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Road Redemption -and- 112 Operator free from Epic Games Store

Cause chaos on the streets or respond to it with this weeks two Epic freebies Road Redemption and 112 Operator.

Road Redemption Link[store.epicgames.com]
112 Operator Link[store.epicgames.com]

Details:

- Account/DRM required: Epic Games (NOT Steam)
- Offer good through August 14, 1500 GMT
- Road Redemption Steam store page for evaluation.
- 112 Operator Steam store page for evaluation.

Next week, Hidden Folk -and- a repeat of Totally Reliable Delivery Service

LH
I know I ask every time but do I need to have played all 111 previous Operator games to understand this one?

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Amazon Prime (Game) - Heroes of Loot

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  • Offer valid from: 2025-07-31 18:00
  • Offer valid to: 2025-10-29 00:00

    About the game (Heroes of Loot*):
    • Ratings: IGDB Meta 81% (3 sources) / IGDB User 50% (2 sources)
    • Release date: 2013-09-04
    • Recommended price (Steam): 4.99 EUR
    • Description: Heroes of Loot combines the action of twin-stick shooters with the dungeon crawling of rogue-likes. You'll find yourself in the middle of hordes of ghosts, skulls, cyclops, critters and much more… Survive using quick reflexes, level up to improve your weapon, and if you have time complete some quests for extra loot and upgrades.
    • Genres: Action, Adventure, RPG

    * Any information about the offer is automatically grabbed and may in rare cases not match the correct game.

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Team Fortress 2 Update Released

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:

  • Added 'No Bullets' styles for the Brute's Braces and the Hunter Heavy to support the new 'bullets' bodygroup
  • Updated cp_fulgur
    • Added an extra dropdown path between B and C
    • Fixed particle manifest naming
  • Updated cp_fortezza
    • Managed sniper sightlines on last
    • Added new cover object to first point
    • Improved clipping in areas
  • Updated koth_demolition
    • Fixed a prop on the RED helipad building being inside a wall
    • Fixed two props missing particle effect on the helipad buildings
    • Fixed a small bug with the shortcuts where sometimes they stayed closed after players exited them even when other players were on the trigger
    • Fixed nav mesh (thanks Katsu for editing it)
    • Added missing spectator cameras around the map
    • Added the "evil deer" on the boat hanging above the sea, do not touch it
    • Raised the water kill trigger slightly
    • Changed the type of the water kill trigger from drown to fall so it displays the message "
      fell to a clumsy and painful death"
      • Reduced the damage of the water kill trigger from 9999 to 2000 to avoid issues with physic objects
    • Notes missed from the previous update:
      • Fixed the Taunt: Bear Hug not always playing the correct animations

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Team Fortress 2 Update Released

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:

