TF2 Invasion update?! (Leak trailer!)

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As much as I want to say this is real, since it looks pretty promising, there are a few issues with it.

The animation certainly looks to be of Valve quality, but the fact that SFM is available to the public makes it hard to single out Valve as the creator. It could've been easily done by anyone with professional-grade skill with the software and editing, and there's already quite a few well known animators on YouTube because of SFM. Sure, the original models do kind of negate that, but if this community is capable of making a model of Miss Pauling from scratch, it's more than capable of making the custom models shown here.

Another thing is that the trailer has credits. Not even Valve's longest TF2 video, the promotional film for the Love and War update, had a credits segment, instead ending with the official SFM splash screen that has been shown in all of their trailers and videos since SFM was released, which this trailer lacked. Even if the credits were for valve, said credits look very off. For one, why would Valve need to thank a map sharing site (tf2maps.net) and what I assume to be a server provider? I don't know, it just sticks out in a weird way.

I personally think that this is just a very well crafted SFM video by a fan, made to look like a trailer. It's one thing to have a description attached to a claim, but to have a video of this quality attached to it is a good way to give it attention. Besides, why would Valve want to make another major update when it's only been a week since the Gunmettle update? Then again, maybe Valve wanted to make up for the mistakes they made with said update. Guess we'll find out soon if this trailer is real or not.