The Alien Arena Website now offers a new version 7.40 of Alien Arena, the freeware, Open Source first-person shooter. The new version is updated with new levels, new weapon models, bug fixes, gameplay tweaks, and client improvements. The full change list is here, and here are some highlights:

• Five new levels
• Improvements to shadow and rendering
• New disruptor and beamgun models
• Security and memory leak fixes
• Improved weapon balance and other gameplay tweaks
• Kickban added to callvote
• Lightgrouping for faster realtime processing
• Revamped menu font system