuff up. Well, I mean, I suppose it’s technically possible. I could tell you, right now, that the puck from Ricochet will be getting its own talk show on Adult Swim this fall. But is it really that much more preposterous than a Football Manager (no, not player) plying some variety of ball-based voodoo magic  in Sonic And All Stars Racing: Transformed? With Team Fortress 2′s Heavy, Spy, and Pyro, and Shogun: Total War 2′s, er, Shogun in tow, no less? Here, though, is the absolute craziest part of all: The blue-blur-themed kart racer’s apparently kind of amazing.

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Team Fortress 2's Heavy, Pyro and Spy will all be playable characters in the PC version of Sega kart-racer Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed. We didn't like the game all that much, but many readers did, so... this is good news, PC/Valve-loving folks! More »

Race for first place as the Pyro, Heavy and Spy in the upcoming game Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed. Save 10% when you pre-purchase on Steam today.

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:

• Added The Robo-Sandvich, The Festive Sandvich, The Festive Buff Banner, and The Festive Huntsman to the list of items allowed in Medieval mode
• The Prize Plushy can now get assists in Pyrovision
• Fixed a server crash caused by players bleeding to death
• Fixed spectator bots picking up the bomb in Mann Vs. Machine
• Fixed The Bazaar Bargain counting crit-boosted body-shots as headshots
• Fixed The Festive Holy Mackerel using the wrong sounds
• Fixed Strange Buff Banner and Strange Sandvich not always tracking usage
• Fixed seeing the fire texture on The Soldier's Stogie in DirectX 8
• Fixed missing style names for The Barnstormer
• Fixed the achievement "The Great Deflate" not counting certain Balloonicorn and Reindoonicorn items
• Updated paint effects for The Hot Dogger, The Salty Dog, The Counterfeit Billycock, and The Cold Killer
• Updated the localization files

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:

• Added The Robo-Sandvich, The Festive Sandvich, The Festive Buff Banner, and The Festive Huntsman to the list of items allowed in Medieval mode
  
• The Prize Plushy can now get assists in Pyrovision
  
• Fixed a server crash caused by players bleeding to death
  
• Fixed spectator bots picking up the bomb in Mann Vs. Machine
  
• Fixed The Bazaar Bargain counting crit-boosted body-shots as headshots
  
• Fixed The Festive Holy Mackerel using the wrong sounds
  
• Fixed Strange Buff Banner and Strange Sandvich not always tracking usage
  
• Fixed seeing the fire texture on The Soldier's Stogie in DirectX 8
  
• Fixed missing style names for The Barnstormer
  
• Fixed the achievement "The Great Deflate" not counting certain Balloonicorn and Reindoonicorn items
  
• Updated paint effects for The Hot Dogger, The Salty Dog, The Counterfeit Billycock, and The Cold Killer
  
• Updated the localization files
  

Valve will be giving two talks at GDC 2013, one to discuss porting Team Fortress 2 to virtual reality goggles, and the other focused on hurdles in developing for virtual and augmented reality.

Valve programmer Joe Ludwig will lead the TF2 talk, titled "What We Learned Porting Team Fortress 2 to Virtual Reality," and Valve research and development man Michael Abrash leads the second talk, called "Why Virtual Reality is Hard (And Where it Might be Going)." Abrash will focus on head-mounted displays. Not "displaying mounted heads" - that's at the Big-Game Developers Conference.

GDC 2013 is at San Francisco's Moscone Center from March 25 - 29. Other notable talks include a postmortem on FTL: Faster than Light, a talk from Capy on paid apps, one on The Walking Dead's art, and talks on mainstream games such as XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Assassin's Creed 3, Spec Ops: The Line, Hitman: Absolution, Mass Effect 3 and more. Peruse the list here.

