diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index fa11366..0a0a607 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+xboxdrv 0.4.12 - (??/Mai/2010)
+==============================
+
+* added --four-way-restrictor
+
+
 xboxdrv 0.4.11 - (01/Mai/2010)
 ==============================
 
diff --git a/README b/README
index 12baa11..d14bb57 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -254,7 +254,18 @@ will thus not function properly with the Xbox360 gamepad. Via the
 --square-axis option you can work around this issue and diagonals will
 be reported as (1,1).
 
-[[Axis Sensitivity]]
+[[ Four Way Restrictor ]]
+-------------------------
+
+The --four-way-restrictor option allows to to limit the movement on
+both analogsticks to only four directions (up, down, left, right), the
+diagonals (up/left, up/right, down/left, down/right) are filtered out
+from the output. This option is useful for games such as Tetris, that
+don't need diagonals and where you don't want to accidently trigger
+the down-move while trying to do a left/right move.
+
+
+[[ Axis Sensitivity ]]
 --------------------
 
 The sensitive of an axis can be adjusted via --axis-sensitivty:
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 91f4588..208fbf0 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@ Pre Release Testing:
 * --dpad-as-button check buttons are working and no useless axis present
 * check the version number
 
-VERSION="0.4.10"
+VERSION="0.4.12"
 TAG="v${VERSION}"
 git tag -s  "${TAG}" -m "xboxdrv ${TAG}" 
 git archive --format=tar --prefix="xboxdrv-linux-${VERSION}/" ${TAG} | bzip2 -c > /tmp/xboxdrv-linux-${VERSION}.tar.bz2
+
 git push --tags
 
 Stuff to do before 0.5 release: