Yes, the title is sarcasm. :)

Garage Games (AKA the company we license the core game engine that makes Phoenix possible from) is preparing to release the latest version of TGEA, or what they're calling 1.7.0. This is a very exciting time for us Phoenix devs. Sure, it means porting yet another slew of updates back into our core, debugging, finding what broke that has been working for months, etc. In this case, it's worth the time, no matter how much of a pain it will be to integrate. :) Improved lighting, even larger terrains, many network and video optimizations, and several bug fixes that have plagued us are just a few items in the update.

In other news, Garage Games recently "partnered" with IAC to create InstantAction.com. For now, I'll keep my personal feelings about the merger to myself, at least until more information hits their web site and employee blogs. If everything they're saying comes to fruition, GG will be able to provide us the support we've been lacking since we started this project, and then some.