Congratulations to Valve and Sierra for putting on a successful and very fun mod expo! It was great to meet people in the gaming community and to get feedback on Natural Selection. It was also great to see what other groups in the mod community are doing. There's lots of great work being done, it's quite an exciting time to be involved in mod-making.

This month, the NS team hopes to do a lot more playtesting, both in informal local playtests as well as structured online playtests with veteran gamers. Coming soon, is the new "NSTR2", the second technology release for those creating maps for Natural Selection. This is where it gets really good!

Happy New Year!