The Long awaited update has been released with the noob friendly Soldier class taking the honors in the War - Rewarded with an extra item:

Sorry, Demomen. You fought the good fight and kept it far closer than anybody could have predicted. But in the end, at the noon Thursday deadline, the Soldiers kept their razor-thin lead, with 6,406,065 killed Demomen to the Demo's score of 6,372,979 killed Sollys.

Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

New Content

• Added new control point map Gorge
• Added new capture the flag map Double Cross
• Added item crafting
• Added work-in-progress TF Bots for beta testing in KOTH maps (blog post coming with more info)
• Added headshot death animations
• Added more backstab animations

Soldier

• Added 35 new Soldier achievements
• Added 4 new Soldier items
• Added new Soldier Domination lines

Demoman

• Added 35 new Demoman achievements
• Added 3 new Demoman items
• Added new Demoman Domination lines

Spy

• Now pretends to be carrying the weapons & wearables of the target he's disguised as
• Moved the Spy's camera-beard to the Misc loadout slot so he can equip it with a hat

Scout

• The Sandman now only stuns on a max range hit (when you hear the cheering)
• All shorter hits now force the enemy into the thirdperson fleeing state (also removed the damage reduction on them)

Minor changes

• Added new options to the Multiplayer->Advanced dialog:
  • Combat text, which displays damage amounts you do to enemies.
  • Medic auto caller, which automatically shows you nearby friends at low health.
  • Heal target marker, which better highlights the target your medigun is locked onto.
  • Alternative Spy disguise menu, which lets you choose disguises using just the 1-3 keys.
• Fixed being able to affect friendly pipes with airblast (they would unstick)
• Added recharge sound to abilities with a recharge bar
• Fixed attachable wearables not staying on ragdolls
• Players no longer see the wearables that are a part of a friendly spy's disguise, fixing various graphical glitches
• Added jiggle bones for Pyro's chicken hat
• Added 2 new game startup songs

Community Mapmaker requests

• Implemented InputSetSetupTime() for team_round_timer (was in the .fgd but never implemented)
• Added "SetDispenserLevel" input to cart dispenser (1, 2, or 3)