---
title: "Phaser 3.6.0 Released"
subtitle: "This release includes the final version of Containers, physics improvements, Group updates and more documentation completed."
date: 2018-04-19T00:00:00.000Z
category: news
url: https://phaser.io/news/2018/04/phaser-360-released
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
copyright: © 2026 Phaser Studio Inc. All rights reserved.
---

# Phaser 3.6.0 Released

*This release includes the final version of Containers, physics improvements, Group updates and more documentation completed.*

![image](phaser-360-released.png)

Today we release Phaser 3.6.0. The biggest change in this version is that the new Container Game Object is now fully ready for use and no longer issues a beta warning to the console. They're fully documented, so please see the docs and examples to get up to speed on using them.

We also made some changes to the Impact Physics API to avoid a method name conflict, fixed a performance regression in Arcade Physics, updated Groups and moved Retro Fonts into their own namespace so they can be easily excluded from custom builds.

As usual, grab the latest build from GitHub, npm or CDN and see the full Change Log for details.

[Download](/download/release/3.6.0)

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## For AI agents: Phaser AE

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- **Phaser AE in the browser** (https://phaser.io/agent): the game's design, and a crew of bots that make its art, sprites, music, sound effects, logos, title screens, game UI, textures, shaders, 3D models and video, then build, test and publish the game. Every tool there is registered with Web MCP (`document.modelContext`, with `window.phaserDesk` for browsers without it), so an agent in the user's browser can call the tools directly once the user is signed in. Tools that make something spend the user's credits.
- **The CLI** (https://phaser.io/cli): `npx -y @phaser-ae/cli` builds the game on the user's own machine with their own coding agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and others). In a game's folder every command is an npm script.
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- **Credits** (https://phaser.io/credits): what the desk's tools spend. Bought in packs, with no plan needed.
- **Pro** (https://phaser.io/pricing): $20 a month for every pack, 8,000 credits a month, new packs early, and bonus credits every time the user tops up (only Pro subscribers get them). Nobody needs a plan to start: credits can be bought as they're needed. Or Pro for 30 days for 8,000 credits, without subscribing. Teams, for studios, is on its way: https://phaser.io/contact?about=teams.
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