Valve has decided to release the complete source code of the game Team Fortress 2 for both server-side and client-side, enabling modders to make extensive modifications. This source code is part of the Source SDK, which is now open-source on GitHub.
The only condition for opening the source of Team Fortress 2 is that the mods must be non-commercial and cannot be used for commercial purposes. However, they can be distributed on Steam under a new game name (different from TF2).
In addition to opening the source of TF2, Valve is also updating older games written on the Source 1 engine to modernize them. This includes releasing 64-bit binaries, improving UI scaling, and fixing other bugs. These games include Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, Half-Life: Deathmatch, Day of Defeat, Counter-Strike: Source, all of which are getting updates in a single patch to celebrate 20 years of Half-Life 2.
Source: Team Fortress 2, Ars Technica
**TLDR: Valve has released the source code for Team Fortress 2 for modders to make non-commercial modifications and is also updating older games on the Source 1 engine to modernize them.**
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