The Horse Run Monthly is a monthly event series for Team Fortress 2 that features the competitive 6s format and boasts two simultaneous brackets. To celebrate the upcoming Physgun Fireside Denver LAN, they're using the upcoming LAN's map pool to give teams a chance to practice ahead of Fireside Casts' highly anticipated in-person event.

Their Headliner Bracket (intended for RGL Main+) will have teams going head to head on stream for their share of the $500 prize pool! There's also a Secondary Bracket (intended for players within RGL AM-IM) with a prize pool of 30 keys for the winning team!

Join them on April 27th & May 18th at 3 PM ET to watch some of the best teams in the world compete for first place and bragging rights!

For more information on how you and your team can play in The Horse Run Monthly, join the {LINK REMOVED}Gamer LatAm Discord Server! Sign your team up today!

Important Links:

• {LINK REMOVED}Discord
  
• Twitch
  
• YouTube
  
• TikTok

(Image credit: SFM Render/Compositing/Overlays - Bradz, Organization - IanTheAwsm, CyberWizard, and Dynam)

Seasonalander has arrived for the spring of 2025! Seasonalander is a charity-funding Highlander 9v9 tournament that raises funds for various causes around the world, collectively raising over $7,300 since the summer of 2021 for missions such as the Sarcoma Foundation of America, The British Red Cross and the Trevor Project. Every third global season, Seasonalander brings together more than 72 content creators to play! Participants range from YouTubers and Artists to Cosplayers and Streamers across primarily North America and Europe!

Their spring event will raise funds for the Starlight Children's Foundation through Tiltify, with a current goal of $2,500! Starlight's focus is aimed at providing stress-free recovery for hospitalized children and their families. Funding through the event will help provide, but won't be limited to, hospital gowns for patients, toy deliveries to those needing extra comfort and various video games to help redirect focus and provide security while hospitalized. Visit the Starlight Children's Foundation for more information and questions regarding credibility and donation directions.

Help get the word out and be sure to tune in on the 5th and 6th of April!
European games will start at 11:30am EST / 3:30pm GMT each day.
North American games will start at roughly 3:30pm EST / 7:30 pm GMT each day.

Come see your favorite personalities entertain by throwing hands and raising funds for those in need!

Important Links:

• Donation Link (Tiltify)
  
• Twitch
  
• YouTube
  
• BlueSky
  
• Twitter
  
• Steam Group

TF2 Coaching Central is announcing their tenth North American Newbie 6s Cup, a learning experience and friendly competition for people who are new to competitive 6v6.

Players with no or minimal competitive experience can sign up to be placed on a team of six, led by coaches who will teach the basics of the 6v6 format and help you learn the maps. Teams have a total of four weeks to learn and train together before facing off in a tournament with a prize pool of 18 keys for the winners and runners up. TF2 Coaching Central's previous Newbie Cup events which have been running since 2021 have successfully prepared many players and teams to continue competitive play in RGL, the biggest North American TF2 league.

Signups are open now, and the deadline to apply to be placed on a team is April 4. Team and coach assignments will be made by April 7 and tournament matches (with select matches casted live on Twitch by Fireside Casts) will be the weekend of May 3-4, 2025.

Check out the Discord for more info. Whether you're looking to dip your toes in competitive TF2 or a more experienced player looking to mentor newbies, feel free to join the community - with learning resources and pickup games running daily! All skill levels are welcome!

Hello everyone,

We are releasing a small patch today with some fixes for issues introduced in the previous update, as well as some extra fixes.

Servers and clients are recommended to update as soon as possible.

• Fixed bone manipulations not working clientside if ever set serverside on the same entity (Regression)
  
• Fixed regression with TTT team colors while spectating
  
• Fixed a regressive server crash to do with keyvalues
  
• Fixed some small memory leaks in dedicated server workshop handling
  
• Added `-noconclr` launch parameter to disable dedicated server console colors
  
• Partially implemented missing mat_ambient_light convars used by one of the newly added entities
  
• Fixed Half-Life: Source shotgun right click pump sounds desync
  
• Made zoom_sensitivity_ratio save across sessions
  
• Micro optimization for how C++ retrieves entities from Lua
  
• Made PLAYER:AddCleanup server only (Community Contribution)
  
• Added some new entities to Hammer (FGD) that were missed from the main update
  
• Fixed ELF_KEEP_ON_RECREATE_ENTITIES sharing value with another flag, resulting in unexpected behavior
  
• ContentIcon.Copy & SpawnIcon.Copy also copies the tooltip

Main update post can be found here:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/4000/view/521961040610590764

Artwork by "Rozy Cosmic"

The March 2025 Update is now live.


This update brings some new content to Sandbox:


There are also further localization improvements to the Sandbox gamemode, more English-only phrases are now translated to player's selected language.

