Prepare yourself! The UGC League Fall Season is about to start! Come join the players that played last season for some competitive TF2 action! Players of all skill levels are welcome to come play in their Highlander, 6v6, 4v4 and Ultiduo leagues!

The first week of matches starts Monday, October 5th, and there is no cost to play. The UGC has divisions across North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia/New Zealand. Players from any of these regions are encouraged to sign up and join the fun!

In-game medals will be awarded to players who test their mettle! The UGC has awarded nearly 168,000 medals since 2011!

Visit the UGC website and Discord for more information, learn how to play, look for players or to find a team!

(Image credit - Chicken Burger, Dan Greene, Sheila Lieber)

You’re invited to Lockdown Throwdown 2, a 6v6 Cup managed by Phoenix Red. The prize pool, provided by mannco.store and KritzKast, has been raised to 300 keys!

You can catch the event live on KritzKast’s Twitch channel. This two-day cup starts Saturday, September 12th, at 16:25 CEST | 09:25 Central and concludes on Sunday, September 13th, at the same time.

Be sure to subscribe to the YouTube channel to watch the VODs later!

(Image credit - "7" art by AxioMr. "2" art by Veliass. "J" art by Barno, Majora, and SediSocks. "A" art by JeddyK. "M" art by hutty.)

Get ready to Jam this weekend! The annual 72-Hour Jam is back for 2020, and the whole community is invited to take part! Starting Friday, September 4th, at 6pm GMT (11 AM PDT), you have 72 hours to make whatever Team Fortress 2 creation your heart desires - whether it be a map, a cosmetic, a game, or even a physical craft - the sky’s the limit!

This year, the Jam’s charity drive is supporting Direct Relief and their COVID-19 relief efforts. Anyone who donates $5 or more to the drive is eligible to receive this year’s in-game charity medal. Donate here!

For more information, check out the thread on TF2Maps or join the TF2Maps Discord. And be sure to follow @TF2Maps on Twitter for live coverage over the weekend!

Happy Jamming!

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 bsp-embedded models caching rules to allow for reloading the correct model when transitioning to a different map
• Fixed a couple instances that were not correctly checking for anti-aliasing being disabled
• Fixed the name of the Replica Titanium Tank 2020 medal
• Updated The Flatliner to fix a problem when taunting
• Updated the Hazard Headgear to fix a problem with the material
• Updated the Crabe de Chapeau to add the smoke effect
• Updated The Sophisticated Smoker
  • Fixed some clipping issues
  • Added the smoke effect
  • Updated the backpack image
• Updated the Hypno-eyes
  • Added a style that was not included in the original release
  • Updated the equip_region

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 the Summer 2020 Cosmetic Case
  • Contains 22 new community-contributed items
  • Adds 4 new community-created Unusual effects
• Fixed an issue where values computed from server bounded ConVars could be incorrect on the client and therefore possibly exploitable
• Fixed Australium Medigun/Wrench items not dropping for the Mann vs. Machine rewards
• Fixed the chat window not always being restored to the appropriate place
• Fixed Competitive badges not displaying correctly
• Increased the default caps_per_round for Mannpower mode
• Updated the Watch Streams dialog to open the Twitch page
• Updated cp_granary with a permanent Soldier statue
• Updated/Added some tournament medals
• Updated the localization files

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We’re in the midst of Grand Finals week, and there are lots of events happening!

* TFLIVETV and CappingTV have already covered the ozfortress Season 28 Premiership Grand Final, which is now available on Twitch.

* ETF2L's Season 36 Grand Final matches start on Wednesday, August 12th, with the Mid division being streamed on teamfortress.tv. Stay with teamfortress.tv on Sunday, August 16th, for ETF2L's Premiership Grand Final where the dominant SVIFT will face the only team to have worried them this season, nerdRage.

* UGC's EU Season 31 Highlander Platinum Grand Final has SDCK! going against Gimme opponent! on Monday, August 17th, and will be streamed on KritzKast's Twitch channel.

* Finally, ETF2L's Season 36 Division 1 Grand Final has веазтмоде going against FIVE GUYS LIVE on Thursday, August 20th, and will be streamed on KritzKast's Twitch channel brought to you by Antlion's Modmic Wireless.

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Operation Titanium Tank returns for a limited time! Complete all 6 missions on this classic advanced-difficulty community Mann vs Machine tour and win an in-game tank medal! Official servers are available in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Click here to start playing!

This time around, donations are open for IRONAID, a COVID-19 support fund by the IRONMAN Foundation. Hordes of deadly robots are bad enough, but a pandemic on top of that? Absolutely unacceptable. Each contribution towards the IRONAID fund means our soldiers on the front lines can worry less about the coronavirus and more about the hordes of deadly robots!

Donations of $5 USD will earn an in-game golden heart donor medal, $10 will earn an in-game rainbow heart donor medal, and $15 will earn both donor medals! Click here for instructions on how to donate. Item donations can be made on our ScrapTF page.

Have fun, but don't delay, because this tour will end on September 30th, 2020!

People always talk about what a great musician Mozart was. But you know who never updated any of his albums with free music? Go ahead, guess.

Did you guess Team Fortress 2? Bzzt. Wrong. Because we're adding three new numbers from our Jungle Inferno update to the TF2 Fight Songs album. If you bought Fight Songs on Steam, you don't have to do anything, because the songs have automatically been added to your account.

If you bought Fight Songs somewhere else, or even if you didn’t buy Fight Songs, or even if you stole Fight Songs, or did any of those things and then later sold Fight Songs, or bought a recording studio out of spite and recorded a competing version of Fight Songs… look, you’re not on trial here. Download all three songs for free and we’ll forget the whole thing ever happened.

Anyway, did you guess yet? Did you guess Mozart? Because that’s what we guessed, too. Except we looked him up while you were reading and it turns out he’s famous for updating all his hit albums. But you know what he hasn’t done yet? Make his sheet music and Sibelius files available for free, like we’re doing literally right now: Sheet music. Sibelius files. Checkmate, Mozart. See you in hell.

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:

• Accounts that are unable to chat in matchmaking are now also restricted from sending voice chat
• Fixed a bug where cosmetic items in the second and third equip slots would be un-equipped
• Fixed matchmaking badges not displaying the correct tier in the scoreboard and other dialogs
• Added matchmaking badge and time connected to the Report Player dialog
• Updated the vote kick process to automatically vote Yes for anyone who hasn't already voted if the target for the vote leaves the server
• Updated the Mute Player dialog to have the same information as the Report Player dialog
• Updated item schema with community fixes from Andrés S. (rabscootle)
• Updated/Added some tournament medals
• Updated the localization files

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 rate limit checks for in-game text chat
• Accounts that are unable to chat in matchmaking can no longer update their in-game name while connected to the server
• Fixed being able to update team name while in matchmaking games
• Fixed seeing the RED team skin for the TF2VRH while on the BLU team
• Updated/Added some tournament medals
• Updated the localization files