Valve sent over a press release announcing that an update for Team Fortress 2 will be released this Thursday, at 11 am PST. The free update includes global optimizations for networking, graphics, and player statistics, plus improvements to Source TV for tournament viewing. In addition, three of the currently available maps (Dustbowl, Granary, CTF_Well) have been iterated for enhanced performance and gameplay. The update also includes "Badlands", a new map that pushes control-point gameplay onto vertical landscapes.