The hand of Hale giveth, the hand of Hale taketh away. And then it probably punches something. That wacky, violent Australian. In a strange move for a game that’s built around the notion that people want to buy hats, Team Fortress 2 is retiring some of its headgear from sale, drops, unboxing, and even crafting. The only way to get them is through trading. I guess that’ll include the Steam Marketplace as well. What hats, you ask? Well, unless you click this link, the only way to find out is to look below. There is literally no other option. I’d prefer you went below. I have a treat waiting for you if you do.(more…)

Kritzkast is throwing a 12 hour Team Fortress 2 livestream on Saturday fundraising for Cancer Research UK. 12 hours! During the fundraiser various Team Fortress personalities will be making an appearance throughout the event. More details can be found here.

Bidwell was taking stock of some of our older merchandise this week and found out some idiot's been using one of our warehouses to store pallets of spoiled mayonnaise. Raccoons all over the place. Fancy Fedoras, Prussian Pickehaubes, Football Helmets -- these items were part of Mann Co. history. Some of them were the first items we ever shipped. They deserved a better end than rotting in a puddle of rotten condiments and raccoon poop, let me tell you.

Here's a complete list of all the stock we lost: BATTER’S HELMET, SOLDIER’S STASH, PYRO’S BEANIE, DEMOMAN’S FRO, FOOTBALL HELMET, MINING LIGHT, PRUSSIAN PICKELHAUBE, TROPHY BELT and FANCY FEDORA. That's right, folks: These hats are gone.

For the next two weeks, we're selling anything in the warehouse that wasn't damaged. Purchase and craft these things while you can, because once the two weeks are up I'm burning the warehouse down. Also, I don't know if you can get rabies from wearing a hat that a raccoon bit, but if you can don't come crying to me about it. If you don't want your hats to give you diseases, don't buy them out of warehouses, that's my advice. That's just one of the reasons I wear as few clothes as possible at all times. Never been sick in my life.


Item retirement FAQ
Q: What is happening to this set of nine hats in two weeks?
A: These items will no longer be sold in the store, randomly dropped, unboxed as unusuals, or acquired through crafting.
Q: What happens to copies of these items that are already in my backpack?
A: All existing copies of the items will remain unaffected.
Q: What about older crates that have these items as a potential drop?
A: Crates that contain these items will still have a chance at unboxing them in normal quality only.
Q: How will I now acquire these items?
A: These items are still useable in trading.
Q: Will these items ever come out of retirement?
A: No. Once an item is retired it will stay that way.
Q: Will more items be retired in the future?
A: Advance notice will be given if any other items will be retired.

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:

• Added new promo items
• Mann Vs. Machine
  • Fixed clients being able to issue mp_tournament_restart, tournament_readystate, and tournament_teamname commands
  • Fixed an exploit that allowed players to stun a mini-boss
  • Updated mvm_bigrock with some new func_nobuild areas
• Fixed a regression where minicrits were being affected by long-range damage fall-off
• Fixed a client crash related to arrows and bolts
• Fixed an exploit where certain player conditions could be used indefinitely
• Fixed clients seeing incorrect stats during changelevel
• Fixed the Tomislav playing firing sounds when it wasn't firing
• Fixed being able to score assists with yourself in certain situations
• Fixed being able to cross into enemy spawn rooms using the high-five taunt
• Fixed Festive versions of weapons not completing a set when equipped
• Fixed a client crash when viewing the Top Sellers tab in the Mann Co. Store
• Fixed styles not working properly for The Barnstormer
• Updated The Digit Divulger to allow skin to be seen in the knuckles and wrist area
• Updated The Cold Killer to add paintability and fix unusual effect placement
• Genuine-quality items and festive items that are otherwise tradable can now be listed on the Steam Community Market
• Updated the localization files

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:

• Added new promo items
  
• Mann Vs. Machine
  • Fixed clients being able to issue mp_tournament_restart, tournament_readystate, and tournament_teamname commands
    
  • Fixed an exploit that allowed players to stun a mini-boss
    
  • Updated mvm_bigrock with some new func_nobuild areas
• Fixed a regression where minicrits were being affected by long-range damage fall-off
  