  • Added missing Engineer audio for the Taunt: The Final Score
  • Fixed an issue with props and team colors when taunting with Australium weapons
  • Updated the Le Morne Uniforme to fix some clipping problems
  • Updated the Kapitan's Kaftan to hide the Heavy's bullets
  • Updated the Fully Charged and Overcharged Unusual effects to fix a refraction bug
  • Updated the Esprit De Corps to improve the rigging
  • Updated the Blindin' Bonnett and Shady Shelby to adjust their team colors
  • Updated/Added some tournament medals
  • Updated the Fat Friar
    • Improved rig
    • Adjusted mesh to compensate for lack of bullets bodygroup
    • Removed misplaced ambient occlusion and light generators from the texture
    • Removed normal map artifacts
    • Updated backpack icon to represent above changes
  • Updated pl_citadel
    • Adjusted payload collision
    • Reduced radius of payload spawn exit explosion
    • Updated various decorative particles to not render on low graphics settings
  • Updated pl_odyssey
    • Added 60 seconds to the round timer when the final control point is activated
    • Fixed some projectiles colliding with the bounding box of func_brush entities
    • Visual fixes and adjustments
  • Updated koth_blowout
    • Added Experimental Cage around the maps central Blowout Preventer
      • This change aims to make the cover around the point feel more consistent and prevents players from shooting through small gaps or from behind unfair cover
    • Improved Optimization
    • Fixed kill trigger delay in finale sequence
    • Fixed some Unintended Sightlines
    • Improved Detailing and Visual Clarity in some areas
  • Updated koth_boardwalk
    • Fixed being able to smuggle enemy Spies into spawn
    • Reduced ambient soundscape music
    • Added new voice lines for the Barker
    • Fixed a visible hall-of-mirrors error in the water by the Sawmill of Love
    • Fixed visible nodraw under the shoreline boardwalk
  • Updated cp_cargo
    • Added bullet block to prevent Red from being able to shoot into blue spawn
    • Added bullet block to the last point wires
    • Fixed the setupgoal text
    • Extended the fence next to red spawn slightly
  • Updated cp_fortezza
    • Added more cover to Last
    • Added defensive hold for Engineer's holding valley between A and B
    • Rebalanced pickups in some areas
    • Lighting improvements
    • Reduced file size of the map
  • Updated koth_demolition
    • Replaced pillars under the crane using the red texture with ones using the yellow texture
    • Fixed the HDR to allow so lights aren't super bright
    • Replaced the helicopters with ones not using the Yeti Park logo
    • Replaced the Coaltown frames with new ones using newspapers talking about story of the oilrig
    • Added a decal showing the oilrig name (Fort Water Rig No. 2) next to the spawns
    • Updated the luxel scale in multiple places of the map
    • Replaced old blockbullets with new blockbullets for better footsteps sfx
    • Replaced the health and ammo pack stands with new ones, metal for outdoors and wooden for indoors
    • Added a mini ammo on the furnace rooms
    • Added new clipping on top of the furnace rooms to avoid demos and soldiers spamming the point from far away
    • Improved the clipping on the spawn platforms to not allow stickies to stick mid air
    • Added a wooden sign pointing to the shortcut and long path
    • Added new signs that toggle depending on the state of the shortcut to help players navigate the map
    • Reworked the art pass inside the helipad platform
    • Added a new catwalk behind the furnace buildings to give players more routes on the map
    • Adjusted the stairs inside the office building
    • Clipped the open window inside the office building so demos can lob pipes through it
    • Moved a prop on BLU spawn to prevent it from clipping inside a floor light
    • Changed the lights on the shortcuts to be more vibrant and have better illumination and fading

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Interesting news in the announcement notification thread

Sometimes when we try to do announcements, Steam prevents them from showing up in people's activity feed. The full text still goes into the discussion thread titled "Official FGF Announcement Notifications" (subscribe there to get green notification flags when we post).

If you didn't get GOG related news from us yesterday, you might want to go read the most recent entry in that thread.

LH
Not risking a link. You know how to get there.

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Pilgrims -and- Keylocker Turn Based Cyberpunk Action free from Epic Games

Two from Epic this week, the lighthearted adventure game Pilgrims and the rhythm JRPG Keylocker Turn Based Cyberpunk Action.

Pilgrims Link[store.epicgames.com]
Keylocker Turn Based Cyberpunk Action Link[store.epicgames.com]

Details:

- Account/DRM required: Epic Games (NOT Steam)
- Offer good through August 7, 1500 GMT
- Pilgrims Steam store page for evaluation.
- Keylocker Turn Based Cyberpunk Action Steam store page for evaluation.

Next week, Road Redemption -and- 112 Operator

LH
That many words in the title and they still fail to mention the main gameplay element?

