" Team Fortress 2
- Fixed backburner's flame critical hits not being recalculated after collision. This meant that it would check if the target was looking away once and after that the flame could score a critical hit again even if the orientation changed
- Added back some damage falloff to the Pyro's flamethrower. Not nearly as extreme as it was before the Pyro class pack
- Fixed bug that caused Demomen to take a small amount of extra damage from their own grenades and fly farther using them
- Fixed spy getting stuck in players after removing his disguise
- Fixed spy stabbing and being able to go invisible instantly
- Fixed spy disguised as enemy medic being able to spam voice commands
- Fixed buffed health not decaying properly after being healed by a dispenser
- Selectable menus can now be operated with number keys even if they are not bound to slot1, slot2, etc.
- Removed the remaining speed adjustments for carrying intelligence (a couple of game modes still reduced your maxspeed)
- Fixed a buildable item placement bug where the object would not rotate after the user tried to place in an invalid location"

"Team Fortress 2 Changes / Fixes
- Fixed "Hot on your Heels" counting non-flamethrower based kills
- Fixed some Pyro achievements not working on some servers
- Fixed Compression Blast and Flare Gun trail particles on DX8
- Fixed Spy cloaked as Scout in response rules for all classes
- Reduced Medic's unlockable requirements to match that of the Pyro's. Medic players now meeting the requirements will receive their unlockables shortly after joining a server
- Fixed Spy sapper viewmodel animation popping
- Fixed another issue with the Hot on your Heels achievement
- Incorporated the new Russian fonts into the base Team Fortress 2 fonts. Fixes the missing fonts problem when running in Russian with English VO"

"So if you're healing a target who's been hurt less than 10 seconds ago, you'll only be getting the base heal rate of 24 health a second. If the target was hurt 12.5 seconds ago, you'll be healing at 48 health a second. If the target hasn't been hurt for over 15 seconds, you'll be getting the maximum heal rate of 72 health a second."

" Team Fortress 2 Changes/Fixes
- Added 2 community maps: cp_fastlane and ctf_turbine

Pyro
- Added alt-fire compression blast to the basic flamethrower
- Added The Axtinguisher, The Backburner, and The Flare Gun
- Hadouken taunt now kills people it hits
- Tuned the flamethrower hit detection to improve detection versus retreating opponents
- Removed Flamethrower's damage falloff (was falling off to 25% by the end)

cp_well
- Added a route from the forward central foyer up to the battlements
- Redistributed health and ammunition throughout the bases

ctf_well
- Added a route from the forward central foyer up to the battlements
- Removed central building, reduced overall map length
- Redistributed health and ammunition throughout the bases

Other Notes
- Removed Soldier's 40% damage reduction from his own rockets. Does not affect rocket jumps
- In-game avatar images will now have a badge around them if the player is your friend
- Fixed bug that allowed players to move around in a reference pose
- Added custom death icons for unlockable weapons
- The player join team message now specifies whether the player used the auto team option
- Payload maps now support four control points per stage
- Achievement dialog will stay open when you're moving in & out of the game and the main menu
- Added full Russian localization, with both fonts & speech
- Returned the "Report a Bug" option to the main menu"

"In his former life as a tracker of dangerous game in the unforgiving Australian outback, the Sniper would spend months by himself. Prolonged isolation taught him a valuable lesson: You don't have to rely on other people if you never miss."

" - Allow Mods to set which ConVars control the sv_tags settings
- Support custom Russian TF2 fonts
- Particle rendering/simulation performance increase (missed from the previous update)"

" - Changed video options initialization to fix some HUD resolution problems in mods
- Fixed crash issuing the last disguise command when not connected to a server
- Fixed rare crash on exit
- Fixed a couple of issues with gamestats reporting incorrect values
- Fixed an exploit that allowed clients to crash servers"

"Team Fortress 2
- Fixed mat_queue_mode crash during level transitions
- Fixed rapid weapon switching allowing Medics to prevent deployed UberCharges from draining
- Improved prediction of Spy's speed changes when disguising
- Fixed Stopwatch panel not updating if level designer ends round by hand instead of letting the gamerules end it
- Optimized particle traces on multi-core machines
- Fixed tracers sometimes firing with the wrong team color
- Fixed rapid-fire weaponry critical hit checks getting out of synch between the server and client
- Fixed map exploits in Gold Rush"

