What changed in Team Fortress 2 in 2026

Updated/Added some tournament medals

The project invites submissions for cosmetics, war paints, and unusual effects for the Workshop.

A new community project focused on creating European-themed maps for TF2.

Collaboration with TF2Maps.net to host a Major Mapping Contest centered around Europe.

Updated cp_wildcat_event to fix missing model for Spies disguised as pumpkins

Winners and submissions added to the main Operation Mooncrash Collection.

Deadline extended to the end of November with a prize pool boost to 330 keys.

Every spell turns into a rare variant and respawns quickly after 5 minutes of capturing middle.

Spells can go both ways.

Beacons now place themselves in the closest valid location inside tight spaces instead of instantly breaking.

Previously tinted black.

Changed to fists instead of the sloppy wet Unarmed Combat.

If they can't find a nearby valid location.

Updated zi_atoll, zi_blazehattan, zi_devastation_final1, zi_murky, zi_sanitarium, and zi_woods.

Turns themselves and victims to ash.

Updated multiple maps to fix exploits using Zombie Engineer's Beacon.

Resolved clipping issue for the Untucked style in some standing poses.

New objective: 'Kill with a pumpkin bomb'

Resolved issues with additional bodygroup settings not being applied.

Adjusted the numbers required to complete the objectives.

Resolved an issue causing view jitter that persists when playing for long periods.

Fixed visibility problems

Allows previous movement behavior on community servers.

Originally missed style added

Adjusted to match the settings from last year.

Added nobuilds to rooftops (thanks Mr. Happy Face!).

Community Fix by Skull

Allows them to be turned off for improved performance.

Resolved issue where kills were not counting correctly.

Fixed a problem with the materials of the Bounty Hunter's Brim.

Resolved a bug where players could get stuck in certain oblique angles of walls and props.

New portals spawn for the team that loses the point in their own respawn room to assist them.

Corrected the hiding of the correct bodygroup.

Community fix from Chickenman456

Previously 8 minutes

New objective: 'Get 5 kills in a single life'

Fixed a bug where HUD item meters weren't always being cleared/loaded properly.

Reduced duration of the Vampire Buff from 20 to 15 seconds.

Fixed client crash related to missing HUDAutoAim element.

Introduced the Haunted Hoard Case containing new items.

Added 21 new community-created Unusual effects for hats and taunts.

Map now precaches audio on load to fix stutter issues.

Updated textures to reduce normal map compression artifacts.

Fixed TFBot crash related to moving control points.

Completing Halloween Contracts rewards classic items and Haunted Hoard Cases.

New feature allows Zombies to manually choose spawn points.

All players who launch the game will receive a Soul Gargoyle.

5 new community-contributed taunts added to the store.

Scream Fortress XVIII has arrived, featuring new content and events.

Added HolyHell, Scarypass, Trainsawlaser, Medi-Evil, and Scaredy-Cat.

Fixed multiple bugs related to Zombie mechanics and interactions.

Grants access to Merasmissions and resets all Halloween Contracts.

Added 23 community-created cosmetic items to the Haunted Hoard Collection.

Fixed rules not playing for Halloween items.

Three new super hard missions designed for challenge-seeking players, alongside a returning master mission.

A new Mann vs. Machine charity event featuring 28 maps and various difficulty missions.

In-person players and supporters will receive unique medals, with a trophy for the first place team.

KritzKast presents ÜBERFEST LAN with exclusive in-game viewer medal for live stream viewers.

Players can enter BBALL and Ultiduo competitions for free this season.

Two new game modes have been added for this season's MGE.tf competition.

The competition will now include two new regions for players to compete in.

The competition format includes a 6-week regular season followed by playoffs.

MGE.tf is back with new game modes and regions, offering players more ways to compete.

The Australian Hightower Highjinx event is back with 9v9 format and iconic Australium coated medals.

$5AUD donation grants a glowing green badge; $25AUD donation grants a true blue Royalty badge.

A community-run Workshop contest for Halloween spells in Scream Fortress with prizes.

A community contest for creating Halloween spells for Scream Fortress with prizes.

A new event featuring Highlander 9v9 action on Halloween themed maps.

Further investigation is ongoing.

Players who dismount in mid-air now receive mini-crits from Direct Hit and Reserve Shooter

Now ramps up from 1.1x base class speed to 1.8x

From 0.6s to 0.25s

Parachute was deploying while using a zipline

From 0.3s to 0.1s

The Beachcomber's Brim now includes a second style that was originally missed.

