Itâs that time of year again. The gentle sea breeze... digging holes in the sand... seagulls flying above, looking for the best time to steal an entire hotdog right out of your hands... Sounds nice doesnât it? Well thereâs no time for relaxing now, Soldier! Gray Mannâs army is back with a vengeance, and thousands of robotic abominations are storming across those very beaches as we speak. Itâs time to get out there and fight unless you want this to be the last summer you'll ever get! Gray Mann is coming for a lot more than your hotdogs and if you donât fight back hard and fast, there wonât be any more hotdogs left for those flying beach rats to take...

Operation Bolted Barbecue is a new Mann vs. Machine charity event brought to you by Potato MvM! Complete over 50 missions across new and returning maps! Complete at least 10 missions to receive an in-game medal! Event servers are available across the world. Click here to get started!

Feeling generous? Potato.TF is also hosting a charity fundraiser supporting Direct Relief! Donate as little as $5 to receive an in-game medal! Have the link to your Steam profile ready and click here for more information.

Destroy those robots while you can! The event will run until October 15th, 2025.

Important Links:

• Event Website
• Discord
• Steam Group

Thirteen years ago, we launched Mann vs. Machine, a chilling cautionary tale where an artificial consciousness tried to take all our jobs. You didn't know it back then, but that was actually a literary device called "speculative" fiction, where writers (us) accurately predict the future (the present), but then hide it so as not to cause widespread panic.

In an effort to keep panic levels low, and apropos of nothing, we'd like to tell you a story: Once upon a time, a Mann vs. Machine mode in a video game was getting a much-needed update. And so a brave blog post writer (us again) asked the community to submit Mann vs. Machine maps and missions in time for that update. (For the sake of this panic-reducing speculative fantasy, let's put the fictional deadline at Wednesday, August 27th).

If that was the entire story, you'd already be at a low panic level but vaguely concerned about a looming dystopian future (mission accomplished). But as is traditional in the genre of speculative blog fiction, there's more! The king of the fictional land where this all happened (ancient Greece), decreed on stone tablets that even though the update was dropping right around the ancient Greek candy-harvest festival of Halloween, the maps did not need to all be Halloween-themed (first tablet) and in fact shouldn't be (second tablet).

"Though some of them COULD be," the king carved into a third tablet, held in the stone hands of a statue... of PRIMATE GEORGE WASHINGTON? No! It's just regular George Washington in a dystopian future past where our sculptors are NOT AS GOOD AS IN ANCIENT GREECE! What an ending! (The end.)

Is this tale a simple flight of gripping, well-written fancy? (No.) Or a chilling glimpse into a future that could arrive as soon as, again, Wednesday, August 27th with a second part arriving right before Halloween? (Yes, see paragraph one.)

AsiaFortress Liquid.tf is excited to announce its first-ever 6v6 Gibus Cup, which is a competitive TF2 tournament tailored for newcomers in the Asian region. If you're new to competitive TF2 and want to give it a try, this is the perfect place to start!

Signups are for individuals, and you will be put on a team with a dedicated coach.
Participants who play all their games will also receive an in-game medal.

This event is being hosted in loving memory of Moonchild and jR who loved Team Fortress 2 and were long-time members of their community.

Join their Discord for more information and to sign up!

Important Links:

• Twitch
• YouTube
• Twitter
• Discord
• Asiafortress

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After a year break, TFArena is back hosting its first ever non-Arena mode event! This time they'll be running 6v6 with a twist! Many long standing weapons have been unbanned, and a unique version of cp_steel will be introduced!

Teams have until June 12th to sign-up, with the event taking place June 14th-15th. Teams from NA, EU, and SA are all welcome to join regardless of skill level!

You can sign up on the TFArena website or visit their Discord server for more information!

Chatting with Screwdriver from No Bright Shadows, about their soon to be released title, Crystal Ball Critters, developing in Unreal over Source, their origin story of Parkour Fortress and their return to source for Parkour Forever.

AsiaFortress Liquid.tf is back with its Spring 6s finals!

Catch the finals action on their closest season yet! Tune in live on:
24th of May 9pm SGT / 2pm CET
25th of May 8pm SGT / 1pm CET

Important Links:

• Twitch
• YouTube
• Twitter
• 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 some players not being able to start Friends Only servers

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:

• Re-enabled all players to be able to use voice commands and party chat
• Added more detailed options for server visibility and privacy when creating a server
  • The "Use Steam Networking" checkbox has been replaced with a dropdown, allowing the creation of Local, Friends Only, Unlisted and Listed servers -- defaulting to Unlisted
  • Using map command by default will no longer create a join-able game
• Fixed a crash on exit under Linux

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 HUD scope animation exploit (GitHub fix from mastercoms)
• Fixed case where the door model for Match Status HUD wasn't initialized before setting the submodel (GitHub fix from rabscootle)
• Fixed money not automatically being collected in Mann vs. Machine respawn rooms (GitHub fix from mastercoms)
• Fixed stuck Mann vs. Machine bots sometimes causing spawn softlocks (GitHub fix from Mentrillum)
• Fixed Mann vs. Machine ammo canteens not affecting energy weapons (GitHub fix from Mentrillum)
• Fixed 'Shell Extension' achiemevent not working for energy weapons (GitHub fix from Mentrillum)
• Fixed not being able to deploy parachute after landing and becoming airborne without jump button (GitHub fix from FlaminSarge)
• Fixed some heap allocated KeyValues leaks (GitHub fix from Dmitry Tsarevich)
• Relaxed in-game chat restrictions for certain accounts

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Welcome to Denver for Physgun Fireside Denver 2025! For the first time since 2018, intercontinental competition is returning to North America! The best of Europe and Oceania are coming to the U.S. to compete for the title of the best in the world!

