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!