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diff --git a/collections/_release_4_4/entry-general-core-curve-domains-outside-of-0-1.md b/collections/_release_4_4/entry-general-core-curve-domains-outside-of-0-1.md
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+---
+type: entry
+section: general
+subsection: core
+rank: 2
+importance: 4
+anchor: curve-domains-outside-of-0-1
+title: "Curve: domains outside of [0,1]"
+blockquote: Ahead of the curve
+text: |
+  By extending the domain of Curve values beyond the normalized [0, 1] range, we aim to give you greater flexibility in how to map functions and data to this ubiquitous resource.
+contributors:
+  - name: ocean
+    github: anvilfolk
+read_more: https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/67857
+---
diff --git a/collections/_release_4_4/entry-general-core-manifold-library-replaces-csg-implementation.md b/collections/_release_4_4/entry-general-core-manifold-library-replaces-csg-implementation.md
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+---
+type: entry
+section: general
+subsection: core
+rank: 1
+importance: 4
+anchor: manifold-library-replaces-CSG-implementation
+title: Manifold library replaces CSG implementation
+blockquote: Reaping the benefits of open source
+text: |
+  Support for Constructive Solid Geometry (CSG) has been in the engine since Godot 3.1 and is a great tool for rapid prototyping.
+
+  Nonetheless, our internal implementation suffered from stability issues and other bugs. This is one of the engine areas that does not have a dedicated maintainer to look after it, so when an open source library with the same functionality was released, we jumped at the opportunity.
+
+  Manifold completely replaces the existing implementation, which is a fairly big change in how Godot handles CSG internally, but only minimally impacts the user API. Please check your projects after upgrading and report any negative consequences to us so they can be tackled!
+contributors:
+  - name: K. S. Ernest (iFire) Lee
+    github: fire
+  - name: Emmett Lalish
+    github: elalish
+read_more: https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/94321
+---
diff --git a/collections/_release_4_4/entry-general-core-optimizations.md b/collections/_release_4_4/entry-general-core-optimizations.md
@@ -26,5 +26,9 @@ contributors:
     github: KoBeWi
   - name: Clay John
     github: clayjohn
-read_more: https://github.com/godotengine/godot/issues?q=is%3Apr%20state%3Amerged%2094558%2094353%2092555%2092550%2092546%2093727%2092734%2095704%2094241%2092213
+  - name: Rune
+    github: rune-scape
+  - name: Lukas Tenbrink
+    github: Ivorforce
+read_more: https://github.com/godotengine/godot/issues?q=is%3Apr%20state%3Amerged%2094558%2094353%2092555%20%2092550%20%2092546%2093727%2092734%2095704%2094241%2092213%2092575%2092581%20102132%20101493%20101033%20100294%20100477%20100041%20100015%20
 ---
diff --git a/collections/_release_4_4/entry-general-core-scenetree-system-overhaul.md b/collections/_release_4_4/entry-general-core-scenetree-system-overhaul.md
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+---
+type: entry
+section: general
+subsection: core
+rank: 5
+importance: 3
+anchor: scenetree-system-overhaul
+title: SceneTree system overhaul
+blockquote: A performance boost for everyone
+text: |
+  The changes made to how SceneTree system works, specifically how it processes changes to the nodes, result in an editor performance increase for all projects.
+
+  Moving or renaming nodes in complex scenes will be a much faster experience now!
+contributors:
+  - name: HP van Braam
+    github: hpvb
+read_more: https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/99700
+---
diff --git a/collections/_release_4_4/entry-general-core-temporary-file-and-directory-utilities.md b/collections/_release_4_4/entry-general-core-temporary-file-and-directory-utilities.md
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+---
+type: entry
+section: general
+subsection: core
+rank: 3
+importance: 4
+anchor: temporary-file-and-directory-utilities
+title: Temporary file and directory utilities
+blockquote: Just a quick sidenote
+text: |
+  With this brand new API you can create and dispose of temportary files and directories. In other words: you can write content on a disc without worrying about polluting user data. By default, any file/directory you create this way automatically disposes of itself after use.
+
+  Tool developers in particular should have a look at this new feature!
+contributors:
+  - name: Adam Scott
+    github: adamscott
+read_more: https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/98397
+---
diff --git a/collections/_release_4_4/entry-general-editor-3D-object-snapping.md b/collections/_release_4_4/entry-general-editor-3D-object-snapping.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ type: entry
 section: general
 subsection: editor
 rank: 0
+importance: 2
 anchor: "3D-object-snapping"
 title: "3D object snapping"
 blockquote: "Snap you're it"
diff --git a/collections/_release_4_4/entry-general-editor-camera3d-preview.md b/collections/_release_4_4/entry-general-editor-camera3d-preview.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ type: entry
 section: general
 subsection: editor
 rank: 3
+importance: 2
 anchor: "camera3d-preview"
 title: "Camera3D preview"
 blockquote: "Switch up your perspective"
diff --git a/collections/_release_4_4/entry-general-editor-error-less-first-project-import.md b/collections/_release_4_4/entry-general-editor-error-less-first-project-import.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 type: entry
 section: general
 subsection: editor
-rank: 6
+rank: 12
 importance: 4
 anchor: error-less-first-project-import
 title: Error-less first project import
diff --git a/collections/_release_4_4/entry-general-editor-gdscript-tooltips.md b/collections/_release_4_4/entry-general-editor-gdscript-tooltips.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ type: entry
 section: general
 subsection: editor
 rank: 4
+importance: 2
 anchor: "gdscript-tooltips"
 title: "GDScript tooltips"
 blockquote: "Did you know..."
diff --git a/collections/_release_4_4/entry-general-editor-new-expression-evaluator.md b/collections/_release_4_4/entry-general-editor-new-expression-evaluator.md
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+---
+type: entry
+section: general
+subsection: editor
+rank: 4
+importance: 3
+anchor: new-expression-evaluator
+title: New expression evaluator
+blockquote: REPLace print statements
+text: |
+  The new expression evaluator has been added as another tab in the bottom panel of the editor. In there, you can evaluate expressions using the local state directly while stopped at a breakpoint.
+contributors:
+  - name: Oğuzhan Eroğlu
+    github: rohanrhu
+  - name: Erik Selecký
+    github: rxlecky
+  - name: Tomasz Chabora
+    github: KoBeWi
+read_more: https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/97647
+---
diff --git a/collections/_release_4_4/entry-general-editor-shadowmasks-for-lightmapgi.md b/collections/_release_4_4/entry-general-editor-shadowmasks-for-lightmapgi.md
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ type: entry
 section: general
 subsection: editor
 rank: 5
-anchor: "shadowmasks-for-lightmapgi"
+importance: 2
+anchor: "shadowmasks-for-lightmapGI"
 title: "Shadowmasks for LightmapGI"
 blockquote: "Both. Both is good."
 text: |
diff --git a/collections/_release_4_4/entry-general-editor-universal-uid-support.md b/collections/_release_4_4/entry-general-editor-universal-uid-support.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ title: "Universal UID support"
 blockquote: "No more broken paths"
 text: |
   Partial Unique Identifier (UID) support – a way to reference resources without relying on human-readable file paths prone to change – has been present in the engine since Godot 4.0, but many file types did not benefit from it yet. Now this fully supported workflow makes Godot more resistant to changes in your filesystem organization, and therefore more suitable to larger projects.
+
+  To make upgrading your projects from Godot 4.3 easier, this release also includes an UID upgrade tool to automate the not-so-straightforward process for you.
 contributors:
   - name: Juan Linietsky
     github: reduz
diff --git a/collections/_release_4_4/entry-general-editor-visual-shader-goodies.md b/collections/_release_4_4/entry-general-editor-visual-shader-goodies.md
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ blockquote: Small but mighty
 text: |
   In this release, the visual shader editor receives some love:
 
