April 1st has come and gone, but have no fear, for beta2 is here.

We've fixed a bunch more since beta1, and need more testing. Also, we added some new features! Highlights include:

• Snow-covered rocks are now visible
  
• Steep hills from map generation or heightmap import now get extra rocks
  
• Houses can be individually placed by players in the scenario editor and (if enabled) in-game, and can be protected from replacement during town growth
  
• Touchpad two-finger map scrolling for Windows
  
• NewGRF Badges
  
• A variety of bugfixes

(As always, see the changelog for further details).

What are badges, you ask? Badges are something add-on (NewGRF) authors can put on their content to help you find e.g. the vehicle or station you want to use.
For example, various vehicle add-ons use a mix of different icons, overlay images or texts to indicate the power source or the suggested usage of a vehicle. With badges, this information can be represented in a clear way including built-in filtering, that is cohesive between different add-ons.

As this beta is the first release featuring badge support, there aren't many updated add-ons yet, but we're excited to see what authors do with the new feature.

Finally, the usual titlegame competition has been announced on the forums[www.tt-forums.net].

You can find this beta under the "testing" beta in Steam.

* Changelog[cdn.openttd.org]
* Bug tracker[github.com]
* Questions and player support[www.openttd.org] (Discord[discord.gg])

Ho, ho, ho, Santa is in town. And he's brought a gift with him.

The first beta version of the coming OpenTTD 15 release comes faster, with road waypoints, fewer passwords, better scenario editor, and hopefully with a lot less bugs.

To be a bit less vague, here are some of the highlights:

• Improved picker windows for stations/waypoints/objects/and more. Oh, and that does include road waypoints.
  
• Better perfomance in various places, including faster path signals that are now green by default.
  
• Password-less network authentication using keys.
  
• Several improvements for NewGRFs regarding cargo support.
  
• Better scenario editor with a town data importer and manual house placement.
  
• A large tree fully hung with ornamental bugfixes.
  
• Sadly though, not everbody was good this year. The old NPF pathfinder was finally retired, after YAPF being the superior default for many, many years now.

There's a lot of bugs left for you to find, though, guaranteed. Enjoy the beta, test all the things and report anything you find amiss, to make OpenTTD 15 the best OpenTTD ever. You can find this beta under the "testing" beta in Steam.

* Changelog[cdn.openttd.org]
* Bug tracker[github.com]
* Questions and player support[www.openttd.org] (Discord[discord.gg])

Our players have played a lot of OpenTTD 14 since it was released a few weeks ago -- in last week alone those who opted into our survey[www.openttd.org] played 34,700 hours across 17,219 games.

In all those hours, you've found some bugs, and we've done our best to fix them.
The first maintenance release for OpenTTD 14 fixes a multiplayer desync bug and cleans up a few rough edges with the new ship pathfinder and the unbunching feature.
As always, there are plenty of other bugfixes, which you can find in the changelog.

* Changelog[cdn.openttd.org]
* Bug tracker[github.com]
* Questions and player support[www.openttd.org] (Discord[discord.gg])

Welcome to 14.0!

OpenTTD's first release was in March of 2004.
Now twenty years later, we are proud to present to you: release 14.0.

And boy, what a release it is.
Do I dare to say: this has been the biggest release yet?

Sometimes people try to tell us OpenTTD is dead.
Well, 14.0 shows you it really isn't.
There are so many new goodies in 14.0, that I don't even know where to start!
Let's go over a few, just to get you a feel for what to expect when you launch OpenTTD 14.0.

• Timekeeping (blog post)[www.openttd.org]
  
• Better Ship Pathfinder (blog post)[www.openttd.org]
  
• Unbunching (blog post)[www.openttd.org]
  
• Social Platform integration (blog post)[www.openttd.org]
  
• GUI improvement / scalable fonts (blog post)[www.openttd.org]
  
• Better new player experience
  
• And so much more ...

For more details, check out our release post here[www.openttd.org], or the full changelog below.

* Changelog[cdn.openttd.org]
* Bug tracker[github.com]
* Questions and player support[www.openttd.org] (Discord[discord.gg])

Features: added. Gameplay: improved. Bugs: squashed. Final testing pre-release: probably, unless time is accidentally stopped[www.openttd.org].

You can find this beta under the "testing" beta in Steam.

* Changelog[cdn.openttd.org]
* Bug tracker[github.com]
* Questions and player support[www.openttd.org] (Discord[discord.gg])

I was once the hottest new model on the street. Newspapers heralded my arrival in every town. The titans of industry were inspired to produce more goods when I visited their factories.

But as the years have passed, so do their eyes pass over me, to eye curiously my replacements. Will you try the new style, ma’am? It’s so much better than that old thing.

I’ve watched my friends grow old and die. My brother got caught in traffic and caused a horrific level crossing collision. I get sick more often, wheezing to a halt wherever I am. When I visit the doctor for a spot of renewal, they tell me, “Sorry, I can’t help. You’re too old.” When will I be autoreplaced?

Woe is the tale of the Balogh Goods Truck. But what if we could slow or pause the steady march of time? In OpenTTD 14, you can.

Read the full story here[www.openttd.org].

OpenTTD 14.0 is soon to be released. You guys already worked hard to break the game, and we've been working hard to fix the issues you've reported. Today we release RC2 with all of the recent fixes.

Please help us hunt down the last bugs, and make sure you're having fun doing it! Your help is greatly appreciated!

You can find this beta under the "testing" beta in Steam.

* Changelog[cdn.openttd.org]
* Bug tracker[github.com]
* Questions and player support[www.openttd.org] (Discord[discord.gg])

With OpenTTD 14, we introduce an opt-in survey system; a method where we can finally ground our debates with facts! Additionally, BaNaNaS content will use HTTPS (instead of HTTP), and many more small infra-related changes.

Time to chat about this for a bit.

Read the full story here[www.openttd.org].

Ever wondered how a new OpenTTD release is made?

How we decide what features to include and what to reject or how some people seem to know the "future" before you? Curious what it means that OpenTTD is Open Source? Or maybe you've even wondered what it takes to get your idea included in OpenTTD?

Read the full story here[www.openttd.org].

Can you believe it? It's been 20 years since OpenTTD 0.1 was released! Time really does fly.

Read the full story here[www.openttd.org].