Release announcement - https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/play-fra...

Major highlights of this release include:

* Migration to Scala 2.10

* Migration to Scala concurrent Futures

* Modularisation of Play itself

* Modularisation of routes files

* Better thread management and HTTP context propagation in Java projects

* Managed controller instantiation

* New Scala JSON API

* New Filter API with built in CSRF protection

* RequireJS support

* Content negotiation

* Improved Iteratee API