Updates to Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Source Engine Changes (CS:S, DoD:S, TF2, HL2:DM)

• Updated the shared interfaces for the TF2 Free To Play update
  
• Updated the shared localization files
  

Team Fortress 2

• TF2 is now Free To Play
  
• Added the Uber Update: http://www.teamfortress.com/uberupdate/
  
• Added PL_Barnblitz, a new Payload map
  
• Added all kinds of new goodies!
  
• The Main menu now has a "Start Playing" option which presents users with various game modes to choose from. Once selected, the game matches the player into the best available server for that mode.
  
• The Crafting interface has been redesigned to accommodate the fact that crafting blueprints are always known to players now.
  
• The Item selection screen in Loadouts has been redesigned to support selection among a larger number of items.
  
• Training improvements:
  
  • New training user interface
    
  • Added "A,W,S,D" movement instruction to Soldier training
    
  • Added ammo instruction to Engineer training
    
  • Clarified many instructional strings
    
• Added new voting sounds
  
• Fixed various Coaching bugs
  
• Fixed various gameplay bugs
  

<a href="http://www.teamfortress.com/uberupdate/"><img src="http://www.teamfortress.com/images/posts/world_war_wednesday.jpg" width="420" height="186" border="0"></a>

War. Hunh. Yeah. What is it good for? Up until right this second, absolutely nothing. We'll say it again: Absolutely nothing.

But now Edwin Starr's going to have to rewrite that stupid song of his to something more accurate, because as of this moment, war is good for something. Like what, you ask? Free stuff. March on over to <a href="http://www.teamfortress.com/uberupdate/">World War Wednesday</a> for all the details—or "SITREP", as we learned when we stole Tom Clancy's mail.

Also, if you weren't eagle-eyed enough to notice, the <a href="http://www.teamfortress.com/uberupdate/scoutpack.html">Scout made a surprise appearance</a> yesterday with a class pack of his own. Why make a class pack an Easter Egg? There's a very good reason. Probably. There's also the real reason, which was that it didn’t fit into our <a href="http://www.teamfortress.com/uberupdate/day_01.html">Mobster</a>, <a href="http://www.teamfortress.com/uberupdate/day_02.html">Timbuktu</a> or <a href="http://www.teamfortress.com/uberupdate">War</a> themes.

War. Hunh. Yeah. What is it good for? Up until right this second, absolutely nothing. We'll say it again: Absolutely nothing.

But now Edwin Starr's going to have to rewrite that stupid song of his to something more accurate, because as of this moment, war is good for something. Like what, you ask? Free stuff. March on over to World War Wednesday for all the details—or "SITREP", as we learned when we stole Tom Clancy's mail.

Also, if you weren't eagle-eyed enough to notice, the Scout made a surprise appearance yesterday with a class pack of his own. Why make a class pack an Easter Egg? There's a very good reason. Probably. There's also the real reason, which was that it didn’t fit into our Mobster, Timbuktu or War themes.

<a href="http://www.teamfortress.com/uberupdate"><img src="http://www.teamfortress.com/images/posts/timbuk.jpg" width="420" height="186" border="0"></a>

Ahhhhhh, the desert. Sandy, camel-filled seductress. What secrets does she clutch to her fig-stuffed, wind-swept bosoms?

Lots. Don't believe us? The Sphinx. Bam. That's just one secret, too. We've got so many we just threw that one away and we don't even miss it.

It's probably clear to you by now that we've been doing quite a bit of research about the desert. And why? We're going to write a book about the desert. The great American desert book. We honestly can't believe nobody’s thought of this before. We are going to be billionaires.

Anyway, since you're probably already camped out at a bookstore waiting for our desert book to come out, why not take over one of the computers at the information kiosk and enjoy <a href="http://www.teamfortress.com/uberupdate/">TimbukTuesday</a>?

Ahhhhhh, the desert. Sandy, camel-filled seductress. What secrets does she clutch to her fig-stuffed, wind-swept bosoms?

Lots. Don't believe us? The Sphinx. Bam. That's just one secret, too. We've got so many we just threw that one away and we don't even miss it.

It's probably clear to you by now that we've been doing quite a bit of research about the desert. And why? We're going to write a book about the desert. The great American desert book. We honestly can't believe nobody’s thought of this before. We are going to be billionaires.

Anyway, since you're probably already camped out at a bookstore waiting for our desert book to come out, why not take over one of the computers at the information kiosk and enjoy TimbukTuesday?

