Steam News announces the release of a new patch to automatically update Team Fortress 2, Valve's teamplay shooter sequel. The update includes three brand new hats, and a bunch of other stuff that isn't as cool, since you can't wear it on your head. The patch notes follow.

Team Fortress 2

• Added 3 new hats that can be worn by any class
  • Towering Pillar of Hats"
  • Noble Amassment of Hats"
  • Modest Pile of Hat"
• Added Propaganda contest winners' hats for First Place, First Runner-up, and Second Runner-up
• Added "Edit Loadout" button to the class menu
• Changed the main menu background to randomly use the Red, Blue, and Soldier/Demo background images
• Fixed Snipers being able to shoot enemies through gates
• Fixed Linux servers not properly reconnecting to Steam when they lose their connection
• Fixed stickies being destructible before they're stuck to something
• Fixed the return progress bar above a dropped flag not animating if the return time on the flag is less than 30 seconds
• Fixed the CTF HUD not properly handling flags being disabled/enabled during the round
• Fixed player health panels sometimes using the wrong animations for buffed or low health values
• Updated the net_showevents convar to be marked as a cheat
• Updated the main menu news buttons to direct players to the most recent TF2 update and the TF2 blog
• Updated Italian localization strings
• Updated the custom TF2 fonts with Polish characters
• Updated CP_Gorge
  • Added more cover outside of the initial BLU spawn area
  • Added a forward spawn for the BLU team after Cap1 is captured
  • Added another access point to the upper level from the front of the RED base
  • Added more cover in the room just before Cap2
  • Decreased RED team's respawn time while they own Cap1
  • Fixed a few areas where players would sometimes become stuck

Community requests

• Added new options for the Invade CTF game mode flag. Default is 1
  • 0 : No neutral time
  • 1 : Flag goes neutral in 30 seconds (current behavior)
  • 2 : Flag goes neutral in 1/2 the return time
• Added scoring choice for the Invade CTF game mode. Default is 0
  • 0 : Increment score (current behavior)
  • 1 : Increment capture count
• Added new inputs to item_teamflag
  • ForceDrop : Force the flag to be dropped if it's being carried by a player
  • ForceReset : Force the flag to be dropped if it's being carried by a player, then reset the flag to its original location
  • SetReturnTime : Set the length of time (in seconds) before a dropped flag returns to base
• Added new output to item_teamflag
  • OnTouchSameTeam : Sent when the flag is touched by a player on the same team