Team Fortress 2 Summer Update 2023 Breaks Record with New All-Time Peak Concurrent Players on Steam
Team Fortress 2 has recently received a significant Summer Update, bringing numerous new additions and improvements. The impact of this update can be understood by considering the game’s achievement of breaking the record for concurrent players. According to SteamDB, on July 13th, 2023, the game reached an all-time high of 247,499 concurrent players on Steam following the update.
Team Fortress 2 Summer Update 2023
The Summer 2023 update introduced 14 new community maps, including Sharkbay, Rotunda, Phoenix, Cashworks, Venice, Reckoner, Sulfur, Hardwood, Pelican Peak, Selbyen, VSH Tiny Rock, VSH Distillery, VSH Skirmish, and VSH Nucleus.
The update also includes the Summer 2023 Cosmetic Case, which contains 25 new community-contributed items. Additionally, six new community-contributed taunts have been added to the Mann Co. Store. These include the Killer Joke, Star-Spangled Strategy, The Head Doctor, Tuefort Tango, The Road Rager, and The Killer Signature.
The update also brings 20 new community-created Unusual effects, with 12 new effects for Unusual hats and 8 new effects for Unusual taunts. The Summer 2023 War Paint Case has also been added, containing 10 new community-created War Paints that make up the Summer 2023 Collection. This case also has a chance to give a taunt Unusualifier as a bonus item.
During the Summer event, all cosmetic and taunt cases will grant Summer 2023 Unusual effects instead of their normal Unusual effects. This does not include crates. The Summer event will run through September 15th, 2023.
General Updates and Improvements
In addition to the new content, the update also brings a number of general improvements. These include security and stability enhancements, fixes to the Mann vs. Machine upgrade panel, and the resolution of an exploit related to the ConTracker.
The update also fixes issues with the Strange Count Transfer Tool, the Engineer’s movement after performing The High Five taunt, and the missing No Headphones style for the Universal Translator. It also corrects the Engineer teleporter audio in Spanish and the alpha channels for the Smissmas 2021/2022 Cosmetic Case models.
The Winter 2019 War Paint Case is now visible in the Mann Co. Store, and some tournament medals have been updated or added. The update also includes fixes and improvements to the maps.
The players’ increased engagement can be attributed to the fact that all the new additions to the game are driven by the community and crafted by the TF2 community. This indicates that not only the players, but Valve also cares a lot about a 16-year-old game and listens to its community. What do you think about this news? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.
