A new update to Team Fortress 2 has introduced 14 new community made maps, a plethora of new cosmetics, and surprisingly an official “VS Saxton Hale” game mode.

Four out of the 14 new maps are for the newly introduced VS Saxton Hale game mode.

For those unfamiliar, in VS Saxton Hale one player is chosen to become the man, the myth, the legend, Saxton Hale himself. The other players on the server are tasked with killing the big man before everyone gets squashed by his Australian muscles.

The game mode has existed for years on modded servers and have included other playable characters in lieu of Saxton Hale such as the cast of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (seriously).

The recent update also included some behind the scenes bug-fixes and adjustments; you can read the full patch notes here and the Summer 2023 highlights below:

• Featuring 14 new community maps: Sharkbay, Rotunda, Phoenix, Cashworks, Venice, Reckoner, Sulfur, Hardwood, Pelican Peak, Selbyen, VSH Tiny Rock, VSH Distillery, VSH Skirmish, and VSH Nucleus
• Added the Summer 2023 Cosmetic Case
  • Contains 25 new community-contributed items
• Added 6 new community-contributed taunts to the Mann Co. Store
  • Taunt: Killer Joke
  • Taunt: Star-Spangled Strategy
  • Taunt: The Head Doctor
  • Taunt: Tuefort Tango
  • Taunt: The Road Rager
  • Taunt: The Killer Signature
• Added 20 new community-created Unusual effects
  • 12 new effects for Unusual hats
  • 8 new effects for Unusual taunts
• Added the Summer 2023 War Paint Case
  • Contains 10 new community-created War Paints that make-up the Summer 2023 Collection
  • Has a chance to give a taunt Unusualifier as a bonus item
• All cosmetic and taunt cases will grant Summer 2023 Unusual effects instead of their normal Unusual effects during the Summer event. This does not include crates.
• The Summer event runs through September 15th, 2023