Approximately a year into development, jMonkeyEngine 3.0 SDK Alpha1 is publicly released. jME v2.0 has long since established itself as the most popular Java engine for 3D game development. jME v3.0 is a complete re-design, made to harvest the power of the newest generation of hardware. Another important aspect of jMonkeyEngine 3.0 is increased accessibility, with all essential game features built in and accompanied by the user-friendly jMonkeyPlatform to appeal to the less technical game developer.

This is jME 3.0's first official release in what is expected to be a bi-monthly point release schedule from here on. The jMonkeyEngine SDK comes bundled with the jMonkeyPlatform.

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