Each workday morning I will be bringing you the latest events, articles and releases in the independent and mod development communities, as well as any mainstream news that seems pertinent. Most of this news can also be found daily on ModCenter.

Industry Articles:

• Building a Mindset for Rapid Iteration Part 1 - David Gregory, VP of Emergent, analyzes the issues that can arise when iterating game concepts with a large development team, and provides solutions to potential obstacles.
  

Game Releases

• Scorching Earth (Indie)
• The Beard (Indie)
• Conflict 2142 (Mod for BF2142)

Tool Releases

• FX Composer v2.5 (Shader IDE)
  
• Shader Debugger (Plug-in for FX Composer)
• IncrediBuild v3.20 (Framework)
  

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