Patches

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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 Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux platforms via Steam, and must be downloaded and applied before the game can be launched. While all three of these platforms retain the same codebase and any updates are released to both simultaneously, the version of the game on Xbox 360 platform is separate and does not receive frequent updates, due to restrictions imposed on game developers by Microsoft. To date, there have been only four patches to Team Fortress 2 on Xbox 360, compared to the 365 patches that have been released to Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux 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

Major updates are patches that feature new content and or game feature, often announced over a period of several days.

Robotic Boogaloo May 17, 2013 Patch	Mecha Update December 20, 2012 Patch	Spectral Halloween Special October 26, 2012 Patch
Mann vs. Machine Update August 15, 2012 Patch	Pyromania Update June 27, 2012 Patch	Australian Christmas 2011 December 15, 2011 Patch
Very Scary Halloween Special October 27, 2011 Patch	Manniversary Update & Sale October 13, 2011 Patch	Über Update June 23, 2011 Patch
Replay Update May 5, 2011 Patch	Hatless Update April 14, 2011 Patch	Australian Christmas December 17, 2010 Patch
Scream Fortress Update October 27, 2010 Patch	Mann-Conomy Update September 30, 2010 Patch	Engineer Update July 8, 2010 Patch
Mac Update June 10, 2010 Patch	119th Update April 29, 2010 Patch	WAR! Update December 17, 2009 Patch
Haunted Hallowe'en Special October 29, 2009 Patch	Classless Update August 13, 2009 Patch	Sniper vs. Spy Update May 21, 2009 Patch
Scout Update February 24, 2009 Patch	Heavy Update August 19, 2008 Patch	Pyro Update June 19, 2008 Patch
Gold Rush Update April 29, 2008 Patch

Content packs

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 former contribution page (now replaced by the Steam Workshop) have also been released as content packs.

Triad Pack August 2, 2012 Patch	Manno-Technology Bundle August 18, 2011 Patch	Dr. Grordbort's Victory Pack Update July 20, 2011 Patch
Summer Camp Sale July 1, 2011 Patch	Third Community Contribution Update April 7, 2011 Patch	Japan Charity Bundle March 23, 2011 Patch
Shogun Pack March 10, 2011 Patch	Community Map Pack Update February 24, 2011 Patch	Second Community Contribution Update May 20, 2010 Patch
First Community Contribution Update March 18, 2010 Patch

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-face indicate a major content update (see above).

See also

• Patches (Classic) – patches for Team Fortress Classic
• Patches (Beta) – patches for Team Fortress 2 Beta
• Item timeline

External links

• History on the TF2 Official Website