Hello there ScummVM users! It's that time of year again where we ask you to test your games while we gear up for a new release, and this time it's for 0.10.0. While the official Big Testing Season(TM) begins on May 23, we ask that you begin testing games now, except for AGOS games (*Simon the Sorcerer* series, *Feeble Files*) and *Nippon Safes*. There are several new games for 0.10.0 including *Touche: The Adventure of the Fifth Musketeer* and *Future Wars*. In addition, DrMcCoy has been extra busy and dealt us *Gobliins 2*, *Goblins 3*, *Ween: The Prophecy* and *Bargon Attack*. Also, *Nippon Safes* will be included in this release. This release will also feature the AGI games from the merge with Sarien. There are detailed instructions on how to perform testing in a helpful way. You will find them at our [Wiki page](http://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/Release_Testing). Please, stick to those and report on our mailing list, on #scummvm or in [our forums](http://forums.scummvm.org/viewtopic.php?p=22358). The current list of tested games can be found [here](http://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/Release_Testing/0.10.0).
[*Nippon Safes, Inc.*](http://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/Nippon_Safes%2C_Inc.), the first exciting instalment of the Parallaction engine, is now supported in current SVN builds (which can be found under "SVN Builds" on the [downloads page](/downloads/)) and open for testing and bug reporting via the [ScummVM bug tracker.](http://bugs.scummvm.org/) Are you smarter than an experienced safe cracker? Are you sexier than an explosive lap dancing bombshell? Are you dumber than a punch-drunk Italian former boxer? No matter how you answer, you are bound to end up in jail in the first 5 minutes. Don't worry, though. You might be paroled or somebody might help you and provide the bail, but not for free\*. Help Dough, Donna and Dino in paying their - real or imaginary - debt, but be warned: accepting a job from a hideous misfit in a trench may lead to unexpected results. Don't miss the playable demo you can find [here](http://quick.mixnmojo.com/demos/nippon_demo_ami.zip), and don't forget to submit some sexy [screenshots](http://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/Screenshots). *\*You might think you owe something even if you were parolled, but that's restricted to the slight case you **really** are a punch-drunk boxer.*
Once again, [SourceForge](https://sourceforge.net) is holding a vote to see which projects are most loved by the community. Last year, ScummVM nearly won in the gaming category, losing the first place to the Xbox Media Center project (which, we may add, does not allow you to play classic adventure games on your Xbox). Everyone should quickly login to their SourceForge account (or create one if they haven't got one yet) and [go to the voting page](https://sourceforge.net/awards/cca/nomination.php?group_id=37116) to vote for ScummVM! After you're done clicking, choose the "Best Project for Gamers" category. Feel free to do the same in the "Best Project" category. Note that this is only the first round of the election. The projects which get most votes now in each category will be selected for a second and final election round. Happy voting!
Finally, here it is! Our long awaited, best-ever new release, ScummVM 0.X.0 (or 0.10.0, for those roman numeral challenged amongst you), code named "Tic-tac-toe edition", has arrived today. [Now available](/downloads/) in stores, err, on download servers worldwide! "What's new? What's in it? Can I open it up yet?" - Hah, I can already see you shifting impatiently on your seats. But before you run, let me shed some light on the details of this latest installment of the successful ScummVM series: *Several new engines and thus new games supported: *Sierra AGI engine: Space Quest I & II, King's Quest I-III and many more, including a vast number of fan-made games, *Cinematique evo 1 engine: Future Wars, *GOB engine: Bargon Attack, Gobliins 2, Goblins 3, Ween: The Prophecy, *AGOS engine: Simon the Sorcerer's Puzzle Pack, *Parallaction engine: Nippon Safes Inc., *Touche: The Adventures of the Fifth Musketeer engine. *DXA movies (higher quality than MPEG2) can be compressed better now and can be used for the Broken Sword cutscenes. *Added 'Mass Add' feature to the Launcher, which allows you to scan for all games in all subdirectories of a given directory (to use it, press shift then click on "Add Game"). *Many nice improvements to our ports. *And as usual a gazillion small fixes, tweaks and improvements. So, what are you waiting for? [Go and grab your *free* copy](/downloads/) of the **best-ever ScummVM** while it's still hot! P.S.: The SourceForge.net download mirrors are a bit slow when it comes to syncing, hence it can happen that your download fails or is corrupt after the first try. Don't give up, just try to download from another mirror!
We made the cut to the final ballot of [SourceForge.net's](https://sourceforge.net) second annual [Community Choice Awards](https://sourceforge.net/awards/cca/)! Thanks a bunch to everybody who voted for us. Now the final ballot is waiting for your votes. ScummVM is in the running for best project for gamers **and best project!!!** Just go to the [Community Choice Awards](https://sourceforge.net/awards/cca/vote.php) and cast your vote.
