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

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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, the last 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

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

Maps

Name	Picture	Game mode	File name
Barnblitz		Payload	pl_barnblitz

Day Two: TimbukTuesday

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, accessed by clicking on a crushed can of Bonk! Atomic Punch, also revealed a Bonk-themed set for the Scout known as "The #1 Fan".

Class Sets

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

Day Three: World War Wednesday

Day Three revealed two World War II item sets for the Soldier, the General's Formals and the Airborne Armaments.

Class Sets

Soldier	Airborne Armaments		Liberty Launcher
			Reserve Shooter
			Market Gardener
	The General's Formals		Mantreads
			Disciplinary Action

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.

• TimbukTuesday refers to Template:W, a West African town that is commonly stereotyped as being exotically far away.

• The Lawrence of Australia Sniper Pack is a reference to the 1962 film Template:W, which is based on the life of T.E. Lawrence, a British commander and his experiences in Arabia during World War I.

• "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 or axes.

• The helmet the Soldier wears on the top of the page for Day 3 resembles the helmet of Template:W. In keeping with theme, Patton was a General in World War II, and was well-known for being eccentric, similar to the Soldier.

• Before a big battle or the start of a war/conquest, the commanding officer of a group of soldiers may give a speech in order to raise the spirits and rally the strength of their troops, similar to how the General's Formals Soldier on Day 3 is.
  • The speech seen on Day 3 features Template:W-style writing, including lines like "We will fight them on a BOAT!", "We will fight them in a MOAT!", and "WE WILL NOT EAT GREEN EGGS AND HAM!"; likely referring to the Dr's Dapper Topper Soldier hat.
  • The line "Do you maggots remember the speech from Braveheart?" refers to this scene.
  • The line "MISTER GARPABARP, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL!" refers to the famous speech given by President Ronald Reagan at Brandenberg Gate, in which Reagan challenged then-Head of state of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.

Gallery

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  First day of update

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  Second day of update

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  Third day of update

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  Secret page on Day 2

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  The can of Bonk! that leads to the Secret Page

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  Unused logo of the Über Update

External links

• The Über Update