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LAN Downunder 2025: Australia's Premier TF2 Championship Returns!Jul 17, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsThe Australian winter gaming tradition continues as LAN Downunder 2025 prepares to light up Melbourne once again! On July 19-20, the premier event returns to Fortress Arena, Australia’s largest dedicated esports venue, where eight elite teams will battle for glory! After last year’s successful debut, LAN Downunder stands as the pinnacle of Australian offline TF2 tournaments. With Witness Gaming AU now split after Physgun Fireside Denver 2025, the field is wide open for a new champion. The stage is set, the teams are ready, and the winter gaming season is about to reach its peak! Who will claim the crown and etch their name into Australian TF2 history? Catch all the action live on July 19-20th from 11am AEST via Twitch or attending in person. For tickets and event details, visit the Event Hub.LAN Downunder 2025: Australia's Premier TF2 Championship Returns!Jul 17, 2025 - TF2 BlogThe Australian winter gaming tradition continues as LAN Downunder 2025 prepares to light up Melbourne once again! On July 19-20, the premier event returns to Fortress Arena, Australia’s largest dedicated esports venue, where eight elite teams will battle for glory! After last year’s successful debut, LAN Downunder stands as the pinnacle of Australian offline TF2 tournaments. With Witness Gaming AU now split after Physgun Fireside Denver 2025, the field is wide open for a new champion. The stage is set, the teams are ready, and the winter gaming season is about to reach its peak! Who will claim the crown and etch their name into Australian TF2 history? Catch all the action live on July 19-20th from 11am AEST via Twitch or attending in person. For tickets and event details, visit the Event Hub. RGL.gg Season 18 LAN Playoffs (Philadelphia, PA)Jul 16, 2025 - Community Announcements(Image credit: MetalCloud)On July 18-20th, the top four teams in RGL will be flying out to Philadelphia, PA, for the Season 18 LAN Playoffs and a chance to prove who is the best team in North America!Come watch it in person or catch all of the action live on the RGL.gg Twitch Stream! Here are the match schedules for July 19th - 20th (July 18th is an optional preparation day for PC time, player and spectator pre-registration, media/interview time, and more):Schedule - Day 1 (Saturday, July 19th)1:00 pm Eastern – Round 1 Match4:30 pm Eastern - Semi-finalsSchedule - Day 2 (Sunday, July 20th)12:00 pm Eastern - Lower Bracket Finals4:00 pm Eastern - GRAND FINALRGL.gg Season 18 LAN Playoffs (Philadelphia, PA)Jul 16, 2025 - TF2 Blog (Image credit: MetalCloud) On July 18-20th, the top four teams in RGL will be flying out to Philadelphia, PA, for the Season 18 LAN Playoffs and a chance to prove who is the best team in North America! Come watch it in person or catch all of the action live on the RGL.gg Twitch Stream! Here are the match schedules for July 19th - 20th (July 18th is an optional preparation day for PC time, player and spectator pre-registration, media/interview time, and more): Schedule - Day 1 (Saturday, July 19th) 1:00 pm Eastern – Round 1 Match 4:30 pm Eastern - Semi-finals Schedule - Day 2 (Sunday, July 20th) 12:00 pm Eastern - Lower Bracket Finals 4:00 pm Eastern - GRAND FINAL Team Fortress 2 system requirementsJul 14, 2025 - PCGamesNIt's been nearly two decades since TF2 launched, and it has stood the test of time, even receiving updates to this day. What's most surprising, however, is that the Team Fortress 2 system requirements remain largely unchanged, to the point that you'll struggle to find a laptop or PC that won't run TF2 on the recommended specs. You definitely won't need one of the best gaming PCs from our buying guide to dive into one of the best old games of all time, and the Team Fortress 2 gameplay itself is still incredibly accessible, regardless of which of the nine classes you choose to play first. The game's requirements remain incredibly low, which does make us wonder if Valve will overhaul the game at some point, as so many other modern titles do. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Dota 2 system requirements Save $47 on this Meta Quest 3S VR headset and get Batman Arkham Shadows for free Best gaming chair 2025 Operation Bolted BarbecueJul 3, 2025 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/554111/88505b76b292910af03100140067bbd2f814ad4d.png It’s that time of year again. The gentle sea breeze... digging holes in the sand... seagulls flying above, looking for the best time to steal an entire hotdog right out of your hands... Sounds nice doesn’t it? Well there’s no time for relaxing now, Soldier! Gray Mann’s army is back with a vengeance, and thousands of robotic abominations are storming across those very beaches as we speak. It’s time to get out there and fight unless you want this to be the last summer you'll ever get! Gray Mann is coming for a lot more than your hotdogs and if you don’t fight back hard and fast, there won’t be any more hotdogs left for those flying beach rats to take... Operation Bolted Barbecue is a new Mann vs. Machine charity event brought to you by Potato MvM! Complete over 50 missions across new and returning maps! Complete at least 10 missions to receive an in-game medal! Event servers are available across the world. Click here to get started! Feeling generous? Potato.TF is also hosting a charity fundraiser supporting Direct Relief! Donate as little as $5 to receive an in-game medal! Have the link to your Steam profile ready and click here