• Fixed a client crash related to arrows and bolts
  
• Fixed an exploit where certain player conditions could be used indefinitely
  
• Fixed clients seeing incorrect stats during changelevel
  
• Fixed the Tomislav playing firing sounds when it wasn't firing
  
• Fixed being able to score assists with yourself in certain situations
  
• Fixed being able to cross into enemy spawn rooms using the high-five taunt
  
• Fixed Festive versions of weapons not completing a set when equipped
  
• Fixed a client crash when viewing the Top Sellers tab in the Mann Co. Store
  
• Fixed styles not working properly for The Barnstormer
  
• Updated The Digit Divulger to allow skin to be seen in the knuckles and wrist area
  
• Updated The Cold Killer to add paintability and fix unusual effect placement
  
• Genuine-quality items and festive items that are otherwise tradable can now be listed on the Steam Community Market
  
• Updated the localization files
  

United Gaming Clans have their Highlander and 6v6 leagues starting up for the spring season openers which start January 21 and January 23 respectively. In addition to the new seasons the UGC has also recently expanded to the Australian region in addition to their Asian, South American, and European regions. Players from any of these regions are encouraged to participate and join the fun! More details can be found on the UGC site.

The Team Fortress 2 Mix-Up Match charity matches have concluded and the team is actively working on polishing up and uploading the replays. So far the first two have been made available with rounds on Upward and Viaduct and the third round on Lakeside will be available soon. So soon in fact that we were told Monday was the day the final replay would be available. That's today!

The Mix-Up series raffles off a chance for three lucky winners via donations to play with developers and community celebrities in a Highlander best of three rounds. All donations and ad revenue will be donated to Doctors Worldwide.

Though we think we’ve done a good job rewarding community contributors who make cosmetics and weapons, we could definitely do more for TF’s diligent, underappreciated map makers. With that in mind, we’re trying two new approaches to the problem.

Map Stamp Improvements

After taunting in a community map that you’ve contributed to, you now leave behind a trail of large stamps. The more you contribute, the longer the trail!

We’re now also tracking hours played in each map. In the “Maps” section of the in-game Mann Co. Store, you can see how many hours you’ve played each community map and how many times you’ve contributed to it. Plus, occasionally, on check out, you’ll be gently reminded that it might be nice to add a stamp to your cart for a map that you’ve played frequently but haven’t contributed much to. After you’ve seen this reminder once, you can have it show other map stamp suggestions by checking the “Support Community Map Mapers” box near the “check out” button.

Map-Specific Strange Filters

Sold in the store, these new filters let you set your strange weapons to only track events on specific community maps. For instance, if you only care about kills on “Yukon”, you can change the filter on your shotgun to just capture that. When filtering stats for a weapon, you’ll also get a custom rank modifier. So, in the aforementioned “Yukon” example, you’d now have a “Strange Canadian Shotgun”. The goal is to give players who really like specific community maps a way to both track their stats on those maps and broadcast their interest even when they’re playing on other levels.

Note that in both cases, 100% of the revenue (minus net taxes) goes to the contributor, so let’s get out there and support our map makers!

#teamfortress Murraythis breaks out the Source Filmmaker to bring the internet a very Team Fortress Christmas. 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:

• Added "Benign infiltration" to the Mann Vs. Machine mission-cycle file for servers
• Fixed a Dead Ringer Spy exploit in Mann Vs. Machine mode
• Fixed a regression with mini-crit damage calculation
• Fixed a client crash in the Medi Gun charge meter when using a custom HUD
• Fixed Festive Huntsman arrows and Rescue Ranger bolts using incorrect hit boxes
• Fixed Tough Stuff Muffs not using the correct model for the Engineer
• Fixed a clipping problem with the Hunger Force
• Fixed Strange Festive Sandviches leveling up multiple times in a single use
• Fixed a lighting issue in mvm_bigrock
• Updated the backpack icon for the Festive Ambassador

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:

• Added Benign infiltration to the Mann Vs. Machine mission-cycle file for servers
  
• Fixed a Dead Ringer Spy exploit in Mann Vs. Machine mode
  
• Fixed a regression with mini-crit damage calculation
  
• Fixed a client crash in the Medi Gun charge meter when using a custom HUD
  
• Fixed Festive Huntsman arrows and Rescue Ranger bolts using incorrect hit boxes
  
