Team Fortress 2
2007 video game
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| 2025 |
Record for the largest trade in game history was set, with a 'Crone's Dome' witch hat valued at over $43,200, combining rare cosmetic effects and item modifiers.
Someone just traded a hat in Team Fortress 2 for a record-breaking $40,000 | TechSpot
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Absurdly rare Team Fortress 2 hat called 'The Crone's Dome' sells for a record-setting $18,000 worth of keys because 'it's one of a kind and will not ever be unboxed again' | PC Gamer
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| February 2025 | The Team Fortress 2 client and server source code was added to Valve's public SDK for the Source engine, allowing creators to modify and publish game changes for free. |
| June 17 2024 | Valve dropped macOS support for Team Fortress 2, removing the Apple icon from the download button due to compatibility issues with newer macOS versions. |
| April 18 2024 | Valve released a 64-bit support update for Team Fortress 2, increasing frame rates by an average of 22 percent, though initially detected as malware by some anti-virus software. |
| 2023 | The fan-film 'Emesis Blue' was released, receiving acclaim as a feature-length psychological horror work related to Team Fortress 2. |
| 2023 | Windows edition updated to support unrestricted player counts, enabling up to 100 players in a single server, significantly increasing the match capacity. |
| July 12 2023 | Valve released a community-created update featuring 14 new maps, which helped the game reach its highest-ever concurrent player count of 253,997 players. |
| 2021 | The Pyro appeared as a henchman in the game Evil Genius 2. |
| 2020 | Team Fortress 2 content creators began using 15.ai, an AI text-to-speech tool that could replicate character voices, leading to viral content like 'Spy Is a Furry' and 'The RED Bread Bank'. |
| May 1 2020 | Valve released an update tributing Rick May (the Soldier's voice actor) with a new main menu theme and temporary statues on maps, including a permanent statue on cp_granary added in an August 21 update. |
| April 2020 | Source code for Team Fortress 2 from 2018 was leaked online, causing concerns about potential server and computer attacks. |
| July 25 2019 | 'The Crate Depression' bug occurred, causing older crate series to always produce Unusual-grade cosmetic items, which significantly damaged the in-game economy. |
| April 17 2019 | ESEA announced its intent to shut down its Team Fortress 2 competitive leagues due to lack of player participation. |
| July 6 2018 | Valve released a patch preventing crate opening in Belgium and the Netherlands due to local laws making loot boxes illegal. |
| 2017 | Funko released POP! vinyl figures of the Heavy, Medic, and Scout characters from Team Fortress 2. |
| 2017 | ESEA supported a Team Fortress 2 competitive league with $42,000 in prizes for top teams. |
| 2016 | Closed beta testing for the competitive mode began. |
| July 7 2016 | Valve released the 'Meet Your Match' update, introducing the competitive mode to Team Fortress 2 with six-vs-six ranked matches and thirteen skill ranks. |
| April 2015 | Valve announced plans to add a dedicated competitive mode to Team Fortress 2 with skill-based matchmaking. |
| 2014 | Valve licensed the Team Fortress 2 classes for use in the FaceRig program. |
| June 17 2014 | Valve released a fifteen-minute short film called 'Expiration Date' using Source Filmmaker. |
| 2013 | Valve released the Steam Community Market, allowing players to trade cosmetic items from Team Fortress 2. |
| June 2013 | Team Fortress 2's first television commercial premiered during the first episode of the fifth season of The Venture Bros., featuring in-game accessories created with Adult Swim's help. |
| May 2013 | Over fifty community content creators worked with Valve to release an official content update, with Valve paying over $250,000 to the participants. |
| February 2013 | The game was updated to support Linux. |
| February 14 2013 | Valve announced the full release of Team Fortress 2 for Linux. Players who played the game on Linux between February 14 and March 1 received a free Tux penguin in-game item. |
| November 6 2012 | Valve announced the initial release of Team Fortress 2 for Linux as part of a restricted beta launch on Steam, initially targeting Ubuntu. |
| August 15 2012 | Valve revealed the Mann vs. Machine co-op mode, which was preceded by an alternate reality game running from 2010 to 2012. |
| June 27 2012 | Valve released the final video in the 'Meet the Team' series, 'Meet the Pyro'. |
| February 14 2012 | Introduced 'Something Special for Someone Special', a $100 wedding ring item that can be gifted to other players with a global in-game announcement upon acceptance. |
| November 2011 | Dark Horse Comics published 'Valve Presents: The Sacrifice and Other Steam-Powered Stories', a volume collecting Team Fortress 2 comics along with comics from Portal 2 and Left 4 Dead. |
| June 2011 | Team Fortress 2 transitioned to a free-to-play model, distributed through Steam. |
| 2010 | Mann-Conomy Update introduced trading functionality and an in-game store allowing players to purchase items with real money. |
| 2010 | The Pyro character was added as a playable character in the game Killing Floor. |
| June 2010 | The game was updated to support macOS. |
| June 10 2010 | Team Fortress 2 was released for macOS, accompanied by a teaser image showing the Heavy with a 'Sandvich' against a green background. Players received virtual earbuds for playing on macOS before August 16. |
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