(Image credit: SFM - BloodiestBanana, Illustrator - Max Shortt) For the third consecutive year, KritzKast presents ÜBERFEST LAN! This year it's not just the players who'll be celebrating! Viewers at home (or wherever you enjoy top-tier European 6s esports) will have cause for merriment! Anyone who tunes in and watches a few hours of the event live stream will receive an exclusive in-game viewer…
(Image credit: MetalCloud) CLTF2 is announcing their Halloween Cup, a new event to help get ready for Halloween! This time around players can expect Highlander 9v9 action but with the twist of playing on Halloween themed maps! Sign-ups for the Halloween Cup are already open and run until the 6th of September. The first set of matches will be generated shortly after sign-ups close. All regions a…
In a desperate effort to attain ultimate global dominance, RED and BLU race to conquer the final frontier! Destination – the Moon! TF2 Painter's Workshop is proud to host a new community project that aims to revive and expand upon the Moon Base theme ! They're encouraging all kinds of participation and will be considering cosmetics, war paints, maps, weapons, weapon unusuals, map assets and mor…
Announcing the RGL 6s Newcomer Cup with training intensive by TF2 Coaching Central! RGL, the largest North American competitive TF2 league, is running their next 6s Newcomer Cup September 4-6! In conjunction, TF2 Coaching Central (TF2CC) will run a four week training intensive, where eligible players with no to minimal competitive experience will be put into teams and assigned a coach to teach…
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: · Updated Taxi Cabbed war paint · Fixed mip settings on the stickers · Fixed using the incorrect wear texture · Updated/Added some tournament medals · Updated koth_dryfield · Fixed the teleporter prison exploit · Fixed the broken geometry of the R…
Ten years ago, CappingTV started casting Team Fortress 2 matches to whoever would watch. This July, the last decade comes full circle at Fortress Arena in Melbourne, where LAN Downunder 2026 will crown Australia's next TF2 champion on July 18-19th! Eight teams will make the trip, and the storylines write themselves. BLG and j*b, last year's grand finalists, are both back and neither is interest…
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 missing sound for Taunt: Circuit Breaker · Renamed "Northern Nights" Summer 2026 Unusual effect to "Polar Prism" · Updated the Floral Growth Unusual effect to fix orientation/position problems · Updated the Bald Spotter · Adjusted vertex n…
(Image credit: MetalCloud) On July 24-26th, the top four teams in RGL will be flying out to Philadelphia, PA, for the Season 20 LAN Playoffs and a chance to prove who is the best team in North America! Come watch in person or catch all of the action live on the RGL.gg Twitch Stream . Below are the match schedules for July 25th - 26th (July 24th is an optional preparation day for PC time, player…
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: · Updated the Beachcomber's Brim to fix an incorrect material · Updated Taunt: The Circuit Breaker · Fixed incorrect team color on prop · Fixed orphaned particles · Updated the Inglorious Patriot · Adjusted the normal map and refined the colors ·…
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: · Updated the Beachcomber's Brim to add a second style that was originally missed · Updated the Northern Nights, Umbral Lights, and Solar Singed Unusual effects to fix a naming conflict · Updated the Blissful Butterflies and Wispful Wings Unusual…
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: Summer 2026! · Featuring 6 new community maps: Dryfield, Camp Saxton, Shorelight, Redwood, Premuda, and Mojave · Added the Summer 2026 Cosmetic Case · Contains 24 new community-contributed items · Has a chance to give a taunt Unusualifier as a bon…
The commentary podcast Upon Further Review, UFR, is hosting a public contest for anyone to enter! They're giving prospective content creators the opportunity to have their videos shown to thousands of people, as well as be reviewed by a panel of established and accomplished TF2 YouTubers! All submissions will receive feedback and constructive criticism. Beginners and veterans are equally welcom…
(Image credit: MetalCloud) Jump Fortress is back and more ambitious than ever! They're proud to present their most exciting rocket jumping tournament yet: The Jump Fortress Play-Offs ! After months of tournaments and open qualifiers, the stage has been set. The world's best jumpers head to a two-stage, double-elimination showdown across both Soldier and Demoman, all over three days of racing. T…
After more than six months of stealth development, a super duper secret alpha, and a ton of broken sentry guns, TFCL is back and ready for public testing! TFCL is a North American competitive 6v6 league. Registration for TFCL's Alpha Season 2 opened on May 21st and runs through July 5th! To make things even more awesome, they're throwing a $504 prize pool at this season! And medals, of course.…