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Team Fortress 2 Update Released

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:

  • Reverted the change to the Taunt: Texan Trickshot
  • Updated koth_boardwalk
    • Fixed players being able to spam the Barker's voice lines when approaching the shooting galleries
    • Fixed a set of missing handrails
    • Improved ambient lighting
    • Fixed missing shoreline visible from the far end of the pier

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Team Fortress 2 Update Released

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:

  • Fixed Wrangler shield not moving with parented Sentry Gun (GitHub fix from ficool2)
  • Fixed missing sounds for Taunt: The Final Score
  • Fixed sound effect being clipped for the Taunt: Bear Hug
  • Reduced the taunt attack range for the Taunt: Texan Trickshot
  • Updated the Esprit De Corps to fix a clipping issue on the shoulder
  • Updated the Short Fuse to fix an issue with the normal map
  • Updated the in-game item importer to support the new 'bullets' bodygroup
  • Updated the Fully Charged and Overcharged Unusual effects to fix problems with DirectX80
  • Updated the Iconic Outline and Subtle Silhouette Unusual effects
    • Added path to fallback material for refract texture to prevent rendering issues for dx80 users
    • Lowered depth bias value of refraction to mitigate rendering issues on taunts that do not move their default control point with the model
  • Updated pl_aquarius
    • Fixed skybox
    • Updated soundscapes
  • Updated cp_conifer
    • Fixed missing poster texture
    • Fixed outdated loading screen pictures
  • Updated cp_fulgur
    • Fixed clipping in the exterior area
    • Replaced one of the outdated spytech assets with newer version
  • Updated pl_citadel
    • VScript stability improvements

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Team Fortress 2 Update Released

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:



Summer 2025!
  • Featuring 10 new community maps: Citadel, Aquarius, Fulgur, Cargo, Conifer, Boardwalk, Blowout, Mannhole, Demolition, and Pressure
  • Added the Summer 2025 Cosmetic Case
    • Contains 23 new community-contributed items
  • Added 4 new community-contributed taunts to the Mann Co. Store
    • Taunt: The Final Score
    • Taunt: Bear Hug
    • Taunt: Texan Trickshot
    • Taunt: Flying Colors
  • Added 14 new community-created Unusual effects
    • 7 new effects for Unusual hats
    • 7 new effects for Unusual taunts
  • All cosmetic and taunt cases will grant Summer 2025 Unusual effects instead of their normal Unusual effects during the Summer event. This does not include crates.
  • The Summer event runs through September 15th, 2025
  • General
    • Fixed the Frontline Field Recorder not using its normal map
    • Fixed The Texas Half-Pants not fully using rimlight
    • Fixed the Das Hazmattenhatten's materials not using its normal map
    • Fixed The Bazaar Bargain's scope being painted when using the Saccharine Striped, Team Detail, Gobi Glazed, and Team Charged war paints
    • Fixed some outdated in-game tips
    • Reduced default value for ConVar 'tf_mm_next_map_vote_time' from 30s to 15s
    • Updated materials for The Candy Cane to fix consistency issues
    • Updated lightwarptexture setting for the blood version of the Half-Zatoichi
    • Updated the Strasbourg Scholar to improve clipping
    • Updated the Heavy's model to add a 'bullets' bodygroup for cosmetics
    • Updated/Added some tournament medals
    • Updated cp_fortezza
      • Reworked routes between Point A and Last
      • Improved lighting and visuals across the map
      • Clipping fixes
    • Updated vsh_distillery, vsh_maul, vsh_nucleus, vsh_outburst, vsh_skirmish, and vsh_tinyrock
      • Big thanks to Whurr, Starfall and Bradasparky for reporting bugs and suggesting changes.
      • Balance changes
        • Consecutive Wall Climbs no longer cut your preexisting speed
        • Mini-Sentries now deal 80% damage (up from 50%)
        • Crit-boosted Miniguns now deal 70% damage (up from 60%)
        • Reduced the Mighty Slam's damage at point-blank range
        • Rebalanced Hale's damage against buildings
          • Level 1 buildings are destroyed with a single punch
          • Level 2 and 3 buildings now require two punches
          • The Wrangler Shield adds an additional punch to the required count
          • Ability-based damage to buildings is unchanged
      • Bugfixes
        • Fixed a crash caused by the string pool overflowing over time
        • Fixed Hale's attacks applying knockback in the wrong direction
        • Fixed dead players being flagged as AFK and kicked for idling during long rounds
        • Fixed the round timer resetting to 60 seconds if it was lower when the number of alive Mercs dropped to 5
        • Fixed Hale being able to punch immediately as the Sweeping Charge ends.
        • Fixed Hale's punch knockback being too strong against Demoman, Heavy, and Medic
        • Fixed healing effects from the Warrior's Spirit and the Powerjack erasing overheal
        • Fixed the Quick-Fix occasionally failing to mirror the patient's Wall Climbing
        • Fixed a rare bug at the start of a round where Hale couldn't move
        • Fixed being able to Wall Climb off of projectiles

