The stage is set this Sunday for the thrilling conclusion of ETF2L's Season 13 Highlander excitement. There have been some close matches this season, sadly many of which were not streamed. That changes now! TF2 podcast KritzKast teams up with Whitelist.tf to stream the mighty battle between feisty go-getters Strong Opinions and last season's champions Super Dickmann's KANNONEN!

You can catch every stab, punch, airshot and airblast live this Sunday, September 10th, at 21:15 CEST on KritzKast's Twitch Channel!

Multiplayâs Insomnia Gaming Festival is traditionally one of the most prominent events in the TF2 esport calendar. i61 is no exception with the Team Fortress 2 Open featuring extraordinary players fighting for a share of the largest prize pool in TF2 this year.

Coverage of Insomnia 61 at the NEC in Birmingham, England spans August 25th - 28th. Three solid days of action cumulate in the two best teams of the event stepping up to the main stage to fight for the right to take home a big cardboard cheque.

If you canât attend in person, you can watch all the action live on Twitch at Essentials.TF offering an exceptional and worldly lineup of shoutcasters and analysts.

TF2Maps presents the showcase from the Summer 72hour TF2Jam!

For the uninitiated, the TF2Jam is all about the art and craft of all things Team Fortress 2, done in less than 72 hours. This includes creating maps, models, videos, artwork, fanfiction, articles, games, mods, sculptures, interpretive dance, and anything else! Click here to check out the showcase!

Prepare yourself, the UGC League Fall Season is about to start! Come join the thousands of players that played last season for some competitive TF2 action! The first week of matches starts September 6th for 6v6, September 8th for 4v4 and September 11th for Highlander.

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! (Remember, September 19th is the last day that teams can sign up.) Visit the UGC website for more information.

Arms Race 3 voting has finished! Head over and check out the winners!

The Grand Finals are finally here for the Pick/Ban Prolander league hosted by RGL.gg. Froyotech will take on dK in this final match of the season where they will be fighting it out for their share of the $4,000 prize pool. These teams met in the first week of the season on Badwater with Froyotech coming out on top, but now dK has switched up their roster and are looking stronger than ever. Find out which of these teams will come out on top this Sunday night at 9pm Eastern on twitch.tv/extvesports.

Arms Race 3 voting has begun! Head over and cast your votes! But don't wait too long, the deadline to vote is August 11th at 8pm UTC!

My lurching attempt to revitalise our YouTube channel brought with it the realisation that creating a video-a-week after editing a podcast-a-week is a lot of additional work. So I did the traditional YouTube thing; I just stopped, and didn’t tell anyone. That’s a really lousy *out* and has weighed heavy on my mind ever since. Up steps former KritzKast audio editor Micah,  (fresh from editing Podcast76 the Overwatch podcast) looking […]

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 players being unable to shoot or heal during pre-round freeze time
• 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:

• Fixed a server crash related to sentry rockets in Mannpower mode

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 AsiaFortress Cup Season 11 tournament medals
• Added the Chapelaria Ultiduo Season 1 tournament medals
• Added the TFCL 6v6 Alpha and Season 2 tournament medals
• Added the TFCL Ultiduo Alpha, Season 2, and Season 3 tournament medals
• Added the Blapature Co. Contributor 2017 community event medal
• Added the TF2Maps 72hr TF2Jam Summer Participant 2017 community medal
• Fixed a server crash related to vote-kick
• Fixed a client crash related to previewing bundles in the Mann Co. Store
• Fixed being able to accept a duel request during the round-end bonus time
• Fixed rockets fired by Halloween bosses not displaying particle effects if Halloween is not active (community request)
• Strange Soda Poppers can now accept Critical Kills strange parts
• Updated the localization files
• Mannpower update
  • All-class
    • Players can no longer taunt when grappled to an enemy (you can still taunt if an enemy has grappled to you)
    • Players can no longer grapple while frozen before a round starts or while stunned
    • Fixed not equipping the grapple when accepting the prompt about equipping it
  • Engineer
    • Halved the number of wrench hits needed to upgrade buildings
  • Pyro
    • Reduced grapple movement speed when hooked into another player because of their advantage in close quarters
    • Reduced the rate of rage gain when carrying a powerup
  • Agility
    • Reduced grapple movement speed bonus when carrying the intelligence
  • Knockout
    • Reduced melee damage bonus
    • Updated health bonus per class
      • Spy, Sniper, Engineer, Scout, and Heavy increased
      • Medic, Soldier, and Demoman unchanged
      • Pyro and Demoknight decreased
  • Precision
    • Removed radius damage falloff on explosive projectiles
    • Removed self-blast damage
  • Resistance and Vampire
    • Added immunity to reflect damage