On Tuesday we were given the 411 on the new Huntsman (bow and arrow) weapon for the Sniper class in its upcoming free update for Team Fortress 2. Today Valve announced on its official Team Fortress web site that we will also be getting a new gameplay mode and three all new maps.

The new gameplay mode is called Payload Race. Much like TF2's Payload mode each team is trying to push a cart to a finish line. Payload Race, however, has both teams trying to push their carts at the same time while also attempting to keep the other team from getting their cart to the finish. The new mode apparently comes with a new map called Pipeline (shown above).

In addition two new Arena maps have been added. One is called Sawmill and actually features a rain effect; it's the first time a Team Fortress 2 map had had any weather effects. The other is a circular map called Nucleus based around a "diabolical doomsday device." There's still no word on when the update will be released.