The votes for [SourceForge.net's](https://sourceforge.net) second annual [Community Choice Awards](https://sourceforge.net/awards/cca/) are in. Check back for the results on July 30th.
Results are in folks for the 2007 [Community Choice Awards](https://sourceforge.net/awards/cca/) and ScummVM has won in the **Best Project for Gamers** category! In true award-ceremony spirit, we'd like to thank first and foremost you, our users. Over the years, you've helped us grow as a project, pointed out bugs and contributed code. Second, we'd like to thank our project hoster, [SourceForge.net](http://www.sourceforge.net). These guys maintain and develop the platform we depend on to collaborate and communicate our code. Once again, a great big thanks to the community for supporting ScummVM. It really is an honor for us to be picked as a top project within 150.000+ potential contestants. So if you haven't done so, go forth and download the latest, [Award Winning (TM) ScummVM](/downloads/) version and enjoy some classic adventure games on your favorite platform!
The newest version of the Nintendo DS port of ScummVM is now available. This release brings ScummVM DS port in line with the other ports of ScummVM. Games new to the DS version this time round include the later entries in the *Goblins* series, *Future Wars*, and Sierra AGI games. There are also plenty of speed improvements which should make your ScummVM DS port experience a lot smoother. Download it from the [main ScummVM download page](/downloads/) as usual.
We are glad to announce another supported title: [*I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream*](http://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/I_Have_No_Mouth%2C_and_I_Must_Scream), which uses the [SAGA](http://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/SAGA) engine. Help Gorrister, Ellen, Benny, Nimdok and Ted to overcome their fatal flaws and fight the crazed super computer AM. Get the latest [daily build](/downloads/#daily) of ScummVM and your English, German, French, Spanish or Russian version of the game and fight the evil super computer! We ask you, our fellow users, to report any bugs you find in our [bug tracker](http://bugs.scummvm.org/), following the [bug submission guidelines](/faq/#question.report-bugs). Any unrecognized versions should be reported to the tracker as well. Screenshots are also needed, which can be submitted using the appropriate [guidelines](http://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/Screenshots) for screenshot submission. We hope you enjoy yet another great adventure game under ScummVM!
Well, somehow it slipped by us this year, but the ScummVM project was technically six years old on the 5th of October (based on our founding date on SourceForge. But don't worry! Due to popular demand, we have rescheduled our Birthday to Jan 15th, to coincide with the release of ScummVM 0.1.0! Over the years, ScummVM has grown from a project ludde started to run Monkey Island ('to see if he could'), to a series of interpreters capable of playing a wide-range of games on a huge number of operating systems, platforms and devices. We would like to thank all of those who have helped us grow over the years from our developers, contributors and users. Some companies and groups deserve special mention (but all of you are great, so don't feel left out...): ***[SourceForge](http://www.sourceforge.net/)** - For hosting us over the years, and giving us the chance to come runner up in the 2006 Community Choice Awards (Gaming Category) and WIN (Best Project for Gamers) this year ***[Revolution Software](http://www.revolution.co.uk)** - Tony Warriner and Charles Cecil for their ongoing support - And providing code, assisting our efforts in Beneath a Steel Sky/Broken Sword and freewaring some of these games! ***[John Passfield/Steve Stamatiadis](http://www.passfieldgames.com/)** - For providing the source code for Flight of the Amazon Queen, supporting our efforts, and also allowing us to re-release this wonderful game as freeware! ***[Wyrmkeep Entertainment](http://www.wyrmkeep.com/)** - And Joe Pearce, for his great assistance in providing source code, adding Inherit the Earth and early SAGA support ***[Adventure Soft](http://www.adventuresoft.com/)** - Alan Bridgman and Simon Woodroffe, formerly of AdventureSoft - For sharing the AGOS source for Feeble Files, and their support with Simon/AGOS support ***[Sold Out Software](http://www.mastertronic.com/)** - Now Mastertronic, for not being afraid to use ScummVM on their commercial budget re-issues of Broken Sword 1/2 ***[Google](http://code.google.com/)**, for allowing us to participate in the [Summer of Code](http://code.google.com/soc/) this year (and to all students who participated) *[David Fox](http://www.electriceggplant.com/), [Ron Gilbert](http://www.grumpygamer.com/), [Aaron Giles](http://www.aarongiles.com/), Michael Land, Vince Lee, [Jim Leiterman](http://leiterman.com/lfilm.html), [Tim Schafer](http://www.doublefine.com/), Aric Wilmunder and everyone else involved in creating the classic LucasFilm/LucasArts titles that inspired this project! Stay tuned for the **REAL** party, early next year...
