The latest installment in The Adrenaline Vault's The Developers Corner is written by Mike "Axehilt" Engle of Big Huge Games in an installment titled "A Balancing Act" as he discusses the fine art of balancing Rise of Nations for multiplayer play. Topics include the difficulty in balancing an RTS game, the role of testers, a bit on the decision-making process for tweaking game balance, patches that nerf gameplay, and victory conditions. Also, The Making of Freelancer: Volume I on GameSpy.com kicks off a diary series on the upcoming space simulator with designer Jorg Neumann going into detail on the oft-discusses mouse control of spaceships in their game, and why they decided to forego joystick support.