Blender 2.71 RC is ready ...

[mib2berlin]

... to download:

http://download.blender.org/release/Blender2.71/

Release Notes:

http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/De...ase_Notes/2.71

Please read the release notes, test and report bugs to tracker:

https://developer.blender.org/

Have fun, mib

[voon]

it's nice how they advance Cycles, too .... volumetric smoke is back ... and motion blur

[kavorka]

This is fairly old, I think they are doing the actual release in a couple of days.
I havent used cycles for over a year, but the volumetrics look very impressive.