Oct 29, 2013
Grave Matters... in CZECH!
Team Fortress 2
Thanks to our talented community translators at http://tf2.cz/, there's now a Czech version of 'Grave Matters' available for you to read here.

Oct 29, 2013
Team Fortress 2′s next Halloween update on the way, in the meantime, here’s a comic
Team Fortress 2
Scream Fortress


I like Team Fortress 2 but, at this point, I think I like Team Fortress 2 comics more. Luckily, one usually coincides with the other, meaning that everyone wins. At least, everyone except those traumatised veterans, huddled in their corner, muttering about how everything was better when this was just a patch of dust, and before fancy headwear meant that everybody looked fabulous. The next update will, inevitably, be the annual Halloween event. In preparation for that, here's a comic about some ghosts.

The TF2 blog isn't giving any hints as to what the update might contain, but - if I were to guess - I'd say a spooky 'Event' version of an existing map, and possibly some form of boss NPC. You know, like Valve have done every year. Personally, I'd quite like to see a return to the more subtle, ghostly presence of the very first Harvest event map, who's haunting I always preferred to the killable boss battles. It probably won't be that, though, what with the comic mentioning a portal to hell.

There's no timetable for the update's release. It's likely to be soon, though, because Halloween is only two days away.
Oct 28, 2013
Grave Matters
Team Fortress 2


Something is coming, everybody. Not "right now" coming but you know, we're working on it. In the meantime, here's something to get you in the proper spirit.


Oct 18, 2013
Appreciate It, Mate: Trailer For Source Filmmaker Short
Team Fortress 2 - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Graham Smith)

End of the line, for you!

The trailer for End of the Line, a Source Filmmaker short, was released in August and has 600,000 views on YouTube. Since we’ve never posted about it and around 500,000 of those viewers were me, I’m betting there’s plenty among you who haven’t seen it yet. This is your chance to correct that. (more…)

Oct 10, 2013
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
Team Fortress 2 - Valve
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 Fall 2013 Acorns Crate Key
  • Added the Fall 2013 Gourd Crate Key
  • Automated craft bots can no longer craft high-value items (i.e., hats)
  • Fixed Nessie's Nine Iron missing gameplay description
  • Fixed exploit that allowed dead players to attack living players
  • Fixed disguised Blue team Spies showing blue health particles over their heads when disguised as the Red team
  • Fixed the Sandvich meter being drawn in the HUD when the Sandvich is not equipped
  • Fixed a bug that would cause some players to be unable to change their active item preset
  • Strange Part: Kills with a Taunt Attack can now be applied to Strange Knives and Fists
  • Strange Part: Kills While Explosive-Jumping and Strange Part: Posthumous Kills can now be applied to The Loose Cannon
Oct 10, 2013
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
Team Fortress 2
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 Fall 2013 Acorns Crate Key
  • Added the Fall 2013 Gourd Crate Key
  • Automated craft bots can no longer craft high-value items (i.e., hats)
  • Fixed Nessie's Nine Iron missing gameplay description
  • Fixed exploit that allowed dead players to attack living players
  • Fixed disguised Blue team Spies showing blue health particles over their heads when disguised as the Red team
  • Fixed the Sandvich meter being drawn in the HUD when the Sandvich is not equipped
  • Fixed a bug that would cause some players to be unable to change their active item preset
  • Strange Part: Kills with a Taunt Attack can now be applied to Strange Knives and Fists
  • Strange Part: Kills While Explosive-Jumping and Strange Part: Posthumous Kills can now be applied to The Loose Cannon
Oct 3, 2013
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
Team Fortress 2 - Valve
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 the Demoman charge sound being played multiple times simultaneously
Oct 3, 2013
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
Team Fortress 2
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 the Demoman charge sound being played multiple times simultaneously
Oct 2, 2013
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
Team Fortress 2 - Valve
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 Fall 2013 Acorns Crate #72
  • Added the Fall 2013 Gourd Crate #73
  • Added a new promo item: The Grandmaster
  • Fixed several bugs that would cause inconsistent behavior when switching between or modifying loadout presets
  • Fixed a bug that would cause modifying (i.e., painting, renaming) an item to break loadout presets involving that item
  • Fixed the Ubersaw taunt attack using the incorrect deathnotice image
  • Fixed the Demoman charge sound being clipped by the weapon crit sound
  • Fixed being able to incorrectly earn the Scout achievement "Retire the Runner" by killing a Heavy who had just eaten The Buffalo Steak Sandvich
  • Updated Hardy Laurel for the Soldier and Engineer so it doesn't float on their heads
  • Updated the Summer Shades and Professor Speks so they don't float in the air during Sniper taunts
  • Updated Cp_Granary
    • Added nobuild and clipping to fix exploits above the forward spawns
    • Adjusted player shadows to reduce shadows casting through walls
    • Skybox rendering fixes
Oct 2, 2013
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
Team Fortress 2
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 Fall 2013 Acorns Crate #72
  • Added the Fall 2013 Gourd Crate #73
  • Added a new promo item: The Grandmaster
  • Fixed several bugs that would cause inconsistent behavior when switching between or modifying loadout presets
  • Fixed a bug that would cause modifying (i.e., painting, renaming) an item to break loadout presets involving that item
  • Fixed the Ubersaw taunt attack using the incorrect deathnotice image
  • Fixed the Demoman charge sound being clipped by the weapon crit sound
  • Fixed being able to incorrectly earn the Scout achievement "Retire the Runner" by killing a Heavy who had just eaten The Buffalo Steak Sandvich
  • Updated Hardy Laurel for the Soldier and Engineer so it doesn't float on their heads
  • Updated the Summer Shades and Professor Speks so they don't float in the air during Sniper taunts
  • Updated Cp_Granary
    • Added nobuild and clipping to fix exploits above the forward spawns
    • Adjusted player shadows to reduce shadows casting through walls
    • Skybox rendering fixes
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