for more information. Destroy those robots while you can! The event will run until October 15th, 2025. Important Links: Event Website Discord Steam Group Operation Bolted BarbecueJul 3, 2025 - TF2 Blog It’s that time of year again. The gentle sea breeze... digging holes in the sand... seagulls flying above, looking for the best time to steal an entire hotdog right out of your hands... Sounds nice doesn’t it? Well there’s no time for relaxing now, Soldier! Gray Mann’s army is back with a vengeance, and thousands of robotic abominations are storming across those very beaches as we speak. It’s time to get out there and fight unless you want this to be the last summer you'll ever get! Gray Mann is coming for a lot more than your hotdogs and if you don’t fight back hard and fast, there won’t be any more hotdogs left for those flying beach rats to take... Operation Bolted Barbecue is a new Mann vs. Machine charity event brought to you by Potato MvM! Complete over 50 missions across new and returning maps! Complete at least 10 missions to receive an in-game medal! Event servers are available across the world. Click here to get started! Feeling generous? Potato.TF is also hosting a charity fundraiser supporting Direct Relief! Donate as little as $5 to receive an in-game medal! Have the link to your Steam profile ready and click here for more information. Destroy those robots while you can! The event will run until October 15th, 2025. Important Links: * Event Website ;* Discord ;* Steam Group Mann vs. Machine is getting an upgrade in Team Fortress 2Jun 25, 2025 - GamingOnLinuxValve announced via an official Team Fortress 2 blog post that the Mann vs. Machine mode is getting upgraded and they've called for help. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/mann-vs-machine-is-getting-an-upgrade-in-team-fortress-2/ Valve announces Team Fortress 2 is getting 'a much-needed update' focused on Mann vs. Machine: 'A chilling cautionary tale where an artificial consciousness tried to take all our jobs'Jun 24, 2025 - PC GamerValve has announced an upcoming Team Fortress 2 update as only Valve can. A new blog post begins:.. Read more.Valve is updating Team Fortress 2's Mann vs Machine mode, and it wants your helpJun 24, 2025 - PCGamesNValve is planning a new Team Fortress 2 Mann vs. Machine update, more than a decade after the co-op game mode came to the team-based shooter. The Half-Life and Counter-Strike maker is also asking TF2's community to make and submit maps and missions, which suggests that plenty of player creations will expand MvM, all these years later. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: New Team Fortress 2 update may transform the game, but Valve is being mysterious The ultra nostalgic Team Fortress 2 Classic is finally coming to Steam Valve reverses Team Fortress 2's 'biggest' change in 17 years after just one day Mann vs. Machine Maps Needed!Jun 23, 2025 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/554111/570f354b8c6b6e4e303f51a0b11747d9aa26921c.png Thirteen years ago, we launched Mann vs. Machine, a chilling cautionary tale where an artificial consciousness tried to take all our jobs. You didn't know it back then, but that was actually a literary device called "speculative" fiction, where writers (us) accurately predict the future (the present), but then hide it so as not to cause widespread panic. In an effort to keep panic levels low, and apropos of nothing, we'd like to tell you a story: Once upon a time, a Mann vs. Machine mode in a video game was getting a much-needed update. And so a brave blog post writer (us again) asked the community to submit Mann vs. Machine maps and missions in time for that update. (For the sake of this panic-reducing speculative fantasy, let's put the fictional deadline at Wednesday, August 27th). If that was the entire story, you'd already be at a low panic level but vaguely concerned about a looming dystopian future (mission accomplished). But as is traditional in the genre of speculative blog fiction, there's more! The king of the fictional land where this all happened (ancient Greece), decreed on stone tablets that even though the update was dropping right around the ancient Greek candy-harvest festival of Halloween, the maps did not need to all be Halloween-themed (first tablet) and in fact shouldn't be (second tablet). "Though some of them COULD be," the king carved into a third tablet, held in the stone hands of a statue... of PRIMATE GEORGE WASHINGTON? No! It's just regular George Washington in a dystopian future past where our sculptors are NOT AS GOOD AS IN ANCIENT GREECE! What an ending! (The end.) Is this tale a simple flight of gripping, well-written fancy? (No.) Or a chilling glimpse into a future that could arrive as soon as, again, Wednesday, August 27th with a second part arriving right before Halloween? (Yes, see paragraph one.)Mann vs. Machine Maps Needed!Jun 23, 2025 - TF2 BlogThirteen years ago, we launched Mann vs. Machine, a chilling cautionary tale where an artificial consciousness tried to take all our jobs. You didn't know it back then, but that was actually a literary device called "speculative" fiction, where writers (us) accurately predict the future (the present), but then hide it so as not to cause widespread panic. In an effort to keep panic levels low, and apropos of nothing, we'd like to tell you a story: Once upon a time, a Mann vs. Machine mode in a video game was getting a much-needed update. And so a brave blog post writer (us again) asked the community to submit Mann vs. Machine maps and missions in time for that update. (For the sake of this