After the release of the summer update for Team Fortress 2, the game's peak online reached a new record, with 254 thousand people playing the shooter simultaneously

We wrote that Valve has released a big summer update for Team Fortress 2, which adds 14 maps, cosmetic items, and fixes various bugs. And this update has led to the game's peak online performance in a long time.

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Yesterday, 254,000 people were playing Team Fortress 2 simultaneously, which is an absolute record for the game in its entire existence. And at the time of writing, 160,000 gamers are playing TF2. Although the game has been consistently reaching 100,000 people every day throughout July, the release of the new update has attracted a lot of attention from players who may stay in the game for some time to come.

If you haven't played Team Fortress 2 or want to relive your youth, the game is available for free on Steam.

Source: steamdb