Über Update

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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.
TF2 Official Blog

The Über Update is a major content update for Team Fortress 2 and is set to be released on June 23, 2011.

The Über Update is heralded as, "the biggest, most ambitious update in the history of Team Fortress 2." Similar to other major updates such as the Sniper vs. Spy Update and the Engineer Update, the Über Update follows a four-day-long system of daily content previews, one of which will feature the release of Meet the Medic.

Day One: Mobster Monday

Day One revealed mob-themed item packs for the Heavy and the Spy, Black Market Business and The Man of Honor, respectively, as well as a new Payload map, Barnblitz.

Class Sets

Black Market Business Tomislav Tomislav
Family Business Family Business
Eviction Notice Eviction Notice
The Man of Honor Enforcer Enforcer
Big Earner Big Earner
Made Man Made Man

Maps

Name Picture Game mode File name
Barnblitz Barnblitz.PNG Payload
BLU Bombcart.png
pl_barnblitz

Day Two: Timbuk Tuesday

Day Two revealed desert-themed item packs for the Sniper and the Demoman, "Lawrence of Australia" and "One Thousand and One Demoknights," respectively. A hidden page also revealed a set for the Scout known as "The #1 Fan".

Class Sets

Lawrence of Australia Bazaar Bargain Bazaar Bargain
Shahanshah Shahanshah
One Thousand and One Demoknights Splendid Screen Splendid Screen
Persian Persuader Persian Persuader
Ali Baba's Wee Booties Ali Baba's Wee Booties
The #1 Fan Soda Popper Soda Popper
Atomizer Atomizer
Winger Winger

Trivia

  • The numbers on the placards Heavy and Spy are holding up in their mug shots on the Mobster Monday page are the release dates of their respective Meet the Team videos. Meet the Heavy was released on May 14th, 2007 and Meet the Spy was released on May 19th, 2009.
    • The placards have the area code NM on them, which in the USA is the standard abbreviation of New Mexico.
    • The placards also read "Teufort," 2Fort's locational name.
  • The Lawrence of Australia Sniper Pack is a reference to the 1962 film Template:W.
  • "One Thousand and One Demoknights" is a reference to Template:W, a collection of Middle Eastern and South Asian stories and folk tales compiled in Arabic.
    • "Demoknight" is a term referring to Demomen wielding the Chargin' Targe paired with any of the Demoman's swords.

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