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 AsiaFortress Cup Season 11 tournament medals
• Added the Chapelaria Ultiduo Season 1 tournament medals
• Added the TFCL 6v6 Alpha and Season 2 tournament medals
• Added the TFCL Ultiduo Alpha, Season 2, and Season 3 tournament medals
• Added the Blapature Co. Contributor 2017 community event medal
• Added the TF2Maps 72hr TF2Jam Summer Participant 2017 community medal
• Fixed a server crash related to vote-kick
• Fixed a client crash related to previewing bundles in the Mann Co. Store
• Fixed being able to accept a duel request during the round-end bonus time
• Fixed rockets fired by Halloween bosses not displaying particle effects if Halloween is not active (community request)
• Strange Soda Poppers can now accept Critical Kills strange parts
• Updated the localization files
• Mannpower update
  • All-class
    • Players can no longer taunt when grappled to an enemy (you can still taunt if an enemy has grappled to you)
    • Players can no longer grapple while frozen before a round starts or while stunned
    • Fixed not equipping the grapple when accepting the prompt about equipping it
  • Engineer
    • Halved the number of wrench hits needed to upgrade buildings
  • Pyro
    • Reduced grapple movement speed when hooked into another player because of their advantage in close quarters
    • Reduced the rate of rage gain when carrying a powerup
  • Agility
    • Reduced grapple movement speed bonus when carrying the intelligence
  • Knockout
    • Reduced melee damage bonus
    • Updated health bonus per class
      • Spy, Sniper, Engineer, Scout, and Heavy increased
      • Medic, Soldier, and Demoman unchanged
      • Pyro and Demoknight decreased
  • Precision
    • Removed radius damage falloff on explosive projectiles
    • Removed self-blast damage
  • Resistance and Vampire
    • Added immunity to reflect damage

The Blapature Co. Summer Jam is a 24 Hour Team Fortress 2 charity livestream, featuring a host of personalities from the TF community. Their previous charity livestream raised over $800 for Child's Play, and their work with Rally Call has raised over ?4000 for International Animal Rescue. This past weekend, Blapature Co. supported Child's Play again, with a donation target of $2000, which they have absolutely blown away! But don't worry if you missed it! There's still time to donate and show your support. Click here to do just that and here to check out Blapature Co.'s Twitch channel.

TFCL is proud to annouce their third official season of Ultiduo! Complete with medals, a prize pool, and a single division, this season boasts a total of 6 regular season matches, starting August 12th. But hurry, the registration deadline is August 9th. Click here to sign up and learn 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 ozfortress Season 19, ETF2L 6v6 Mid Season 27, and ETF2L Fresh Meat Challenge tournament medals
• Fixed multiple security issues reported by Justin Taft from One Up Security, LLC
• Updated the localization files

The National Heavy Boxing League is the largest competitive Heavy Boxing League on Steam, and they've just opened registration for their 7th Season! Register now to become a Heavy Boxer, Referee, Commentator, Group Sponsor, or Donator. But click quickly because tournaments start this August! Click here to register and learn 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:

• Fixed UI not displaying the "Searching..." panel when queued for competitive matchmaking

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 Arms Race 3 community medals
• Added FBTF Cup 6v6 Season 4 tournament medals
• Players who leave a Casual or MvM match for any reason cannot be re-matched into the match in question for a few minutes
• Players who are vote-kicked from a Casual or MvM match cannot be re-matched into the match in question for several hours
• Fixed Competitive match history sometimes appearing as empty when connection to matchmaking servers is lost
• Fixed a crash when exiting the client
• Fixed teleporters teleporting players that respawn or change team during the teleport animation
  • This fixes an exploit possible when playing on some "instant respawn" community servers
• Fixed the Neutron Star unusual effect being occasionally displaced after the player respawns
• Fixed Rescue Ranger bolts healing disposable sentries in MvM
• Fixed some text in the UI only displaying the first character on OS X and Linux
• Updated localization files

Saddle up and put on your killing caps, because Arms Race wants to see what new, creative murder machines you can bring to the table! Boasting a number of contracts, each with their own prizes, this weapons design contest is sure to get your trigger finger itching. But don't wait too long, the deadline is July 31st at 8pm UTC. Click here to learn about prizes, entry and more.