(Image credit: soda) Europe's best Highlander teams are duking it out in ETF2L's 35th Premiership Grand Final, with 3AM looking to threepeat as Europe's best! But GANJA look to emerge victorious with a lower bracket run! Tune in live on Saturday, May 30th, at 3:15 PM EDT / 9:15 PM CEST as Europe's finest will be battling on Upward, Vigil, and Product with the decider in this best of 3 final! Im…
AsiaFortress is back with its Summer 6s finals! After a dominant season, can the favorites close it out? Tune in live on Saturday, May 30th, at 9:00 PM SGT / 3:00 PM CEST. Important Links: · Twitch · Discord · AsiaFortress
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 crash related to wearables leaking when weapons are dropped (community fix from Sean McGeehan)
(Image credit: InstalerUP) Moscow LAN 2026 signups are open! The fourth Moscow LAN will take place August 15-16th, 2026. Registration for teams is open until July 31, 2026. See you there! Important Links: · Discord · VK
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 crash related to KeyValues · Fixed Mk.II Botkiller eyes not glowing in the dark (community fix from Whurrhurr) · Fixed Halloween spell attribute text being grayed out during full moons (community fix from FrozenDragon) · Fixed attachments…
(Image credit: washy) The Year of the Horse has arrived, and Potato.TF thinks that calls for a celebration! After asking every horse in the area the best ways to enjoy this year, it was unfortunately nays across the board. Unsure what to take from this, Potato.TF decided to celebrate the best way they could think of: bringing back Memes vs Machines! The horses did give one piece of advice: do n…
(Image credit: Concept artist - Endi, SFM artist - BloodiestBanana, Illustrator - Max Shortt) This is where they'd put the trophy... Are you the sort with a healthy dose of ideas but nowhere to use them? Have you just had one now and are wondering where you're going to find a plastic pelican at this hour? Then oh-boy does KritzKast have the competition for you! KritzKast are looking for those w…
(Image credit: Max Shortt) Fireside Casts will be hosting their Cam's Cup Highlander tournament starting this Friday, April 17, @ 3:30PM EDT! The event honors a North American community member that recently passed away. Featuring 12 teams of 9 players, captains will gather to do a live draft the day before matches. The 12 teams will then be sorted into three divisions relevant to the teams' ass…
(Image credit: Waltz) TF2 Painter's Workshop is proud to announce the winners of the Americana Contest have been chosen! The submission scores were averaged between five judges according to three criteria: Theme Adherence/Concept, Execution, and Personal Preference . All of the winning submissions and the extras which scored at or above a 9/15 have been included in The Americana Collection ! Th…
MGE.tf is launching a new season with the addition of 1v1 competition and the debut of a new region: Asia! Players will now be able to compete in both 1v1 and 2v2 leagues across North America, Europe, and Asia! Players will face off in weekly deathmatch games against opponents of similar skill levels, creating a structured environment where everyone, from brand new players to top professionals,…
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 client crash related to material proxies · Fixed Scout.NegativeVocalization04 sounds in Mann vs. Machine not playing because of a typo in the volume (community fix from That Hat Guy) · Fixed The Spy-cicle not using its icicle lightwarp (co…
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 issue where players could impersonate TF2 system messages by exploiting color control codes · Fixed a bug where certain custom maps would not load assets correctly on Linux · Fixed some crashes relating to singleplayer TF2 SDK mods · Fi…
(Image credit: deli) Dzień dobry, howdy and welcome to poLANd.tf 2026! Twice now the greatest teams in Europe have descended upon Łódź, Poland, to do battle and decide who truly can call themselves the best, in hard-fought, gritty battles of will and determination. This time, the competition goes a step beyond: North America is sending its representatives, too! No longer will the last team stan…
(Image credit: Metalcloud) United Dodgeball League is excited to relaunch with a brand new tournament! This time, teams consisting of 3 players will compete throughout a marathon of four weeks in a Swiss style tournament bracket. Medals will be given out to all participants, and the 3 teams that finish on top will be given medals as well as prizes . Players of all skill levels are welcome to si…
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