A post to the Genesis3D Forum announces they've just shipped Release Candidate 1 of Genesis3D along with a lengthy post by Genesis' David Stafford describing his decision on open-source and discussing the future of Genesis3D. Here's what's included in the release candidate:

Enough source code for our 3D rendering engine is provided for you to program your own 3D application for free. Included in the SDK is our sample game, Gtest, with a level editor. You will also find 3DSMax plug-in tools for exporting actor files, as well as our Actor Viewer tool, and much new documentation!