Team Fortress 2 News

As Team Fortress 2 veterans gaze at Deadlock with interest and envy, steadfast fans are still waiting for Valve to notice them

It’s probably unfair to say Team Fortress 2 is on life support—Steam Workshop content is implemented regularly enough and the recent bot banwaves show Valve at least has a hand (or pinky finger) on the wheel—but it has been a hot minute since the game has had a meaningful content drop. The elder statesman FPS still gets its annual, community-led Summer Update, but it’s coming up on seven long years since Valve threw its weight behind TF2 with the Jungle Inferno update that brought new maps, items, and Pyro balancing. Valve implied the same treatment would be coming to the Heavy as well, but so far, every content update since has come with the same caveat: manage your expectations...
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ETF2L Highlander Summer '24 Grand Final

(Image credit: Baguettes)

We've reached the apex of the current ETF2L Highlander season! This is a Premiership Grand Final that promises to be the fiercest in recent years! Top seed, 4House, takes on the multi-season reigning champion, SDCK!, having beaten them handily earlier in the season. These two powerhouses will resume battle across three separate maps on Thursday, September 12th, at 21:15 CEST / 12:15pm PDT!

Could this finally be the season that someone rips the ETF2L Premiership Highlander crown from the vice-like grip of SDCK!? Be sure to watch the action and find out!

Join the Twitch stream live!
Watch later on YouTube!

ETF2L Highlander Summer '24 Grand Final

(Image credit: Baguettes)

We've reached the apex of the current ETF2L Highlander season! This is a Premiership Grand Final that promises to be the fiercest in recent years! Top seed, 4House, takes on the multi-season reigning champion, SDCK!, having beaten them handily earlier in the season. These two powerhouses will resume battle across three seperate maps on Thursday, September 12th, at 21:15 CEST / 12:15pm PDT!

Could this finally be the season that someone rips the ETF2L Premiership Highlander crown from the vice-like grip of SDCK!? Be sure to watch the action and find out!

Join the Twitch stream live!

Watch later on YouTube!

The save Team Fortress 2 petition lands at Valve HQ with over 340,000 names

Remember somewhat recently there was a new campaign to highlight bot issues in Team Fortress 2 (TF2)? This was part of the SaveTF2 petition, which gathered over 340,000 names and now it's at Valve's HQ.

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/the-save-team-fortress-2-petition-lands-at-valve-hq-with-over-340000-names

A book with names from a 340,000-player TF2 petition has been hardbound and sent to Valve, as part of the #SaveTF2 campaign

Team Fortress 2 is—second only to Half-Life—probably what you think of when you picture a Valve game. It's built a huge, passionate player base of loyal fans who have, from an outsider's perspective, been stuck in a sisyphean, circular nightmare of bots and banwaves for some time now...
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