So, yea,
As some/most of you probably know by now, TM2:Canyon is now for sale, at the moment it is no more than the multiplayer beta, but all future updates are included in the purchase.
The selling price for this episode is €20.00. With a few more episodes to come it's looking decidedly expensive, but I'll be buying this episode anyway and im sure most of you are the same.
Just visit http://trackmania.com if you're at all interested, there's no way you can miss Nadeo's big download button.
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Paris, France – October 05, 2009. Ubisoft announced the acquisition of the development studio Nadeo, creator of TrackMania, the cult multiplayer car racing video game.
Set up in 2000 in Paris and comprising a highly talented team of developers, the Nadeo studio has won acclaim for the quality of its multiplayer technology which offers one of the best available on-line game experiences and has already notched up 10 million registered players. Its flagship game – TrackMania – has 700,000 unique players a month and is a pioneer in the sharing of creations (almost 15 million custom tracks created since 2008). It is also the first eSport franchise for racing games.
"The acquisition of Nadeo is an important step in our expansion within the on-line gaming sector", said Yves Guillemot, Chief Executive Officer of Ubisoft. “Through Nadeo, Ubisoft will gain an expert team, one of the best on-line technologies around as well as a flagship multiplayer game that enjoys an unrivalled reputation among a loyal and committed community. We are excited about the idea of introducing TrackMania to an ever-wider audience and sharing the expertise of Nadeo's teams with our Group's other developers”.
"Joining Ubisoft is a huge opportunity for us to develop and innovate and take Nadeo to new horizons", said Florent Castelnérac, Chief Executive Officer of Nadeo. “Nadeo’s team was keen for this acquisition to happen. Like players in a community, we see ourselves as being a complementary fit with Ubisoft and believe that we can share and quickly move ahead together".

- Revamped Physics- and Graphics Engine.
- New Lighting System which will make Lighting way more beautiful.
- 3 Brand New Enviroments.
- Import your own 3D Blocks. to the Game!
- ManiaScript Language to Control eg. MediaTracker.
- New Trackeditor Features; Offset Circuit and Terraforming for blocks which require precise Terraforming.
- 4 Modes in Splitscreen; Party, Cup, Team and a co-op.

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Enviroment Info
Known Enviroments:
- Valley
- Arena
- "???"

Valley is something that announces himself as a pretty much a mix between all enviroments (except Snow!)
Arena is a combination of Desert/American and Island and the last Unknown enviroment is going to be "Asian"

Hylis has also announced that they studied FreeStyle in the design of some blocks.

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Trackeditor Features
As told, Trackeditor is going to be absolutely refurbished



Source:::Makikou

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjpV9DuoXSs

video recorded by DarkCroash at Festival du Jeu Vidéo 2009.