An update posted to the Team Fortress 2 blog teases "something brand new" for Valve's free-to-play online shooter. No word yet on what it is, but Valve did say it wasn't a hat, and it wasn't a new map. Could it be a new class? A new layer to its microtransaction system? Gordon Freeman? Err, sorry about that last guess, I just really miss Half-Life...
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The second annual holiday-themed "Australian Christmas" update, features two retro-futuristic “Dr. Grordbort” class packs for the Engineer and Pyro, designed by Weta Workshop’s Greg Broadmore.

In addition to the class packs, the update will also ship 14 new holiday-themed weapons, hats and cosmetic items by the TF community’s item creators, using the Steam Workshop. “CP_Foundry,” a new five-cap control point map designed by Valve’s TF2 team, comes with 12 ma... [read more]

Source Engine Changes (CS:S, DoD:S, TF2, HL2:DM)
Fixed a client crash during demo playback
Fixed a SourceTV crash
Dedicated servers can now have both SourceTV and Replay enabled at once
"replay [config file]" and "+tv_enable 1" should be used to launch the server

Team Fortress 2
Added TF birthday replacement models for health kits and ammo packs
Added TF birthday Party Hat and Noisemaker
Fixed The Short Circuit attacking friendly projectiles
Fixed The Sho... [read more]

Source Engine Changes (CS:S, DoD:S, TF2, HL2:DM)
Added libgcc_s.so.1 to supply dependency for some Linux distributions that do not come with this file

Team Fortress 2
Added the Deus Ex promo items
Added a bell when the Sniper Rifle is fully charged
Toggled in the Adv. Options dialog
Fixed disguised Spies showing their critboost status
Fixed a replay render bug where .wav files did not get written for raw TGA/WAV export
Updated the localization files
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Jody syncs you up on the latest news for Fallout: New Vegas - Lonely Road, Steam trading, The HotSpot, and more!
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Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Team Fortress 2
Renamed The Tamrielic Relic to The Dragonborn Helmet
Updated The Original, The Dragonborn Helmet, The Anger, The Pip-Boy, and The Wingstick so they can be purchased/crafted/traded/found
Updated the gamehaptics file
Added draw/recoil/reload/crit forces for The Original
Updated the localization files
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Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Source Engine Changes (CS:S, DoD:S, TF2, HL2:DM)
Added a check to prevent kicking Replay and SourceTV clients from servers

Team Fortress 2
Added new items for upcoming promotions
Fixed a case where health overheal wasn't being applied when multiple healers were involved
Fixed the new Gravelpit backgrounds using the wrong filename
Updated the M... [read more]

Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Source Engine Changes (CS:S, DoD:S, TF2, HL2:DM)
Fix a crash bug during changelevel when the Steam client is unable to init
Reduced the frequency of diagnostic messages for out-of-range positions and velocities

Team Fortress 2
Added the Red Orchestra 2 promo items
Fix a crash bug related to the Righteous Bison
Fix a bug where the increased_max... [read more]

Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Team Fortress 2
Added From Dust promotional content.
Fixed a problem with the application of team-colored paints.
Fixed Mac-only replay editor crash.
“Meet the Medic” startup music added.
Definitely did not add cheats for upcoming Free-2-Play Invitational Cup.
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Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Team Fortress 2
Fixed a damage calculation in the Mantreads on Linux server, which could cause a physics crash
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