The Rundown: April 16, 2009

A light day on The Rundown, but here are a few late night notes for you:
G4BOX and Wicked Interactive have launched SubaGames.com’s free military first-person shooter Cross Fire. Cross Fire is a free-to-play, persistent world, military shooter developed by SmileGate and Neowiz.
Think Services passed along word that the call for submissions for the 2009 Game Developers Conference Austin (GDC Austin) is now open. The submissions to present lectures, roundtables and full day tutorials will be accepted for review by the GDC Austin advisory boards through Friday, May 8th. GDC Austin is a four-day event taking place at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas September 15-18, 2009.
Indie developer Spiders, a studio founded by the creators of Silverfall and Earth Awakening, have released the first video of their upcoming game - Mars, reflecting the dark and ambient mood of this new universe. This video, shot from the version shown on PS3 at the GDC in San Francisco this year, is revealed on the official web site.