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updates since release
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Way back in the day, when we first shipped Team Fortress 2 as part of The Orange Box, we'd always planned on it being an ongoing project. But even we had no idea that, four years later, we'd be over two hundred updates strong, with a growing community of collaborators and no signs of stopping. Take a scroll down memory lane at the many tweaks, fixes and epic improvements that have made TF2 the world's #1 war-themed hat simulator.
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Patches are updates to the game that fix known bugs, glitches, or exploits within the game, and often add new features or balance changes to weapons, maps, or other game elements.

Major updates are patches that add new weapons, game modes, or maps. Previously, major updates had centered around one or two particular classes and included new content released predominantly for that class. More recent updates, however, have focused on a particular theme or holiday celebration such as Halloween.

Patches to the game are deployed to Template:W and Template:W platforms via Steam, and must be downloaded and applied before the game can be launched. While both platforms retain the same codebase and any updates are released to both simultaneously, the version of the game on Template:W platform is separate and does not receive frequent updates, due to restrictions imposed on game developers by Template:W. To date, there have been only four patches to Team Fortress 2 on Xbox 360, compared to the 806 patches that have been released to Windows and Mac OS X since 2007.

Typically, each patch is accompanied with release notes detailing the changes introduced in the update; though some additions have often been left unnoted and some patches have been released without any notes entirely. However, through the use of diff tools and version control systems on local machines running the game, it is possible for the community to view all updated files and the changes made to them and thus provide notes on undocumented changes.

Major updates

Content updates

Content updates are patches that feature new content, often announced over several days.

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The Über Update
June 23, 2011 		The Replay Update
May 5, 2011 		The Hatless Update
April 14, 2011
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Australian Christmas
December 17, 2010 		Scream Fortress Update
October 27, 2010 		The Mann-Conomy Update
September 30, 2010
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The Engineer Update
July 8, 2010 		The Mac Update
June 10, 2010 		119th Update
April 29, 2010
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WAR! Update
December 17, 2009 		Haunted Hallowe'en Special
October 29, 2009 		Classless Update
August 13, 2009
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The Sniper vs. Spy Update
May 21, 2009 		The Scout Update
February 24, 2009 		A Heavy Update
August 19, 2008
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The Pyro Update
June 19, 2008 		Gold Rush Update
April 29, 2008

Content packs

Main articles: Bundles, Contribution page

Content packs are smaller updates that feature new content additions usually as promotional material for other games or events. Updates containing community-contributed items submitted via the contribution page have also been released as content packs.


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Manno-Technology Bundle
August 18, 2011 		Dr. Grordbort's Victory Pack
July 20, 2011 		Summer Camp Sale
July 1, 2011
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Third Community Contribution Update
April 7, 2011 		Japan Charity Bundle
March 23, 2011 		Shogun Pack
March 10, 2011
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Community Map Pack Update
February 24, 2011 		Second Community Contribution Update
May 20, 2010 		First Community Contribution Update
March 18, 2010

Full list of Team Fortress 2 patches

Patches are listed (in reverse-chronological order) for the Windows and Mac OS X versions unless otherwise noted. Patches in bold indicate a major content update (see above).

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2007 Beta patches

Xbox 360 patches





See also

External links

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