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 ## Engine Updates
 
+### [ggez] 0.8.0-rc0
+
+![ggez logo](../005/ggez-logo-maroon-full.svg)
+
+[ggez] by [@icefoxen], [@nobbele] and [@PSteinhaus] is a cross-platform game
+framework for making 2D games with minimum friction. It aims to implement an
+API based on the LÖVE game framework.
+
+This version has finally moved ggez away from pre-ll gfx and into the world
+of [wgpu]! This hopefully means less bugs, greater stability and easier
+maintainability at the cost of some low performance devices such as the
+Raspberry Pi.
+
+As for the user-facing API:
+
+- Instead of module functions, you now have methods on sub-contexts, which
+  look like `ctx.keyboard.is_key_pressed(key)`.
+- You are now required to pass around an explicit canvas to draw onto.
+- `DrawParam` now has a Z (aka layer) parameter, so you don't have to draw
+  objects in order.
+- Shaders are far easier to use, via normal Rust structs with a simple derive.
+
+As this is a rather large update and a first release candidate, there are plenty
+of bugs that are currently being fixed - please send any issues you encounter
+to their [issue tracker][ggez-issues]!
+
+_Discussions: [/r/rust_gamedev](https://www.reddit.com/r/rust_gamedev/comments/v6a3kn/ggez_080rc0_is_out/)_
+
+[ggez]: https://github.com/ggez/ggez
+[@icefoxen]: https://github.com/icefoxen
+[@nobbele]: https://github.com/nobbele
+[@PSteinhaus]: https://github.com/PSteinhaus
+[wgpu]: https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu
+[ggez-issues]: https://github.com/ggez/ggez/issues
+
 ## Learning Material Updates
 
 ## Tooling Updates