Team Fortress 2 Heavy Update Released

The much-anticipated Heavy update is now available for Team Fortress 2, bringing a wealth of new content to the PC version of Valve's class-based multiplayer shooter.

Automatically downloaded upon logging into Steam, the update packs the new Arena mode, the Badwater Basin Payload map, community member Jamie Mason's CP_Steel along an assortment of achievements for the Heavy class and three unlockable item: Natscha, the Killing Gloves of Boxing and the healing Sandvich.

In addition to the update, Valve delivered a new entry in its "Meet The" series, offering viewers a humorous introduction to the Sanvich.

The specific changes include:

• Added 3 Heavy unlockables
  Natascha, The Sandvich, The Killing Gloves of Boxing

• Added 35 new Heavy achievements

• Added Arena game mode

• 5 arenas: Lumberyard, Ravine, Well, Granary, Badlands

• Added cp_steel, a community map by Jamie "Fishbus" Manson

Changes

• Added server map timeleft to upper right of scoreboard

• Added new firing sounds to The Backburner

• Removed the Custom Tab in the serverbrowser, and added the Tags field to the base Internet Tab

• Increased The Kritzkrieg's uber-charge rate bonus from 10% to 25%

• 32 player servers can now support an extra slot of SourceTV

• Made the freezecam item panel description easier to read

• Players now broadcast whether they chose a team directly or use autoteam

• Added proper handling of cart blocking recognition to Payload maps

Bug fixes

• Fixed bug where switching from flaregun-wielding Pyro to another class meant you didn't get a full ammo loadout on first spawn

• Fixed Spy watch arm not using team skins

• Fixed weapon switching preventing you from using secondary attacks for a 0.2s window after the primary became available

• Fixed players getting stuck in a bad animation state when class switching while spinning the minigun

• Fixed a loophole that allowed players to pickup weapons of other classes

• Fixed a bug that resulted in players earning more crit chance bonus in large, single damage events than they are supposed to

• Fixed an issue with the floating HUD +X health indicators that resulted in them appearing incorrectly

• Fixed a bug which caused the minigun spinning & firing sounds to occasionally stop while the Heavy was still firing

• Fixes the Loadout player model panel causing the in-game player facial animation to perform incorrectly

• Fixed spectators not having the target ID labels display correctly

• Fixed the cart alarm sound occasionally getting stuck on in Payload maps