• Fixed Tough Stuff Muffs not using the correct model for the Engineer
  
• Fixed a clipping problem with the Hunger Force
  
• Fixed Strange Festive Sandviches leveling up multiple times in a single use
  
• Fixed a lighting issue in mvm_bigrock
  
• Updated the backpack icon for the Festive Ambassador
  

Even though December's quota for robot slaughter isn't any lower than the other 11 months out of the year, Team Fortress 2 still encourages us all to pause and reflect on the importance of the season. The Mecha Update is designed to foster introspection during spirited rounds of Mann vs Machine in Team Fortress 2 - oh, and to provide a new robot to destroy. Because robots have to be destroyed.

The new robot in question is the Mecha-Engineer, pictured above - he's able to teleport ahead in the map and even bring other robots with him. On top of dealing with a new robot class, players will enter a place they've never been: Big Rock. The map is one long path leading to a Mann Co. base where players must defend.

The festive Naughty and Nice crates return this year in Team Fortress 2, until January 3, 2013. The Naughty crates will include limited edition weapons introduced in the Mecha Update, while the Nice crates will drop winter apparel designed by the community.

This is not a test blog post! You are not dreaming! This is actually happening! Go get it! There is nothing more to say! We’re still talking! Amazingly, you’re still reading! This is getting weird! Well, we’re going to end this blog post now! You can keep reading it if you want, we guess, but we’re going to stop writing! Okay, we’re still writing! And you’re still reading. You don’t feel remorse or fear or eye strain and you will never, ever give up until all these words are read! You are the greatest reader of ALL TIME and this is the “300” of reading! Only instead of getting killed by Persians, we’re going to suggest you simply go check out the brand new, incredibly convenient Mann Co. Online Store. There’s a bunch of words there that need reading. Plus pictures.

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)

• Updated some Big Picture features
• Additional improvements for client stability

Team Fortress 2

• Australian Christmas has begun!
  • Added community-contributed winter event items
  • Added Naughty and Nice winter keys to the Mann Co. Store
• Mann Vs. Machine
  • Added a new tour of duty with unique loot:
    • Operation Mecha Engine, with 3 new advanced skill missions
    • New map mvm_bigrock
    • New Engineer Botkiller items
  • Added new Engineer robot
• Added new Strange Filter items to the Mann Co. Store to support community map makers
• Added new checkout dialogs and taunt-activated effect to raise awareness for Community Map Stamps
• Added +context_action command (defaults to X for controllers). This will use the action slot if your Canteen contains a charge and will taunt otherwise3
• Added +attack3 command (defaults to middle-mouse button)
• Added Adult Swim items to the Mann Co. Store
• Fixed an exploit that allowed players to be permanently invulnerable
• Fixed the Pyro’s airblast not working correctly when facing downhill
• Made Force-A-Nature pushback more consistent
• Updated pl_barnblitz
  • Fixed various map exploits
• Updated sd_doomsday
  • Fixed various map exploits
• Updated the localization files

TF2′s Christmas update is a Big Rock one. The new Big Rock map will contain the Mecha-Engineer, expanding the roster for the Mann Vs Machine mode. Valve explain: “These Grinch-like Smissmas cakewalk destroyers can skip huge areas of the path with their teleporting ability, and also teleport other robots forward instantly with their “telling other robots about the teleporter” ability.”

There will also be new weapons. But you knew that. Right? There’s also a new comic. Hooray for holidays!

Adult Swim-themed Team Fortress 2 skins are now available for purchase. You can make your Heavy look like Aqua Teen Hunger Force's Carl or The Venture Bros' Brock, or dress your Pyro up like a Metalocalypse's Dr. Rockzo.

There's no sign of Sealab 2021, Home Movies, or even some Space Ghost. Still, you can purchase any or all of these new items in the Team Fortress 2 Mann Co. store now.

#teamfortress2 Team Fortress 2 just got itself a big Christmas update. I'm so far past playing this game that the significance is lost on me, but hey, that giant Godzilla poster is awesome. More »