Team Fortress 2 Engineer Update is Live

Valve has finally released the long awaited, and incessantly teased, Engineer update for Team Fortress 2. Included in the update are four new maps: Thunder Mountain, Hightower, Upward and (the "community built") ColdFront as well as 35 Engineer-based achievements, among a slew of other bonuses.

Engineer fans will have new weapons and items in their arsenal, including the wrench-replacing "Gunslinger" that allows engineers to build mini-sentries, the sentry-controlling "Wrangler" and the devastating shotgun replacement, the "Frontier Justice."

Today's Team Fortress 2 update (which will automatically download after a Steam restart) adds, changes and fixes the following:

Team Fortress 2 -- Engineer Update
• Added The Frontier Justice.

• Added The Wrangler.

• Added The Gunslinger.

• Added The Southern Hospitality.

• Added 35 Engineer achievements.

• Engineers can now pickup & move their buildings.

• Added Engineer main menu music.

Engine
• Fixed client crash related flashlight usage.

• Fixed several issues related to alt-tabbing (invisible players, etc).

Added 4 new maps:
• Thunder Mountain, a 3 stage Payload map.

• Hightower, a Payload Race map.

• Upward, a Payload map.

• ColdFront, a community built Capture Point map.

Item tuning:
• The Sandvich now uses a cooldown timer, instead of the health pack recharge mechanic.

• The Gunboats now reduce self-damage by 60% (was 75%)

• The Tribalman's Shiv bleed duration reduced to 6 second (was 8), and its damage penalty increased to 50% (was 35%).

• Added better feedback sound for Pyros on when their flamethrower is doing damage.

• Fixed blood effect on bleeding player.

• Added a glow effect to Payload carts.

• Added Romanian language support.