panic-reducing speculative fantasy, let's put the fictional deadline at Wednesday, August 27th). If that was the entire story, you'd already be at a low panic level but vaguely concerned about a looming dystopian future (mission accomplished). But as is traditional in the genre of speculative blog fiction, there's more! The king of the fictional land where this all happened (ancient Greece), decreed on stone tablets that even though the update was dropping right around the ancient Greek candy-harvest festival of Halloween, the maps did not need to all be Halloween-themed (first tablet) and in fact shouldn't be (second tablet). "Though some of them COULD be," the king carved into a third tablet, held in the stone hands of a statue... of PRIMATE GEORGE WASHINGTON? No! It's just regular George Washington in a dystopian future past where our sculptors are NOT AS GOOD AS IN ANCIENT GREECE! What an ending! (The end.) Is this tale a simple flight of gripping, well-written fancy? (No.) Or a chilling glimpse into a future that could arrive as soon as, again, Wednesday, August 27th with a second part arriving right before Halloween? (Yes, see paragraph one.) AsiaFortress Liquid.tf 6v6 Gibus CupJun 16, 2025 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/554111/08013a40dd688ab217d27ead8f9d18fbbbc2530d.png AsiaFortress Liquid.tf is excited to announce its first-ever 6v6 Gibus Cup, which is a competitive TF2 tournament tailored for newcomers in the Asian region. If you're new to competitive TF2 and want to give it a try, this is the perfect place to start! Signups are for individuals, and you will be put on a team with a dedicated coach. Participants who play all their games will also receive an in-game medal. This event is being hosted in loving memory of Moonchild and jR who loved Team Fortress 2 and were long-time members of their community. Join their Discord for more information and to sign up! Important Links: Twitch YouTube Twitter Discord Asiafortress AsiaFortress Liquid.tf 6v6 Gibus CupJun 16, 2025 - TF2 Blog AsiaFortress Liquid.tf is excited to announce its first-ever 6v6 Gibus Cup, which is a competitive TF2 tournament tailored for newcomers in the Asian region. If you're new to competitive TF2 and want to give it a try, this is the perfect place to start! Signups are for individuals, and you will be put on a team with a dedicated coach. Participants who play all their games will also receive an in-game medal. This event is being hosted in loving memory of Moonchild and jR who loved Team Fortress 2 and were long-time members of their community. Join their Discord for more information and to sign up! Important Links: * Twitch ;* YouTube ;* Twitter ;* Discord ;* Asiafortress After almost 18 years, Team Fortress 2 just had its toughest tournament ever, and there could be more to comeJun 3, 2025 - PC GamerTeam Fortress 2 resides in the long shadows cast by Valve's pair of popular titans, Dota 2 and Counter-Strike 2. But the class-based FPS has managed to endure despite its little-brother status, perpetuated by a passionate community that includes a competitive scene that's still producing fireworks... Read more.TFArena 6v6 CupJun 2, 2025 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/554111/fbcd2dee0c663f52da4d29cdf35978fe8027c022.png (Image credit: MetalCloud) After a year break, TFArena is back hosting its first ever non-Arena mode event! This time they'll be running 6v6 with a twist! Many long standing weapons have been unbanned, and a unique version of cp_steel will be introduced! Teams have until June 12th to sign-up, with the event taking place June 14th-15th. Teams from NA, EU, and SA are all welcome to join regardless of skill level! You can sign up on the TFArena website or visit their Discord server for more information! TFArena 6v6 CupJun 2, 2025 - TF2 Blog (Image credit: MetalCloud) After a year break, TFArena is back hosting its first ever non-Arena mode event! This time they'll be running 6v6 with a twist! Many long standing weapons have been unbanned, and a unique version of cp_steel will be introduced! Teams have until June 12th to sign-up, with the event taking place June 14th-15th. Teams from NA, EU, and SA are all welcome to join regardless of skill level! You can sign up on the TFArena website or visit their Discord server for more information! A mod that lets you play Half-Life 2 multiplayer as the mercs from Team Fortress 2 is coming to SteamMay 28, 2025 - PC GamerThe opening seconds of the trailer sold me on the whole enterprise. It's the unforgettable scene from the start of Half-Life 2 where a Combine cop tells Gordon Freeman to pick up a piece of trash. Only you're not playing Gordon Freeman in this scenario. You're playing the Scout from Team Fortress 2, a man who has a baseball bat and thinks every problem is a fastball... Read more.AsiaFortress Liquid.tf Spring 6s FinalsMay 21, 2025 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/554111/267dcf7621225c22146ce02590728982b0dc3916.png AsiaFortress Liquid.tf is back with its Spring 6s finals! Catch the finals action on their closest season yet! Tune in live on: 24th of May 9pm SGT / 2pm CET 25th of May 8pm SGT / 1pm CET Important Links: Twitch YouTube Twitter Discord Asiafortress AsiaFortress Liquid.tf Spring 6s FinalsMay 21, 2025 - TF2 Blog AsiaFortress Liquid.tf is back with its Spring 6s finals! Catch the finals action on their closest season yet! Tune in live on: 24th of May 9pm SGT / 2pm CET 25th of May 8pm SGT / 1pm CET Important Links: * Twitch ;* YouTube ;* Twitter ;* Discord ;* Asiafortress
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