This event sees sixteen teams competing across two distinct tournaments across three days of nonstop action for their share of the $3,500+ prize pool!

In the Invitational, eight of the top teams in the world will fight it out in a two-stage tournament, culminating in a best-of-five grand final for the lionâs share of $2,500+ and the bragging rights of winning 2025âs only global competition. Concurrently, eight more teams will be competing to be best-of-the-rest, all for the grand prize of $1,000.

The event takes place live in Denver, CO, USA, running from 24-26 May, starting at 11:15am MDT (7:15pm CEST | 3:15am AEST) on Saturday and 11am MDT (7pm CEST | 3am AEST) the following days. Coverage of the event will be live every day from Denver on Fireside Castsâ Twitch, and tickets to watch in-person are available for purchase online and at the door!

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MGE.tf is announcing Season 1 of 2v2 MGE League in Europe! MGE (My Gaming Edge) is the training grounds for mastering Scout, Soldier and Demoman in intense deathmatch-style duels.

With over â¬1000 up for grabs, multiple skill divisions, and an 8-week regular season followed by playoffs, competitors will battle for glory and the undisputed title of MGE LORD.

Signups are open May 3 - May 24.

Important Links:

• Signups
• Discord
• YouTube

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 missing string for the PNG filter when using the Decal Tool
• Added missing newline to the 'Unable to initialize sound capture' console message
• Added IsNextBot() method (GitHub fix from Bitl)
• Added support for custom mission briefings in vsh and zi game modes (GitHub fix from Gamer_X)
• Added convar to control max Mann vs. Machine robots (GitHub fix from ficool2)
• Added prediction for Thermal Thruster + self-stun (GitHub fix from wgetJane)
• Fixed crash with game_round_win in KOTH (GitHub fix from doclic)
• Fixed Mann vs. Machine status HUD not using the mini boss background for enemies in the Support group
• Fixed Medieval Mode Auto-RP not matching lowercase input unless it begins with an 'a'
• Fixed backpack page buttons putting the 'New' label behind the button
• Fixed character info panel not being positioned correctly
• Fixed The Front Runner using the wrong team color for the headset on the Stylin' style
• Fixed Announcer VO with static at the end of the sound (community fix from Lindon)
• Fixed missing lightwarp setting for the Conniver's Kunai and The Half-Zatoichi (community fix from Lindon)
• Fixed The Bazaar Bargain's scope being painted when using the Elfin Enamel war paint
• Fixed commentary text not displaying
• Fixed TFBot VScript methods SetBehaviorFlag, ClearBehaviorFlag, IsBehaviorFlagSet, SetMission, SetPrevMission, GetMission, GetPrevMission, and HasMission using 'unsigned int' by mistake
• Fixed overlapping internal font names causing one font to overwrite the other for Linux clients (GitHub fix from RoseyLemonz)
• Fixed Casual late-joiners seeing Competitive logo on Match Status HUD doors (GitHub fix from rabscootle)
• Fixed Spy bots using human voice lines in Mann vs. Machine (GitHub fix from John Kvalevog)
• Fixed crash on VGUI menu bar button cursor entrance (GitHub fix from RGBACatlord)
• Fixed Mann vs. Machine bomb carrier voice line playing during normal CTF with bots (GitHub fix from mastercoms)
• Fixed organ props spawning from non-Vita-Saw damage (GitHub fix from Thomas Kain)
• Fixed uninitialized field use in CParticleEffectBinding (GitHub fix from Thomas Kain)
• Fixed type cast warning caused by pointer size mismatch (GitHub fix from SanyaSho)
• Fixed typo in Mann vs. Machine score calculation (GitHub fix from HalfMatt)
• Fixed missed break in logging character field save data causing incorrect logging (GitHub fix from Dmitry Tsarevich)
• Fixed Engineer bots soft locking on CTF maps (GitHub fix from AwfulRanger)
• Fixed middle mouse kicking you in PASS Time (GitHub fix from ficool2)
• Fixed radial fog not being enabled in 3D sky on official maps (GitHub fix from ficool2)
• Fixed PLAYER_FLAG_BITS truncating m_fFlags sent to clients (GitHub fix from copperpixel)
• Fixed prediction for jumping when The Huntsman is charged/released (GitHub fix from wgetJane)
• Fixed prediction for Force-A-Nature jumps (GitHub fix from wgetJane)
• Increased PLAYER_FLAG_BITS to 32
• Removed temporary player jingle files if tf_delete_temp_files (GitHub fix from AndrewBetson)
• Removed MFC dependency in the launcher exe (GitHub fix from Slartibarty)
• Updated the ConTracker 'Back' button to accommodate longer localization strings
• Updated plr_hacksaw_event
  • Fixed erroneous and asymmetric clipping across the map
  • Fixed pumpkin bomb quota being too low