-  - material previews & a matching new side dock
-  - the ability to drag & drop meshes to create emitters
+  - material previews and a matching new side dock
+  - the ability to drag & drop meshes into the visual shader area to automatically create mesh emitters
 contributors:
   - name: Yuri Rubinsky
     github: Chaosus
diff --git a/collections/_release_4_4/entry-highlights-3d-physics-interpolation.md b/collections/_release_4_4/entry-highlights-3d-physics-interpolation.md
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@ anchor: "_3d-physics-interpolation"
 title: "3D physics interpolation"
 blockquote: "Do you get the jitters?"
 text: |
-  With Godot 4.3, we introduced physics interpolation for your 2D projects. In this release, the long-awaited 3D counterpart has been merged!
+  With Godot 4.3, we introduced physics interpolation for your 2D projects. In this release, the long-awaited 3D counterpart has been merged as well!
 
-  By decoupling physics ticks and display frame rates, physics interpolation creates additional frames between the last physics position and the current one. This reduces jitter and creates a smoother appearance, especially on displays with a high refresh rate. Mobile games also benefit from this change, since you can now lower the tick rate without compromising on smoothness.
+  By decoupling physics ticks and display frame rates, physics interpolation creates additional frames between the last physics position and the current one. This reduces jitter and creates a smoother appearance, especially on displays with a high refresh rate.
+
+  Mobile games in particular benefit from this change, since you can now lower the tick rate without compromising on smoothness.
 contributors:
   - name: Ricardo Buring
     github: rburing
diff --git a/collections/_release_4_4/entry-highlights-embedded-game-window.md b/collections/_release_4_4/entry-highlights-embedded-game-window.md
@@ -9,14 +9,13 @@ blockquote: "Window management magic"
 text: |
   Godot runs the game as a seperate process from the editor for two reasons:
   - avoid having to share resources as much as possible
-  - in case of a game crash, the editor keeps running (to avoid data loss)
+  - in case of a game crash, keep the editor running (to avoid data loss)
 
   However, this design choice previously prevented embedding the game window into the editor. Which is something that users with limited screenspace, like on single-monitor setups or laptops, are looking for.
 
