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 .nav file for Kong King
  
• Fixed the missing Kong King map stamp image in the Mann Co. Store
  

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 map Koth_King
  
• Added the Ready Steady Pan tournament medals
  
• Added new promo items
  
• Fixed a Medigun exploit that could leave players indefinitely invulnerable
  
• Fixed sentry gun sometimes placing wrong, being rotated into the ground and pointing upward
  
• Renamed "The Huo Long Heatmaker" to "The Huo-Long Heater"
  
• Updated the localization files
  
• Updated the Neon Annihilator
  • Materials now animate
    
  • Damage penalty only applies to players (not buildings)
    
  • Can damage sappers

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:

• Fix server crash bug caused by setting tf_mm_servermode before map command
  
• Increased The Red Tape Recorder's downgrade speed from 1.6 seconds to 3.0 seconds.
  
• Fixed The Huo Long Heatmaker not consuming additional ammo while firing
  
• Fixed building health compounding after being downgraded
  
• Fixed direction arrow showing on teleporter exits
  
• Cleaver is now available in Medieval mode
  
• Fixed missing Lollichop taunt sound
  
• Fixed item conflicts with The Champ Stamp
  
• Fixed item conflicts with The Triad Trinket
  

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)

• Marked mem_force_flush as a cheat to prevent client exploits
  
• Fixed %n console crash in the client
  

Team Fortress 2

• Added new items:
  • The Red-Tape Recorder
    
  • The Huo Long Heatmaker
    
  • The Flying Guillotine
    
  • The Neon Annihilator
    
  • The Triad Trinket
    
  • The Champ Stamp
    
  • The Marxman
    
  • The Human Cannonball
• Added new promo items
  
• Fixed sappers attaching incorrectly to teleporters that are still building
  
• Improved reliability for finding a coach
  
• Fixed Engineer training shotgun and pistol images being swapped
  
• Fixed GetPlayerItems web APIs not respecting inventory privacy settings
  
• Quickplay beta: Fixed bug causing game servers to sometimes stop receiving traffic upon victory condition
  
• Quickplay beta: Added more status information while in the matchmaking queue
  

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 dedicated servers not being able to set sv_region
  

Team Fortress 2

• Fixed Replay/SourceTV clients getting kicked when quickplay servers hibernate
  

Source Engine Changes (TF2, DoD:S, HL2:DM)

• Fixed Unicode characters getting stripped from player names
  

Source Engine Changes (TF2, DoD:S, HL2:DM)

• Added sv_namechange_cooldown_seconds, to throttle clients from changing their name too rapidly. (Defaults to 20 seconds)
  
• Added sv_netspike_on_reliable_snapshot_overflow to selectively enable the automatic dumping of netspike file if a client drops due to "reliable snapshot overflow" (defaults to 0, which disables the debugging)
  
• Added check to prevent player names from containing color codes
  
• setinfo console command will now reject attempts to set / change convars with any unusual characters
  

Team Fortress 2

• Fix a bug that caused gameservers to not properly receive client inventory updates. (Frequent cause of the "The server you are playing on has lost connection to the item server" error message.)
  
• Fixed not being able to equip all-class items properly
  
• Fixed the DX8 water effect
  
• Fixed the Beggar's Bazooka misfiring with 100% crits after firing a crit rocket
  
• Fixed the Strange Sandman not accepting the Posthumous Kills strange part
  

Source Engine Changes (TF2, DoD:S, HL2:DM)

• Fixed a client crash on exit (after connecting to a server using sv_pure)
  

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 Pyromania cosmetic items to the Mann Co. store
  
• All ash-related items have been faded away to dust
  
• Fixed Strange Escape Plans not counting kills
  
• Fixed missing strings for the ESL medals
  

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 ESL Season VI and Season VII medals
  
• Fixed a client/server crash when re-connecting to the item server
  
• Fixed The Business Casual tie not being blue for the Blue team
  
• Fixed body groups not hiding correctly on ragdolls