TF2 is getting an ‘update-sized update’ this summer, but the community has to make it themselves

Valve has put out a blog post (opens in new tab) revealing that Team Fortress 2 will be getting a “major update” this summer⁠, which is to say that it won’t just be getting the usual injection of new cosmetic items, but a whole smorgasbord of “items, maps, taunts, unusual effects, war paints and who knows what else?”

The only catch is that it will all have to be provided by the community: Valve has put out a call for Steam Workshop submissions to be made by May 1 for this “as-yet unnamed, un-themed, but still very exciting summer-situated (but not summer-themed) (unless you want to develop summer-themed stuff) update.”