   Thanks to some window management tricks, it is now possible to embed the game seemlessly and interact with the rest of the editor, while still keeping the processes seperate in the background.
 
   Note that this only works on Linux, Windows, and Android for now. Support for macOS and iOS will require a different approach for technical reasons.
-
 contributors:
   - name: Hilderin
     github: Hilderin
diff --git a/collections/_release_4_4/entry-highlights-initial-android-editor-support-for-XR-devices.md b/collections/_release_4_4/entry-highlights-initial-android-editor-support-for-XR-devices.md
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@ anchor: "initial-android-editor-support-for-XR-devices"
 title: "Initial Android editor support for XR devices"
 blockquote: "Make games in VR!"
 text: |
-  Thanks to Godot’s unique feature of having an editor made with the engine itself, we’ve been able to bring the Godot editor to unconventional places, such as the web and Android devices. Building upon the latter, Fredia Huya-Kouadio completed the proof of concept started by Bastiaan Olij years ago, to add support for using the Android editor in an XR context using OpenXR (GH-96624)! You can test the current version by sideloading the APK, currently supported on Meta Quest 3 or Quest Pro.
+  Because the Godot Editor itself is a project made with the engine like any other, it can be made available in more unconventional places like the web or on mobile.
+
+  With this release, the first steps have been taken to use OpenXR to transfer the existing Android editor into the context of mixed reality headsets.
+
+  Currently supported on Meta Quest 3 and Quest Pro.
 contributors:
   - name: Fredia Huya-Kouadio
     github: m4gr3d
diff --git a/collections/_release_4_4/entry-highlights-typed-dictionaries.md b/collections/_release_4_4/entry-highlights-typed-dictionaries.md
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@ anchor: "typed-dictionaries"
 title: "Typed dictionaries"
 blockquote: "Keys required"
 text: |
-  Godot 4.0 introduced supported for typed arrays, but lacked support for typed dictionaries. This rapidly became one of the most requested features to add to the engine, and thanks to Thaddeus Crews, it is now implemented for Godot 4.4! This feature impacts the core engine, GDScript, and all other scripting languages when interfacing with Godot’s Dictionary type. You can now export typed dictionaries from scripts and benefit from a much improved Inspector UX to assign the right keys and values.
+  Your requests have been heard!
 
-  As a related improvement, support for StringName dictionary keys has also been optimized by Rune (GH-70096).
+  Typed dictionaries are coming to the Godot. This impacts the core engine, GDScript, and all other scripting languages when interfacing with Godot's Dictionary type.
+
+  The Inspector UX has been improved accordingly, to let you assign the right keys and values directly in the editor.
 contributors:
   - name: Thaddeus Crews
     github: Repiteo
diff --git a/collections/_release_4_4/entry-platforms-linux-linux-camera-support.md b/collections/_release_4_4/entry-platforms-linux-linux-camera-support.md
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+---
+type: entry
+section: platforms
+subsection: linux
+rank: 0
+importance: 4
+anchor: linux-camera-support
+title: Linux camera support
+blockquote: We can see you now!
+text: |
+  Before Godot 4.4, accessing a device's camera was only supported on macOS and iOS devices.
+
+  Now Linux support finally has been merged as well.
+
+  For other platforms, we still require contributors to pick up the work — could that be you?
+contributors:
+  - name: pkowal1982
+    github: pkowal1982
+read_more: https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/53666
+---
diff --git a/collections/_release_4_4/entry-platforms-macos-and-ios-apple-game-controller-improvements.md b/collections/_release_4_4/entry-platforms-macos-and-ios-apple-game-controller-improvements.md
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+---
+type: entry
+section: platforms
+subsections: macos-and-ios
+rank: 1
+importance: 4
+anchor: apple-game-controller-improvements
+title: Apple game controller improvements
+blockquote: Let's get ready to rumble!
+text: |
+  We overhauled how game controllers work on macOS and iOS, to unify the code across those two platforms some more. Plenty of bugs were fixed along the way.
+
+  You will notice improvements in the reliabilty of controller discovery and manipulating the rumble motors.
+contributors:
+  - name: Stuart Carnie
+    github: stuartcarnie
+read_more: https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/94580
+---
diff --git a/collections/_release_4_4/entry-scripting-dotnet-dotnet-8-0.md b/collections/_release_4_4/entry-scripting-dotnet-dotnet-8-0.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ type: entry
 section: scripting
 subsection: dotnet
 rank: 0
+importance: 2
 anchor: "dotnet-8-0"
 title: ".NET 8.0"
 blockquote: "Time for an upgrade"
diff --git a/collections/_release_4_4/entry-systems-VFX-emission-shapes-for-3D-particle-systems.md b/collections/_release_4_4/entry-systems-VFX-emission-shapes-for-3D-particle-systems.md
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+---
+type: entry
+section: systems
+subsection: VFX
+rank: 0
+importance: 4
+anchor: emission-shapes-for-3D-particle-systems
+title: Emission shapes for 3D particle systems
+blockquote: Removing the guesswork
+text: |
+  From now on, you can rely on a visualization of the 3D particle systems you are placing in your scene, instead of having to guess based on the emission shape's properties alone.
+
+  This works for both CPU and GPU particles.
+contributors:
+  - name: Patrick Exner (FlameLizard)
+    github: paddy-exe
+read_more: https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/100113
+---
diff --git a/collections/_release_4_4/entry-systems-animation-animation-markers.md b/collections/_release_4_4/entry-systems-animation-animation-markers.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ type: entry
 section: systems
 subsection: animation
 rank: 0
+importance: 2
 anchor: "animation-markers"
 title: "Animation markers"
 blockquote: "Put a pin in it"
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ text: |
 