<a href="http://www.teamfortress.com/uberupdate"><img src="http://www.teamfortress.com/images/posts/uber_update_day_1.jpg" width="420" height="186" border="0"></a>

Welcome to Day One of the <a href="http://www.teamfortress.com/uberupdate">Über Update</a>--the biggest, most ambitious update in the history of Team Fortress 2.

We've got a lot to announce as we get closer to the update's release this Thursday, June 23rd. We've been holding one of the surprises pretty close to the vest for months now. We don't want to ruin it, but we'll give you four clues to get you guessing:<br /><br /> <ul>
1.) It IS a "Meet the" short.
2.) It involves ONE of the two remaining classes.
3.) It's NOT the Pyro.
4.) It's the MEDIC.</ul>
Let the speculation begin! While you're puzzling that out, why not click over to the first of our class pack announcements: <a href="http://www.teamfortress.com/uberupdate">Mobster Monday</a>. To make sure everything was as accurate as possible, we went deep undercover at the most Italian place we could find, The Olive Garden. We asked the Mafia about a million questions, none of which they understood, because our mouths were full of all the free breadsticks the Mafia gives you when you visit them (they're not such bad guys).

All that hanging out with mob guys must have rubbed off on us, because we've decided to celebrate the Über Update by giving you an offer you can't (or at least shouldn't) refuse--an unprecedented WEEK-LONG FREE WEEKEND of <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/440">Team Fortress 2</a>, starting right now!

Last but not least, today's the day we reveal our all-new website. Want a link to it? Too bad--you're already there!

Welcome to Day One of the Über Update--the biggest, most ambitious update in the history of Team Fortress 2.

We've got a lot to announce as we get closer to the update's release this Thursday, June 23rd. We've been holding one of the surprises pretty close to the vest for months now. We don't want to ruin it, but we'll give you four clues to get you guessing:

1.) It IS a "Meet the" short.
2.) It involves ONE of the two remaining classes.
3.) It's NOT the Pyro.
4.) It's the MEDIC.

Let the speculation begin! While you're puzzling that out, why not click over to the first of our class pack announcements: Mobster Monday. To make sure everything was as accurate as possible, we went deep undercover at the most Italian place we could find, The Olive Garden. We asked the Mafia about a million questions, none of which they understood, because our mouths were full of all the free breadsticks the Mafia gives you when you visit them (they're not such bad guys).

All that hanging out with mob guys must have rubbed off on us, because we've decided to celebrate the Über Update by giving you an offer you can't (or at least shouldn't) refuse--an unprecedented WEEK-LONG FREE WEEKEND of Team Fortress 2, starting right now!

Last but not least, today's the day we reveal our all-new website. Want a link to it? Too bad--you're already there!

Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Team Fortress 2

• Added a new command line option: -strictportbind
  
  • If you launch the game with this option it will quit with an error message if it can't bind to the default or specified port
    
• Fixed a server crash caused by the replay system
  
• Fixed a server crash caused by disguising spies
  
• Fixed a server crash on startup caused by writing to the console
  
• Fixed a server crash triggered during entity cleanup
  

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<ul><li><a href="http://tf2maps.net/">TF2Maps.net</a> is wrapping up their <a href="http://asymmetrycp.tf2maps.net/">Asymmetry/Symmetry Control Point Map Contest</a>. Authors had a choice of making a symmetrical or asymmetrical control point map and five months to complete it. Head over to their <a href="http://asymmetrycp.tf2maps.net/">contest page</a> to download and play the collection. There are a couple servers running the collection. When you're done be sure to help them choose a winner!</li>
<li><a href="http://ozfortress.com/">OZ Fortress</a> wrapped up their 6th Ultiduo with yuki and bonobo taking top prize. More information and demos can be found their summary page.</li>
<li><a href="http://ozfortress.com/">OZ Fortress</a> also has a <a href="http://ozfortress.com/showthread.php?t=45983">highlight video</a> from their Cup 2 season compiled by Kaiza.</li>
</ul>

• TF2Maps.net is wrapping up their Asymmetry/Symmetry Control Point Map Contest. Authors had a choice of making a symmetrical or asymmetrical control point map and five months to complete it. Head over to their contest page to download and play the collection. There are a couple servers running the collection. When you're done be sure to help them choose a winner!
  
• OZ Fortress wrapped up their 6th Ultiduo with yuki and bonobo taking top prize. More information and demos can be found their summary page.
  
• OZ Fortress also has a highlight video from their Cup 2 season compiled by Kaiza.