Earlier this month, the TF2 creative community wrapped on another annual creation jam - and now, you can check out the showcase of all the finished works! All made in the timeframe of 72 hours, this year's jam brought in 387 entries and raised over $6,500 for The Trevor Project!

You can check out the Showcase thread HERE! For those looking to donate - cash donations have been extended until August 27th! Want to get involved next year or just looking to get into the thriving content creation community? Join the TF2Maps Discord!

The biggest event on the Competitive TF2 calendar is back again! âTeams and players from around the entire world will be heading to the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, England, to the âInsomnia Gaming Festival for their chance at glory and a share of the prize pool. Taking place from Friday, August 23rd, to Sunday, August 25th, the event will feature three days of non-stop action and the highest level of competition the game has to offer.

If you wish to support the event there is an âongoing fundraiserâ where you can donate money or purchase a range of items; money raised goes towards the production, prize pool, and supporting the North American team, Ascent.NA, attending to represent their region.

Signups for the tournament are âhereâ. However, if you canât make it, the event will be streamed both at the event and online by EssentialsTF over at their âTwitch pageâ. For the latest information, be sure to check out âLAN.TFâ to follow the tournament live.

Scream Fortress is coming early! You're used to News posts about competitive events, but this will probably be the last post you were expecting! Beginning September 16th, there will be a community-run, competitive, Highlander, Halloween tournament fully loaded with bosses, spells, pumpkin bombs and best of all: real life medals for every participant! (You can view the medals HERE!)

The goal of this event is to enjoy all of the Scream Fortress Halloween maps. It should be treated as a very casual event with the intention of just having a good time! While the event is primary North American for the time being, all players of every region are welcome to join.

More information can be found using the links below:

• Website
• Discord
  

The Moscow LAN is an annual TF2 6v6 competition and it's back to shake-up the community one more time!

The event will take place in Moscow at the Winstrike Arena on August 10th-11th. It will feature the best players from all around the country as they come together to make their way through two days of intense competitive gameplay.

It's free to watch, both "physically" and "virtually"! If you can't go and visit them, they'll be broadcasting all the action live on KritzKast's Twitch channel!

For more information, head over to the LAN website or Discord server.

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 2019 Cosmetic Case
  • Contains 22 new community-contributed items
• Added tournament medals
• Fixed and exploit where pipebombs could not be destroyed or pushed by the enemy team
• Fixed Medi-gun/Wrench items not dropping for the Mann vs. Machine rewards
• Fixed not seeing the team-goal hints during Casual matches
• Fixed a scale problem with the Brazil Fortress Halloween medals
• Updated the localization files

The BlapBash charity livestream, a two-day TF2 charity event (12 hours each day), begins this weekend! Starting on Saturday, July 27th, at 2pm CEST, familiar TF2 personalities & communities will gather to raise money for Special Effect! The BlapBash medals return, and you can claim one for yourself with a minimum $5 donation. They're bringing events like Competitive TF2 and TF2 trading, as well as some brand-new surprises during custom community servers and more!

The stream will be broadcast live on the Essentials.TF Twitch Channel. To donate cash, visit the BlapBash donation page. You can also donate in-game TF2 items through Scrap.TF. Donating at least $5 worth of items will also earn you a medal!