Team Fortess 2's Xbox Live update now available

You'll forgive us for missing this tidbit of news this weekend, as we (along with some of you, no doubt) were much too enthralled by the other, other, other, other Game of the Year, this one nestled in Valve's sumptuous Orange Box. If you wanted to add Team Fortress 2 to your list of yearly praise but felt that lag ruined the experience, perhaps the title update for the Xbox 360 version will do away with your doubts. The following technical alterations to the charming multiplayer romp should take effect the next time you load up the game whilst signed in to Xbox Live:

• Reduced network bandwidth usage in multiplayer.

• Improved overall game performance.

• Arranged search results to favor preferred host conditions.

• Improved searching for ranked games.

• Addressed a possible false report of too little storage space on larger hard drives (not this again!)

[Via press release