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Legion TD 2 - Free Epic Games

❤️ Legion TD 2
- https://store.epicgames.com/p/legion-td-2-a244b9

- Click on the GET Button
- Verify that the price is zero
- Click on the Place Order Button
- That's it, the game will be added to you Epic Games Account

Instant Checkout: https://store.epicgames.com/purchase?offers=1-524c3386e7e6470a8d8400cc51d92296-71f1c64e7e41477ca09228c1253c9ce7

We are welcoming everyone to join our discord[discord.gg]. We are more active there in finding giveaways, small or large, and there are daily raffles in which you can participate.

guess who's back(?)....

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Amazon Prime (Loot) - Lost Ark - Legendary Rapport Chest

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  • Offer valid from: 2025-07-23 20:01
  • Offer valid to: 2025-08-20 00:00

    About the game (Lost Ark*):
    • Ratings: Steam 71% (7/10, 64578 recommendations) / IGDB Meta 81% (5 sources) / IGDB User 74% (66 sources)
    • Release date: 2018-12-04
    • Description: Embark on an odyssey for the Lost Ark in a vast, vibrant world: explore new lands, seek out lost treasures, and test yourself in thrilling action combat. Define your fighting style with your class and advanced class, and customize your skills, weapons, and gear to bring your might to bear as you fight against hordes of enemies, colossal bosses, and dark forces seeking the power of the Ark in this action-packed free-to-play RPG.
    • Genres: Action, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Free to Play

    * Any information about the offer is automatically grabbed and may in rare cases not match the correct game.

Claim it now for free on Amazon Prime.

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Amazon Prime (Game) - I Love Finding Wild Friends: CE

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  • Offer valid from: 2025-07-24 18:00
  • Offer valid to: 2025-08-27 00:00

    About the game (I Love Finding Wild Friends*):
    • Release date: 2023-10-27
    • Recommended price (Steam): 11.79 EUR
    • Description: Discover lovable wild animals in this thrilling hidden object game!
    • Genres: Casual

    * Any information about the offer is automatically grabbed and may in rare cases not match the correct game.

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Amazon Prime (Game) - Venba

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  • Offer valid from: 2025-07-24 18:00
  • Offer valid to: 2025-09-24 00:00

    About the game (Venba*):
    • Ratings: IGDB Meta 87% (3 sources) / IGDB User 74% (42 sources)
    • Release date: 2023-07-31
    • Recommended price (Steam): 14.99 EUR
    • Description: Venba is a narrative cooking game, where you play as an Indian mom, who immigrates to Canada with her family in the 1980s. Players will cook various dishes and restore lost recipes, hold branching conversations and explore in this story about family, love, loss and more.

    * Any information about the offer is automatically grabbed and may in rare cases not match the correct game.

Claim it now for free on Amazon Prime.

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Legion TD 2 free from Epic Games store

Towers are there to be defended. Do so with this weeks Epic freebie Legion TD 2.

Link[store.epicgames.com]

Details:
- Account/DRM required: Epic Games (NOT Steam)
- Offer good through July 31, 1500 GMT
- Steam store page for evaluation.

Next week, Pilgrims -and- Keylocker Turn Based Cyberpunk Action

LH
Back when Legion TD came out, I wore an onion on my belt (which was the style at the time)

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