Updated the Team Union war paint to remove a few rogue pixels.

From 0.6s to 0.25s

Players who dismount in mid-air now receive mini-crits from the Direct Hit and Reserve Shooter

From 0.3s to 0.1s

Updated backpack image for the Pyro's Overalls to fix the alpha channel.

Now ramps up from 1.1x base class speed to 1.8x

Updated the Sandwich Diner and Sideshow war paints to fix the alpha channels.

Updated the Northern Nights, Umbral Lights, and Solar Singed Unusual effects to fix a naming conflict.

Updated the Blissful Butterflies and Wispful Wings Unusual effects to fix visibility issues.

Parachute deploying while using a zipline is fixed

Further investigation is ongoing.

Updated the Hard Hearing to fix truncated style names.

Updated the Blissful Butterflies and Wispful Wings Unusual effects to fix visibility issues.

Fixed vertex normal issue on coat, adjusted Phongfresnelranges on mirror to improve envmap effect, reduced texture size of mirror.

Parachute was deploying while using a zipline

Updated the Northern Nights, Umbral Lights, and Solar Singed Unusual effects to fix a naming conflict.

From 0.6s to 0.25s

Updated the Hard Hearing to fix truncated style names.

Players who dismount in mid-air now receive mini-crits from Direct Hit and Reserve Shooter

Updated backpack image for the Pyro's Overalls to fix the alpha channel.

Updated the Team Union war paint to remove a few rogue pixels.

Now ramps up from 1.1x base class speed to 1.8x

Globally improved lighting in outdoor areas.

Updated the Sandwich Diner and Sideshow war paints to fix the alpha channels.

Fixed conflicting files leading to crashes, fixed several spawn room errors, adjusted respawn-times to make capping easier, adjusted sound timings and volume, brightened up dark spaces and tunnels, smaller changes all around the map to improve game flow, miscellaneous visual and clipping bugs fixed.

Further investigation is ongoing.

The Beachcomber's Brim now has a second style that was originally missed.

Adjusted vertex normals and diffuse on head, adjusted normals and specular on head mirror, reduced mesh size slightly toward the front and back of the head, fixed some facial flexes, reduced texture size of lens.

From 0.3s to 0.1s

Community fix from Sean McGeehan

Community fix from DiskIntegrity

Community fix from Whurrhurr

Community fix from Sean McGeehan

Most involved changing existing collision from player_clip to bullet_block to prevent splash damage from getting caught on small pieces of level geometry.

Thanks Big Wiggy

Community fix from Piogre

Players should no longer get caught on them while in midair (but they still can't land on top of them).

Thanks Uncle Dane

Most were already nonsolid, but this should make most props consistent.

Community fix from doclic

The spawn has now moved back and into a larger hut structure in the yard before the second control point.

Community fix from Sean McGeehan

Collision turned off so they don't catch splash.

Players should be able to jump normally through the door without hitting their heads.

They are now enclosed in glass and have a layer of bullet block so that collision is correct.

The ramp is now a displacement, which should catch splash damage correctly and allow player to walk up to the wall cleanly.

Reduced the amount of grass poking through concrete

Community fix from robbilookatme

Community fix from FrozenDragon

Donate $5 to receive an in-game medal as part of the charity fundraiser.

A new Mann vs. Machine charity event featuring over 10 missions across new and returning maps.

Players will compete in weekly deathmatch games against opponents of similar skill levels.

A structured environment for players to improve their mechanics through consistent competition.

Introduction of 1v1 competition and a new region, Asia, for MGE.tf leagues.

Thanks Midnite.

Resolved issue with sounds not playing due to a typo in the volume.

Thanks True_Boredom.

Community fix from BreavyTF2.

Community fix from BreavyTF2

Thanks Midnite

Thanks True_Boredom

Fixed due to a typo in the volume (community fix from That Hat Guy)

Signups for the tournament open on February 16 and close on February 28.

A new tournament featuring teams of 3 players competing in a Swiss style format over four weeks.

Seasonalander has arrived for Winter 2026, raising funds for Child's Play through Tiltify.

Announcing the Americana contest for War Paints and Limited Skins with a prize pool of 40 500+ keys.

Sign-ups for the tournament started on February 1st and will run through February 20th. Matches take place February 20th through February 22nd.