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 an exploit related to clients uploading files to servers
• Fixed a problem that allowed clients to have an out-of-date, corrupt, or modified version of items_game.txt
  • TF2 will not run if a bad items_game.txt file is found
  • If your items_game.txt file is reported as being corrupt, delete any items_game.txt files you have added and verify your TF2 installation
• Updated Mann Co. Store prices for foreign currencies to current USD equivalents
• Fixed a timing problem with the Rancho Relaxo taunt animation
• Removed the Limited Late Summer Crate from the crate drop list
• Limited Late Summer Crates can no longer be opened
• Removed the Limited Late Summer Crate Key from the Mann Co. Store
• Limited Late Summer Crate Keys have been converted to Mann Co. Supply Crate Keys
• Fixed Linux dedicated servers not showing up in the LAN serverbrowser tab when using sv_lan 1
• Fixed the Duels leaderboard not displaying current counts
• Added the explosion particles to the list of files that we always enforce consistency on
• Added ConVar tf_classlimit
  • When set, limit each class to the specified value
  • Works in any game mode, but overridden in Tournament mode and Highlander mode
• Updated the model/materials for the Runner's Warm-Up to fix a lighting issue
• Updated the equip_regions for the Couvre Corner and the Pocket Heavy
• Updated rd_asteroid
  • Continued art-pass process
• Updated the vote system
  • Fixed team-specific vote sounds/notifications playing/showing for the ineligible team
  • sv_vote_issue_restart_game_allowed default changed to off
  • Added sv_vote_issue_restart_game_allowed_mvm (on by default)
  • Added "Enable/Disable Class Limits" vote
    • Controlled by sv_vote_issue_classlimits_allowed (off by default)
      • Limit controlled by sv_vote_issue_classlimits_max (default 4)
    • Controlled by sv_vote_issue_classlimits_allowed_mvm in Mann vs. Machine (off by default)
      • Limit controlled by sv_vote_issue_classlimits_max_mvm in Mann vs. Machine (default 2)

Good news, everybody! We've decided to release the latest issue of our annual comic book six months early!

And what an issue it is! This double-sized monster has got it all, folks! All the action! All the words we know! 113 pulse-crushing, revelation-choked pages! It took us years to write but thanks to modern reading techniques, it will only take you minutes to read!

That said, we hope you're not scared of skeletons, because yours is about to fall out of your gaping mouth when you get a load of the shocking plot twists inside this issue.

Read on for Part Four of Team Fortress Comics: Blood in the Water!

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:

• Improved memory usage for Mac clients
• Fixed an exploit that allowed item nametags to go beyond the 40 character limit
• Fixed a bug where reflected rocket explosions from non-stock flamethrowers would cause the flame sound to loop
• tf_teamtalk is now on by default - the dead can talk to the living
• When you mute a player, the mute settings now apply to text chat as well as voice chat. If you want the previous behavior, change convar cl_mute_all_comms to 0.
• More weapon models are now loaded on demand to reduce overall memory usage
• Added "Enable/Disable Auto TeamBalance" votes
  • Successful votes will enable/disable team player count balancing
  • Use sv_vote_issue_autobalance_allowed to control if this vote is enabled on the server
  • Votes not allowed in Mann vs. Machine, Medieval mode, Arena mode, Tournament Mode, or Training
• Updated rd_asteroid
  • Increased overtime to 45 seconds
  • Added more sound cues when overtime starts
  • Dropped reactor cores now blink on the HUD when they are about to return
  • Added latest art assets to blue base exterior

It was one of the tightest Saxxy races we've ever had, with a lot of heated debate here at Valve. But even with so many great entries, it's still a contest, and someone's got to win.

Luckily, someone did! Announcing the winners of the 2014 Saxxy Awards! Head over and check them out. All winners will get an exclusive, highly rare in-game Saxxy Award, and The Overall Winner's getting flown out to Seattle to spend some time with us here at Valve.

It's Hollywood legend that a young Steven Spielberg broke into the Universal lot to start his movie career. Less well known is that Francis Ford Coppola poisoned the head of development at Paramount with bleach, or that George Lucas knifed six guards in a prison riot to get Star Wars made.

There are two takeaways from this. One: America's filmmakers are degenerate thugs. Two: Security was a lot more relaxed in the Seventies. We wouldn't advise aspiring young filmmakers trying anything like that in 2014.

Luckily, you don't have to. Introducing the nominees for the 2014 Saxxy Awards, who were able to be incredibly creative without being the prime suspect in a string of brutal unsolved murders in 1974 (John Carpenter).

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 dedicated server crash during changelevel
• Fixed a case where Mann vs. Machine badge levels weren't being displayed correctly
• Added missing sound for rd_asteroid

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 bug that was causing item descriptions to not display properly

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 caused by using custom HUD 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 Limited Late Summer Crate Key to the Mann Co. Store. Available until October 13, 2014.
• Fixed the Limited label not being displayed for items on the Steam Community Market or in the Steam backpack
• Fixed colorization of item level description line for Limited items
• Added tournament medals for BETA LAN 2014
• Added a NEW! label to new items in your backpack until you mouse over them
• Fixed a case where cosmetic items would be orphaned in the world
  • R.I.P. Captain Canteen
• Fixed not being able to open the Taunt menu during the bonus time on an Arena map
• Fixed a dedicated server crash related to bot Spies
• Fixed item level not displaying correctly in the Mann vs. Machine lobby
• Updated the auto-balance code to immediately respawn players that are automatically switched, or that voluntarily switch, during a balancing period
  • Not supported in Mann vs. Machine, Medieval mode, Arena mode, Tournament Mode, or Training
• Updated the removeid command to support Steam2 and Steam3 ID formats
• Updated the materials for The Atomic Accolade
• Updated the equip_region for The Special Eyes
• Updated rd_asteroid
  • Added a 45 second overtime when a team reaches max points
  • Added placeholder pickup ship and robot worker to indicate a team has reached max points
  • Added a sound to captured and returned points as they fill the progress bar
  • Captured and returned points now fill the progress bar faster
  • Progress bar escrow indicator now stays in place as points are added
  • Touching the reactor core no longer fully resets the return timer. Every second the reactor core is held will add a second to the return timer.
• Virtual Reality Mode
  • Fixed selecting the wrong refresh rate when running on a display that does not use the desktop refresh rate

The summer blockbuster season is over, which means we're heading into Oscar season, which means a lot fewer movies with talking raccoons breaking out of space jail and Captain Americas Legolassing fighter jets and a lot more movies with Colin Firth being sad.

But just because theater movies won't get fun again for six months doesn't mean there isn't anything good to watch. Why? Because voting has started on the Fourth Annual Saxxy Awards! With Portal and Left 4 Dead assets now in the mix, this promises to be the biggest Saxxys yet.

Voting ends 11:59PM PDT on Monday, September 29th, so if you want your upvotes and downvotes to get counted, get in there and start watching! (Also, if you could help us out, don't forget to downvote entries that violate the Saxxy Awards rules: No ads, and the short must link to any music/assets that weren t created by the submitter.) Head over to Source Filmmaker for more information and contest rules.