Heyo, folks.
Don't be upset our favorite game is going through hard times.
I'm from the future and wanna cheer you up by telling you some good news.
So what awaits y'all soon, in 2027?

The game was ported to Source Engine 2 by Valve themselves (work began at the end of 2023 and the company had to keep it secret, so the Team Fortress: Source 2 fan-project was closed in 2024)

• The bots issue has been resolved completely. Bots promptly receive a hardware ban.
Now to be able to play TF2 you must have a real phone number linked to your steam account and Steam Guard Mobile Authenticator protection activated.

• There're 4 types of official servers:
"rookie" (only those players, whose level is below 1st tier can get there, Valve are fighting with smurfs at the moment),
"normal" (regular f2p servers, no different from the current ones),
"premium" (now it's same CS's prime, paid pass at $25),
"competetive" (same as "premium", but for competitive matches and clan wars).

• Player's level progress has milestones with rewards now.

• Reworked achievements and interface.

• The competitive mode has been completely redesigned, now it looks more like tf2center integrated into the game (with detailed player statistics in one of the main menu section).

• A clan system has been introduced into the game.
Now you can found a clan and invite people to it.
The clan profile has flexible settings:
automatically displayed clan-tag before the nickname (you no longer need to change steam profile's nickname, clan-tag is in-game feature),
clan emblem (.png file 32x32, moderated, displayed in scoreboard and player's profile.

• Valve does not skimp on organizing and running competitive games.
Now it's not just local matches or tournaments provided by community, now it's a CS Major's or Dota 2 The International's level. The game has already attracted many players from Apex, Fortnite, Overwatch 4 (especially after its bad start at release) and Valorant.

• Online growth and promotion was also facilitated by an animated mini-series based on game's lore created by Valve team with Source Film Maker 2.
During Conan's show famous actor Black Jack has admit the game his favorite. Jack loves to play as Engie, there're plenty "engineer gaming" videos on his youtube channel. Black had a collaboration one with Uncle Dane. He promised he will bring his friend Dwayne Johnson to one of game sessions, fan-base hope Rock is gonna love Heavy.

• The game has a test character-editor similar to loadout.tf, you can test any cosmetics, skins, effects, it's combo right in main menu. It supports every steam client features like screenshots, sharing character's loadout link with activity. Player even being able to form a personal wishlist there and share it with others.

• Replays system and the replay editor are back and work even better (youtube shorts, tiktok support)

• The game receives major updates regularly, just like in it's best times. I can't say more than that guys, I don't wanna spoil all the fun.

Now from general changes to some details.

• The number of slots for simultaneously equipping items has been increased from 4 to 5: four slots for cosmetics, the fifth is an action slot (medals moved here too). More combo, more variety.

• The number of slots for simultaneously equipping taunts has been increased from eight to twelve.
Now the taunt activation menu has a convenient radial view (like the vocalizer in Left 4 Dead games).

• Several new filters have appeared in the inventory. The player can toggle the display of tagged items (Halloween items, medals, etc.) using checkboxes (like default weapons do).
You can now select multiple items in your inventory, group and drag them to another page in your inventory with one click.

I'd love to tell you more, but I'm limited by the review format.
I have to go. Good luck and see you in 2027.