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

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• Ended the Japan charity drive
  
• Added 9 new hats and 1 new bear
  

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Here's an update of some happenings in the TF2 community:

<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="420" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/S24TsiwsE7M?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><ul><li>ChemicalAlia has been working on a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S24TsiwsE7M">female counterpart</a> to the Spy</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.ganggarrison.com/">Gang Garrison</a> just launched a new <a href="http://www.ganggarrison.com/classy/">classy update</a> with all sorts of new and improved features.</li>
<li><a href="http://etf2l.org/">ETF2L</a> finals for the <a href="http://etf2l.org/matches/24655/">European Highlander Challenge Cup</a> has been completed! SNSD clinched top spot against Colony.</li>
<li><a href="http://eurothunder.kritzkast.com/">Pubbers vs Pros</a> has also concluded with the pubbers grabbing the win against the pros.</li>
<li>Replays of both the Highlander Challenge and Pubbers vs Pros mentioned tournaments are <a href="http://www.tf2tv.com/watch-again/">available here</a> complete with commentary.</li>
<li>Turkeydoesnotwantplz made this <a href="http://turkeydoesnotwantplz.deviantart.com/art/My-Weapon-196102168">sweet minigun</a> to tromp around his neighborhood with. Looks like he needs a couple more sandviches though.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.tf2tv.com/we-are-live/">TF2TV</a> is holding a <a href="http://www.tf2tv.com/contest/tf2tv-presents-the-art-of-war/">competition</a> for people to create a TF2TV themed poster or wallpaper. Details on their page.</li></ul>

Here's an update of some happenings in the TF2 community:

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• ChemicalAlia has been working on a female counterpart to the Spy.
  
• Gang Garrison just launched a new classy update with all sorts of new and improved features.
  
• ETF2L finals for the European Highlander Challenge Cup has been completed! SNSD clinched top spot against Colony.
  
• Pubbers vs Pros has also concluded with the pubbers grabbing the win against the pros.
  
• Replays of both the Highlander Challenge and Pubbers vs Pros mentioned tournaments are available here complete with commentary.
  
• Turkeydoesnotwantplz made this sweet minigun to tromp around his neighborhood with. Looks like he needs a couple more sandviches though.
  
• TF2TV is holding a competition for people to create a TF2TV themed poster or wallpaper. Details on their page.

Wow. Seriously, people, WOW. We knew you had it in you, but we're still amazed you've raised over $300,000 so far.

Take a BOW, TF2 community -- because that is an incredible, frankly astounding, amount of money from a dedicated number of gamers, to one heck of a lot of people in some real need right now. Anytime someone gives you guff about something negative in gaming, you go ahead and point them to this post, because here's some late-breaking damn news: they are wrong and gamers are generous and awesome.

Thanks again, and don't forget, these items are available until April 6.

Wow. Seriously, people, WOW. We knew you had it in you, but we're still amazed you've raised over $300,000 so far.

Take a BOW, TF2 community -- because that is an incredible, frankly astounding, amount of money from a dedicated number of gamers, to one heck of a lot of people in some real need right now. Anytime someone gives you guff about something negative in gaming, you go ahead and point them to this post, because here's some late-breaking damn news: they are wrong and gamers are generous and awesome.

Thanks again, and don't forget, these items are available until April 6.

Here at Valve, we've always been consistently blown away by the creativity and generosity of the TF2 community -- through art contests, map making, item creating, or any one of the hundreds of other ways that you manage to impress us every day.

<img src="http://www.teamfortress.com/images/posts/japan_relief_aid.png" width="420" height="292" border="0">

Today, we'd like to offer a chance to help out at a time when that help matters most. To support the relief efforts currently underway in Japan, we're introducing three limited edition hats and two special noisemakers to the Mann Co. store. The "Humanitarian's Hachimaki" ($7.99), the "Benefactor's Kanmuri" ($19.99) and the most prestigious "Magnanimous Monarch" ($99.99) will be available from now through April 6. <i><strong>All proceeds</strong></i> (net of applicable taxes) will go directly towards the Japanese disaster relief fund that the American Red Cross has set up. The hats can be equipped by all classes; however, they cannot be traded or used for crafting.

After April 6, none of these items will be available in any form. We encourage you to spend as much as you are comfortable with contributing to this good cause. While your Mann Co. store purchases cannot be written off as tax deductions, those who would prefer to donate directly to the American Red Cross fund can do so at their <a href="https://american.redcross.org/site/Donation2?5052.donation=form1&df_id=5052&idb=0">website</a>.

Thanks.

Here at Valve, we've always been consistently blown away by the creativity and generosity of the TF2 community -- through art contests, map making, item creating, or any one of the hundreds of other ways that you manage to impress us every day.



Today, we'd like to offer a chance to help out at a time when that help matters most. To support the relief efforts currently underway in Japan, we're introducing three limited edition hats and two special noisemakers to the Mann Co. store. The "Humanitarian's Hachimaki" ($7.99), the "Benefactor's Kanmuri" ($19.99) and the most prestigious "Magnanimous Monarch" ($99.99) will be available from now through April 6. All proceeds (net of applicable taxes) will go directly towards the Japanese disaster relief fund that the American Red Cross has set up. The hats can be equipped by all classes; however, they cannot be traded or used for crafting.

After April 6, none of these items will be available in any form. We encourage you to spend as much as you are comfortable with contributing to this good cause. While your Mann Co. store purchases cannot be written off as tax deductions, those who would prefer to donate directly to the American Red Cross fund can do so at their website.

Thanks.

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 the Japan Charity Bundle items
  
  • See http://www.teamfortress.com/ for full details
    
• Updated the localization files
  

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

• Updated honor-bound weapons so they can be holstered within a second of touching a supply cabinet
  
• Updated the Blighted Beak with creator submitted fixes
  
  • Fixed a clipping problem
    
  • Made it paintable
    
• Updated the Hero's Hachimaki to be tradeable