   These markers are also supported inside the Animation Tree, where you can easily select animation markers for looping or to begin playback.
 contributors:
-  - name: ywmaa
-    github: ywmaa
+  - name: ChocolaMint
+    github: chocola-mint
 read_more: https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/91765
 ---
diff --git a/collections/_release_4_4/entry-systems-audio-runtime-wav-loading.md b/collections/_release_4_4/entry-systems-audio-runtime-wav-loading.md
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+---
+type: entry
+section: systems
+subsection: audio
+rank: 0
+importance: 3
+anchor: runtime-WAV-file-loading
+title: Runtime WAV file loading
+blockquote: Catch this wave
+text: |
+  You can now load WAV files at runtime - just like OGG Vorbis audio tracks already allowed.
+
+  This feature will come in handy for those looking to load user-generated content at runtime, including non-game audio applications.
+contributors:
+  - name: cherry
+    github: what-is-a-git
+read_more: https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/93831
+---
diff --git a/collections/_release_4_4/entry-systems-import-betsy-texture-compressor.md b/collections/_release_4_4/entry-systems-import-betsy-texture-compressor.md
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+---
+type: entry
+section: systems
+subsection: import
+rank: 0
+importance: 3
+anchor: betsy-texture-compressor
+title: Betsy texture compressor
+blockquote: Faster imports
+text: |
+  The [Betsy texture compressor](https://github.com/darksylinc/betsy) is a tool to compresses images into various GPU texture formats. It is now being integrated into the Godot Engine.
+
+  Betsy runs on the GPU and is able to compress images significantly faster than our current compressors (using the “VRAM Compressed” import setting).
+
+  This change reduces import time dramatically.
+contributors:
+  - name: BlueCube3310
+    github: BlueCube3310
+  - name: Matias N. Goldberg
+    github: darksylinc
+read_more: https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/91535
+---
diff --git a/collections/_release_4_4/entry-systems-physics-custom-colors-for-collision-shapes.md b/collections/_release_4_4/entry-systems-physics-custom-colors-for-collision-shapes.md
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+---
+type: entry
+section: systems
+subsection: physics
+rank: 0
+importance: 4
+anchor: custom-colors-for-collision-shapes
+title: Custom colors for collision shapes
+blockquote: Debugging in style
+text: |
+  Collision shapes now have `debug_color` and `debug_fill` properties for you to customize in the editor. If "Visible Collision Shapes" is enabled in the debug menu, you can even change these at runtime.
+contributors:
+  - name: ActualHorse
+    github: BattyBovine
+read_more: https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/90644
+---
diff --git a/collections/_release_4_4/entry-systems-rendering-2D-shader-instance-uniforms.md b/collections/_release_4_4/entry-systems-rendering-2D-shader-instance-uniforms.md
diff --git a/collections/_release_4_4/entry-systems-rendering-AgX-tone-mapping.md b/collections/_release_4_4/entry-systems-rendering-AgX-tone-mapping.md
diff --git a/collections/_release_4_4/entry-systems-rendering-rendering-driver-fallback.md b/collections/_release_4_4/entry-systems-rendering-rendering-driver-fallback.md
diff --git a/collections/_release_4_4/entry-systems-rendering-shadow-caster-mask-property.md b/collections/_release_4_4/entry-systems-rendering-shadow-caster-mask-property.md
