That is the Sandvich, the first unlockable that the Heavy will be able to get his massive hands on. In short the Sandvich will heal 120 points of Heavy health and will take four seconds to be devoured. During this time the Heavy will not be able to take part in the battle around him and he must set aside his shotgun if he wishes to take the Sandvich into battle. One last thing, his eating is very loud..OM NOM NOM in video form.

That, yes that is Natascha, the Heavy’s new friend, lets just hope that Sasha won’t get too offended at finding a new beast in our Russian friend’s arsenal. The low down on this new beast? As Valve describe it best this new unlockable will be used to persuade people like the Scout and Medic to face the Heavy “mano-a-tiny-itty-bitty-mano” by slowing them down, no more escape for them pesky flies. However Natascha is now a teeny bit weaker than Sasha, so don’t expect to mow down as many of your foe as before.

Also due to arrive with the Heavy update is the new Payload map, Badwater Basin. The big difference between this new map and Gold Rush is the focus on wide open space and vertical combat. Also of note for the new map is that it is now one single large area split up by various checkpoints, much easier to gauge your progress than on the split up mayhem of Gold Rush.

These are the Killing Gloves of Boxing (KGB anyone) and is the first unlockable revealed for the Heavy. Upon killing someone with the KGB the Heavy will have five seconds of guaranteed critical hits, using the crit-boost and the KGB the Heavy will be able to extend this killing feast. We just hope that the Heavy doesn’t travel down to Georgia!

Tasteless jokes aside the list of the Heavy achievements has also been revealed right here for you all to peruse. Buried beneath the numerous Soviet references is this little gem:

Some investigation reveals this is the file name for that icon: tf_heavy_kill_taunt which simply put means that the Heavy will have a taunt which can kill, just like the Pyro.

Some of you may have thought that the Pyro Update for Team Fortress 2 packed in a whole heap of new stuff. While that was true at the time, the Heavy Update is going to come along and change the way we view Team Fortress 2 updates for ever. The update is going to be so big that a new Heavy Update website had to be created to pack in all the news that will be drip fed to us over the next week with the update being planned to go live next Tuesday.

The update will feature three unlockable weapons and thirty-five all new achievements for the Heavy. In addition you can expect to see a whole new game mode along with five maps for it to launch. Furthermore there will be a new Payload map which will have more open spaces than Goldrush, and if that is not enough the community map, cp_steel will also feature in the update.

Keep your eyes peeled here for new information, screenshots and a special installment of the ‘Meet The Team’ videos. For now, check out this page for the lowdown on cp_steel.