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:

• Interview: Metanet - Independent Minds - The team behind N and N+ discuss the advantages and disadvantages of developing on XBLA in this Next Generation interview.
  
• Opinion: 'All The World's A Sandbox' - Chris Plante looks at Grand Theft Auto IV and Crackdown as examples of games with open-ended narratives, and what the challenging and sometimes inverse relationship is between player freedom and the quality of narrative in sandbox-style games.
  

Game Releases

• Star Wars: Movie Duels v1.01 (Mod for Star Wars: Jedi Academy)
• Gundam Universe v1.0 (Mod for Quake III)
• Nexuiz v2.4 (Indie)
• TypeRacer Beta (Indie)

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