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[-]August 21, 2008 - Team Fortress 2 Update Released (8/21/2008)
Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:
Team Fortress 2
Fixed startup crash related to loading the tf2_playerstats.dmx file
Fixed material system crash
Added -noborder command line option to play windowed-mode with no border