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Team Fortress 2 Update Released

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:



Happy Smissmas 2023!
  • All players who play TF2 during the event will receive a Stuffed Stocking as a gift! Stockings contain goodies for good little Mercenaries.
  • Featuring 10 new community maps: Snowtower, Krampus, Haarp, Brew, Hacksaw, Turbine Center, Carrier, Galleria, Emerge, and Camber
  • Added the Winter 2023 Cosmetic Case
    • Contains 23 new community-contributed items
    • The Festivizer can be found as a bonus drop when opening the case
  • Added 3 new community-contributed taunts to the Mann Co. Store
    • Taunt: Cheers!
    • Taunt: Mourning Mercs
    • Taunt: Foul Play
  • Added 31 new community-created Unusual effects
    • 17 new effects for Unusual hats
    • 14 new effects for Unusual taunts
  • All cosmetic and taunt cases will grant Smissmas 2023 Unusual effects instead of their normal Unusual effects during the event. This does not include crates.
  • Mann Co. Store winter sale!
  • Smissmas runs through January 7th, 2024
General
  • Fixed missing normal map and variables for Festivized weapons (community fix from Woshee)
  • Fixed broken lighting for viewmodels in tight spaces (community fix from Stuffy360)
  • Fixed missing BLU team skin for the B.A.S.E. Jumper
  • Fixed Taunt: Roar O'War removing health after taunting with an honor bound melee weapon equipped
  • Fixed not always hiding floating health bars when the player has the hide_enemy_health attribute
  • Updated pl_corruption to fix trigger_teleports not enabling correctly
  • Updated koth_sawmill_event to fix missing material
  • Updated cp_gravelpit_snowy to improve performance
  • Updated several maps to fix localization issues

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

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:



Happy Smissmas 2023!

  • All players who play TF2 during the event will receive a Stuffed Stocking as a gift! Stockings contain goodies for good little Mercenaries.
  • Featuring 10 new community maps: Snowtower, Krampus, Haarp, Brew, Hacksaw, Turbine Center, Carrier, Galleria, Emerge, and Camber
  • Added the Winter 2023 Cosmetic Case

    • Contains 23 new community-contributed items
    • The Festivizer can be found as a bonus drop when opening the case

  • Added 3 new community-contributed taunts to the Mann Co. Store

    • Taunt: Cheers!
    • Taunt: Mourning Mercs
    • Taunt: Foul Play

  • Added 31 new community-created Unusual effects

    • 17 new effects for Unusual hats
    • 14 new effects for Unusual taunts

  • All cosmetic and taunt cases will grant Smissmas 2023 Unusual effects instead of their normal Unusual effects during the event. This does not include crates.
  • Mann Co. Store winter sale!
  • Smissmas runs through January 7th, 2024

General

  • Fixed missing normal map and variables for Festivized weapons (community fix from Woshee)
  • Fixed broken lighting for viewmodels in tight spaces (community fix from Stuffy360)
  • Fixed missing BLU team skin for the B.A.S.E. Jumper
  • Fixed Taunt: Roar O'War removing health after taunting with an honor bound melee weapon equipped
  • Fixed not always hiding floating health bars when the player has the hide_enemy_health attribute
  • Updated pl_corruption to fix trigger_teleports not enabling correctly
  • Updated koth_sawmill_event to fix missing material
  • Updated cp_gravelpit_snowy to improve performance
  • Updated several maps to fix localization issues

TFConnect 2023

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TFConnect returns this snowy December 16th-17th!

Since 2018, TFConnect has raised over $80,000 for charities including this year’s cause, SpecialEffect. This charity has a profoundly positive impact on quality of life, confidence and rehabilitation of disabled gamers. TFConnect is back with a live, in-person event bringing all kinds of streamers, content creators and cosplayers together. There will be TF2 themed game-shows, Tabletop games, hot-sauce challenges, painting and gaming, and more giveaways than ever in the Smissmas spirit. Participating online are some big personalities, voice actors and content creators!

The event stream on December 16th-17th will start at 12pm CET (11am GMT / 6am ET), and will be live on the KritzKast channel!

You can join in on the giving as donations are open now on the TFConnect website. Be sure to enter the sweepstakes, too!

The event will be streamed live on KritzKast’s Twitch channel, and you can keep up to date with the team by following TFConnect and KritzKast on Twitter / X.

Important Links:


TFConnect 2023





TFConnect returns this snowy December 16th-17th!




Since 2018, TFConnect has raised over $80,000 for charities including this year’s cause, SpecialEffect. This charity has a profoundly positive impact on quality of life, confidence and rehabilitation of disabled gamers. TFConnect is back with a live, in-person event bringing all kinds of streamers, content creators and cosplayers together. There will be TF2 themed game-shows, Tabletop games, hot-sauce challenges, painting and gaming, and more giveaways than ever in the Smissmas spirit. Participating online are some big personalities, voice actors and content creators!




The event stream on December 16th-17th will start at 12pm CET (11am GMT / 6am ET), and will be live on the KritzKast channel!




You can join in on the giving as donations are open now on the TFConnect website. Be sure to enter the sweepstakes, too!




The event will be streamed live on KritzKast’s Twitch channel, and you can keep up to date with the team by following TFConnect and KritzKast on Twitter / X.




Important Links:



Operation Firmware Frenzy


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The snow is falling, and holiday cheer is in the air. To celebrate the holiday season, Gray Gravel Co. has unleashed global robot hordes that are leaner, meaner, and probably also machiner than before. Get ready, because this party is going to be EXPLOSIVE!

Operation Firmware Frenzy is a new Mann vs. Machine charity event brought to you by Moonlight MvM featuring 4 advanced and 4 expert missions across 7 maps. Complete 5 missions to earn an in-game star medal! Event servers are available worldwide in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

If the expert missions are too easy for you, then test your mettle on the brand-new master difficulty mission. WHAT?! That’s right, Moonlight MvM has released a new highest difficulty for only the most daring. Assemble a team to see if you have what it takes to be the best.

If this impossible challenge didn’t shrink your heart, you can also donate to The American Heart Association to help treat and prevent heart disease around the world. Up to 4 in-game medals are up for grabs for donating $6, $12, $18, and $24 USD. Click here for more information on how to donate.

Interested in making your own custom MvM content? New submissions are already open for the next event! Check out the guide for MvM content creation or join the Moonlight MvM Discord for more information. All contributors will earn a special in-game creator medal!

Good luck, and be fast, as this tour will end on January 2, 2024!

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