---
title: "Phaser 3.60 Beta 20 Released"
subtitle: "The latest beta version of Phaser 3.60 is now available on GitHub and npm."
date: 2023-03-17T00:00:00.000Z
category: news
url: https://phaser.io/news/2023/03/phaser-360-beta20-released
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
copyright: © 2026 Phaser Studio Inc. All rights reserved.
---

# Phaser 3.60 Beta 20 Released

*The latest beta version of Phaser 3.60 is now available on GitHub and npm.*

![image](phaser-360-beta20-released.png)

Phaser 3.60 Beta 20 is freshly baked and available on GitHub and npm (`npm i phaser@beta`). Updated TypeScript defs and the Spine 3 Plugin are also included. This release mostly focuses on bug fixes, especially regarding the new FX and the mask system. You'll also find Beta 20 on the Phaser Labs at https://phaser.io/oss/examples

https://github.com/photonstorm/phaser/releases/tag/v3.60.0-beta.20

As mentioned previously, we're still coding towards our April 12th release date and it's looking good so far. The final few areas to address are the Video Game Object, completing the FX documentation and perhaps looking at the brand new release of Matter Physics, to see if that will be an easy merge, or not.

[Read More](https://github.com/photonstorm/phaser/releases/tag/v3.60.0-beta.20)

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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.
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