"It's actually shaping up to be the largest TF2 update yet, with multiple new maps and a bunch of gameplay tweaks," wrote Greg Cherlin on Valve's Team Fortress blog.

"We've got another update in the works that should be done before the Sniper, and that one will include some new content for all classes," he added.

And while the Xbox 360 version of the colorful multiplayer shooter has still yet to receive any of the free content updates that PC gamers are enjoying, Cherlin noted that the studio is still working to bring that content to owners of Microsoft's console.

His explanation for the holdup?

The original version of TF2 in the Orange Box was very close to the Xbox's memory limit, and all the additional TF2 content we've produced has pushed well beyond it. We've found a couple of nifty ways to get back a bunch of that memory, but it's turned out to be a lot of work, and that's what most of our time is being spent on. In the meantime, we're going to get a code update out to address the server cheating that's going on.

As previously reported, the PlayStation 3 edition of TF2 will not be receiving any of the content updates as Valve does not have any PS3 programmers in-house--EA UK was responsible for porting The Orange Box to PS3, and has since moved on.