We also have a new mountable game, at the request of its developer:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1786950/Klaus_Veens_Treason/

Players will be able to use maps, models and other assets from this game in Garry's Mod, once mounted through Main Menu's Games section.

This update also adds a large number of new entities to the game, mostly from newer Source Engine games. This should help mappers create even better maps, and potentially improve compatibility with maps from mountable games.


In addition, there were some improvements to the Hammer editor and map compilation tools, further benefitting mappers.


This update also brings partial custom shader support, enabling modders to create fancy effects such as this:


As usual, there is a large number of Lua API additions and fixes, as well as other miscellaneous fixes and improvements for modders as well as players.

You can find the full change list for this update in our blog post:
https://gmod.facepunch.com/blog/march-2025-update

This update requires servers to update before you can join them.

This means that for a certain period of time after the update releases you may be unable to join servers and get a message saying "The server is running an older version of the game" instead. You will have to wait for servers to update before you can join them again, as well as make sure your game is up to date.

You cannot downgrade to a previous version of the game. Please be patient and let server owners update their servers.

Ahoy, Team Fortress 2 Creators!

Get ready to set sail on a new creative adventure, as the journey into the world of naval exploration has begun!

The "Offshore" community team is calling all mapmakers, modelers and artists to join them in crafting the ultimate maritime experience.

The ocean is your canvas! Picture this: towering oil rigs, mysterious underwater bases, and rugged pirate ships. The theme is all about the deep blue sea, and they want YOU to bring it to life!

Whether you’re inspired by the gritty world of naval warfare, the thrill of underwater exploration, or the bustling life of a coastal port, there are endless possibilities for your creations.

Set your course for creativity and visit the project site to dive into all the details.

Hello everyone,

The next Garry's Mod update is coming soon.

The current plan is to release the next Garry's Mod update on 26th of March at 3PM GMT.

The update will be mandatory for all server owners, so write the date down, servers will need to be updated before they can be joined again.

You can preview the list of upcoming changes here:
https://wiki.facepunch.com/gmod/Update_Preview_Changelog

Please note this list is still work in progress and is subject to change.

We kindly ask anyone willing to help us, players, modders and server owners alike, to test this update before it releases, to minimize any potential problems on release day.

Just run your game or your (development/test) server on one of the beta versions briefly to see if any new issues crop up compared to the non-beta version of the game.

The Pre-Release Steam beta branch for Garry's Mod has been updated and contains all the changes that will be included in the next update. The "dev" and "x86-64" betas also contain all the upcoming changes.

You can report any found issues preferably on our official bug tracking repository on GitHub: (be sure to search before posting)
https://github.com/Facepunch/garrysmod-issues

Or at the very least in the comments below, or on our official Discord server or:
https://discord.com/invite/gmod

If you wish to set up a dedicated server instance using any of the beta branches, please see this article: https://wiki.facepunch.com/gmod/Downloading_a_Dedicated_Server

How to switch game branches:

1. Exit the game
   
2. Right click on Garry's Mod in Steam and select Properties
   
3. Go to the Betas tab and select your desired branch

None - This is the normal version of the game
Pre-Release - This is the next update
Dev - This is a bleeding edge version of the game, expect it to contain more bugs than usual

(Image credit: deli)

Welcome back to Łódź for poLANd.tf 2025! Spring is here, the sun is shining, and Europe’s finest TF2 teams are ready to emerge from hibernation and return to Poland once more.

This tournament sees the fourteen top teams battling it out at BaseStack, with every contender present to stake their claim as the best in Europe and take home their share of €1200.

Who will stumble? Who will fall? Who will rise to the top as unquestioned champion of the continent? There’s only one way to find out!

The LAN takes place from Friday, March 14th to Sunday, March 16th, from 2pm CET (9am EDT | 6am PDT) each day, with coverage live from Łódź by EssentialsTF on Twitch.

Dziękuję and see you there!

On March 2nd and March 9th, the battlefield will heat up as Brasil Fortress crowns the champions of their Highlander League's 1st season! The top divisions of South America will clash in an epic showdown!

Get ready for intense plays, insane moments, and high-stakes battles LIVE on LegãoTV! This is a showdown you don’t want to miss!

When? March 2nd & March 9th at 9pm BRT // 7pm EST // 12am GMT

Where? On the LegãoTV Twitch channel!

Mark your calendars and don't miss out on the action!

We're well into 2025, but it's time for the 2024 72-Hour Jam Showcase! TF2Maps is back again, showing off 64 of the most entertaining, most mind-melting creations made for last year's charity Jam! This time, they received 390 entries, with 350 of those being eligible for medals. In terms of donations, this year placed fourth, in their history, with a grand total of $6,892.66 raised for Gamers Outreach Foundation!

For more information, check out the showcase thread on TF2Maps! You can also join the TF2Maps Discord and follow TF2Maps on BlueSky!