---
title: "Phaser CE v2.9.0 Released"
subtitle: "The latest version of Phaser CE is out."
date: 2017-10-10T00:00:00.000Z
category: news
url: https://phaser.io/news/2017/10/phaser-ce-290-released
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
copyright: © 2026 Phaser Studio Inc. All rights reserved.
---

# Phaser CE v2.9.0 Released

*The latest version of Phaser CE is out.*

![image](phaser-ce-290-released.png)

This is another great update to Phaser CE with loads of new features. They skipped the 2.8.9 version because this one includes a change to the way the Emitters work that warranted a bump in version number.

As usual please see the Change Log for all the details and download the latest build from GitHub, npm or the CDNs, but here are the new features:

* Tiled polygons and rectangles are now converted into p2 physics bodies when using [Phaser.Physics.P2#convertCollisionObjects](https://photonstorm.github.io/phaser-ce/Phaser.Physics.P2.html#convertCollisionObjects) (#369).
* Tileset-level collision objects created in Tiled are now added to a map's [collision](https://photonstorm.github.io/phaser-ce/Phaser.Tilemap.html#collision) and [objects](https://photonstorm.github.io/phaser-ce/Phaser.Tilemap.html#objects) properties using the layer's name as the key (#369).
* [Phaser.ArrayUtils.numberArray](https://photonstorm.github.io/phaser-ce/Phaser.ArrayUtils.html#_numberArray) can be passed a single argument to create a range starting from 0.
* [Phaser.ArrayUtils.remove](https://photonstorm.github.io/phaser-ce/Phaser.ArrayUtils.html#_remove) is a faster alternative to Array#splice.
* [Phaser.Camera#fixedView](https://photonstorm.github.io/phaser-ce/Phaser.Camera.html#fixedView) is like [Phaser.Camera#view](https://photonstorm.github.io/phaser-ce/Phaser.Camera.html#view) but it never moves. You can use it to align objects independent of the camera's position.
* [Phaser.CanvasPool.log](https://photonstorm.github.io/phaser-ce/Phaser.CanvasPool.html#_log) prints canvas pool counts to the console.
* [Phaser.Circle#intersectsLine](https://photonstorm.github.io/phaser-ce/Phaser.Circle.html#intersectsLine)
* [Phaser.Circle#sample](https://photonstorm.github.io/phaser-ce/Phaser.Circle.html#sample) creates or positions a set of points or objects on the circle.
* [Phaser.Color.interpolateColor](https://photonstorm.github.io/phaser-ce/Phaser.Color.html#_interpolateColor) can use either HSL or RGB color spaces.
* [Phaser.Color.linear](https://photonstorm.github.io/phaser-ce/Phaser.Color.html#_linear) interpolates two numeric color values.
* [Phaser.Color.linearInterpolation](https://photonstorm.github.io/phaser-ce/Phaser.Color.html#_linearInterpolation) interpolates an array of numeric color values. You can assign it to [TweenData#interpolationFunction](https://photonstorm.github.io/phaser-ce/Phaser.TweenData.html#interpolationFunction) to tween through such an array.
* [Phaser.Ellipse#intersectsLine](https://photonstorm.github.io/phaser-ce/Phaser.Ellipse.html#intersectsLine)
* [Phaser.Group#count](https://photonstorm.github.io/phaser-ce/Phaser.Group.html#count) counts children matching a key-value query.
* [Phaser.Group#createMultiple](https://photonstorm.github.io/phaser-ce/Phaser.Group.html#createMultiple) now has a callback argument that lets you modify each new child.
* [Phaser.Group#getFirst](https://photonstorm.github.io/phaser-ce/Phaser.Group.html#getFirst) fetches the first child matching a key-value query.
* [Phaser.Group#kill](https://photonstorm.github.io/phaser-ce/Phaser.Group.html#kill) and [Phaser.Group#revive](https://photonstorm.github.io/phaser-ce/Phaser.Group.html#revive) toggle a Group's `alive`, `exists`, and `visible` properties (#339).
* [Phaser.Line#intersectionWithRectangle](https://photonstorm.github.io/phaser-ce/Phaser.Line.html#_intersectionWithRectangle) finds the closest line-rectangle intersection (#260). You can use it for precise raycasting.
* [Phaser.Physics.Arcade#closest](https://photonstorm.github.io/phaser-ce/Phaser.Physics.Arcade#closest) finds the point or display object closest to another.
* [Phaser.Physics.Arcade#farthest](https://photonstorm.github.io/phaser-ce/Phaser.Physics.Arcade#farthest) finds the point or display object farthest from another.
* [Phaser.Point#clip](https://photonstorm.github.io/phaser-ce/Phaser.Point.html#clip) constrains a Point to a rectangular area.
* [Phaser.Point#equalsXY](https://photonstorm.github.io/phaser-ce/Phaser.Point.html#equalsXY)
* [Phaser.Point#fuzzyEquals](https://photonstorm.github.io/phaser-ce/Phaser.Point.html#fuzzyEquals) and [Phaser.Point#fuzzyEqualsXY](https://photonstorm.github.io/phaser-ce/Phaser.Point.html#fuzzyEqualsXY) test approximate Point equality.
* [Phaser.Rectangle#copyFromBounds](https://photonstorm.github.io/phaser-ce/Phaser.Rectangle.html#copyFromBounds) and [Phaser.Rectangle.createFromBounds](https://photonstorm.github.io/phaser-ce/Phaser.Rectangle.html#_createFromBounds) are variations of [copyFrom](https://photonstorm.github.io/phaser-ce/Phaser.Rectangle.html#copyFrom) and [clone](https://photonstorm.github.io/phaser-ce/Phaser.Rectangle.html#_clone) that extract `left` and `top` properties instead of `x` and `y`.
* [Phaser.Rectangle#sides](https://photonstorm.github.io/phaser-ce/Phaser.Rectangle.html#sides) creates or positions four lines representing the rectangle's sides.
* [Phaser.ScaleManager#align](https://photonstorm.github.io/phaser-ce/Phaser.ScaleManager.html#align) is a shortcut for setting pageAlignHorizontally and pageAlignVertically.
* [Phaser.Tween.updateColor](https://photonstorm.github.io/phaser-ce/Phaser.Tween.html#_updateColor) is a helper for tweening color objects.
* [Phaser.Utils.Debug#canvasPool](https://photonstorm.github.io/phaser-ce/Phaser.Utils.Debug.html#canvasPool) displays canvas pool counts.
* [Phaser.Utils.Debug#geom](https://photonstorm.github.io/phaser-ce/Phaser.Utils.Debug.html#geom) can display Ellipses.
* [Phaser.Utils.Debug#phaser](https://photonstorm.github.io/phaser-ce/Phaser.Utils.Debug.html#phaser) displays Phaser's version, rendering mode, and device audio support.
* [Phaser.Utils.Debug#physicsGroup](https://photonstorm.github.io/phaser-ce/Phaser.Utils.Debug.html#physicsGroup) displays all the physics bodies in a Group.
* [Phaser.Utils.setProperties](https://photonstorm.github.io/phaser-ce/Phaser.Utils.html#_setProperties) is deep-property setter that works on any object.

[Read More](http://phaser.io/download/release/2.9.0)

---

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