" - Fixed several issues with the Family Practice achievement. Players with 10/10 progress that have not been awarded the achievement will get the achievement the next time they UberCharge any Steam friend
- Fixed toggle-fire option for the Medigun preventing players from earning the Second Opinion achievement
- Fixed The Kritzkrieg not charging faster than the Medigun
- Fixed issue that was preventing players from using their new Medic items on some servers
- Fixed melee weapons not being affected by The Kritzkrieg's critboost
- Fixed Server Browser sometimes refreshing in the background on startup when it wasn't visible"

" - Fixed unlimited UberCharge exploit
- Fixed charge effect getting stuck on the Kritzkrieg when changing class/weapons"

"Team Fortress 2 Client
- Removed TF2 achievement console commands

Team Fortress 2 Server

- Fixed clients being able to trigger sv_soundscape_printdebuginfo on the server
- Fixed potential "nuke" exploit in rcon subsystem"

" - Added Goldrush
- Added Character Info and Loadout to the main menu
- Added 39 Medic achievements
- Added unique Medic items: The Blutsaugher, The Kritzkrieg, and The Ubersaw
- Added new attack animations to most melee weapons
- Added new speech for the Heavy and Demoman
- Added Stopwatch mode to Tournament mode
- Automatically used on Attack/Defense maps
- Teleporter effect no longer shows up on invisible or disguised Spies
- Spies disguised as their own team can now capture control points
- Increased force taken by pipebombs by bullets and explosions
- Target ID hud is now colored red or blue to match the spectator target
- Tournament mode no longer ends matches early if the time limit is nearly up when a new round starts
- Fixed exploit where clients could start benchmark mode on servers
- Fixed drowning exploit that allowed players to regenerate health
- Fixed reload exploit that allowed plays to fire instantly after switching weapons
- Fixed flamethrower bug where a player flush against a wall couldn't be lit on fire from the front
- Fixed invulnerability overlay not drawing if the invuln player was previously on fire
- Fixed "times used" entry in teleporters maxing out at 32
- Fixed rare client crash on level change during control point capturing
- Minor fix to stat gathering to prevent players using sv_cheats to easily garner achievements

- For mapmakers:
- Mapmakers can now directly place the tf_gamerules entity into their map. Fixes Hammer thinking the inputs to it are broken
- Mapmakers can now place Engineer buildings directly into a map, with an option for them to be invulnerable
- Added "AddRedTeamScore" and "AddBlueTeamScore" inputs to tf_gamerules
- Added "SetRequiredObserverTarget" input to tf_gamerules. Force spectators to use the specified viewpoint

- Granary
- Added setup time logic, and gates to the middle
- Fixed an overlay alignment bug on one of blue's gate signs
- Minor lighting fixes in red/blue spawns

- 2Fort
- Added medium ammo and health to basement hallways
- Added small ammo and health to top of spiral
- Fixed a clip brush exploit outside blue sniper deck
- Fixed number "2" overlay on front of red base not being assigned to the brush face"

"The youngest of eight boys from the south side of Boston, the Scout learned early how to problem solve with his fists. With seven older brothers on his side, fights tended to end before the runt of the litter could maneuver into punching distance, so the Scout trained himself to run. He ran everywhere, all the time, until he could beat his pack of mad dog siblings to the fray."

"This weekend only, get a special discount on the multi-player game rated as Game of the Year by over 50 industry publications. Buy before Monday, April 21 and get Team Fortress 2 for just $19.95. Don't let your friends have all the fun without you!"

"Changes/Fixes
- Fixed Linux dedicated server crash on map change"

"IGN: When might we see Goldrush release? Can you briefly describe the type of gameplay mode players should expect to see on this map?

Robin Walker: Goldrush is looking like it'll come out along with the Medic achievements and unlockable weaponry. It's the first map in a new game mode we're calling "Payload", where the Blu team escorts a cart loaded with explosives into a Red base. The cart moves faster the more Blu players are near it, and contains a handy dispenser to heal and resupply them as they escort it. The Red team wins if they can keep the cart from reaching their base. Goldrush is also the first map where we've used the cinematic physics technology from Half-Life 2: Episode 2 in a multiplayer environment, and we're really happy with the results."