diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e6839ad367..9443a0927c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,94 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [v1.7.0-rc](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/tree/v1.7.0-rc) (2020-06-30)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/compare/v1.6.0...v1.7.0-rc)
+
+**Implemented enhancements:**
+
+- WatchGameServer should immediately provide the cached GameServer [\#1630](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/issues/1630)
+- Feature Request: Allow 'serverCa' to come from secret/configmap in GameServerAllocationPolicy CRD [\#1614](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/issues/1614)
+- Automatically refresh all allocator TLS certs, not just client CA cert [\#1599](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/issues/1599)
+- Move ContainerPortAllocation to beta [\#1563](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/issues/1563)
+- Add GameServer state duration metric [\#1013](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/issues/1013)
+- Expose GameServer state change metrics [\#831](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/issues/831)
+- Update developer tooling to Helm 3 [\#1647](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1647) ([markmandel](https://github.com/markmandel))
+- Update Terraform to Helm 3 [\#1646](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1646) ([markmandel](https://github.com/markmandel))
+- Conditionally enable mtls for the allocator. [\#1645](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1645) ([devloop0](https://github.com/devloop0))
+- New feature: SDK cached gameserver [\#1642](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1642) ([akremsa](https://github.com/akremsa))
+- Adding support for refreshing TLS certs in the allocator [\#1638](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1638) ([devloop0](https://github.com/devloop0))
+- Helm 3 Install Documentation [\#1627](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1627) ([markmandel](https://github.com/markmandel))
+- Add flags which allow to pass namespace to e2e tests [\#1623](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1623) ([akremsa](https://github.com/akremsa))
+- Update docs to explicitly allow specifying ca.crt in client secret instead of serverCa field for multi-cluster allocation [\#1619](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1619) ([robbieheywood](https://github.com/robbieheywood))
+- Add port flag to example allocator-client [\#1618](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1618) ([robbieheywood](https://github.com/robbieheywood))
+- Grafana - add namespace to autoscalers dashboard [\#1615](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1615) ([akremsa](https://github.com/akremsa))
+- Additional commands for prometheus and grafana [\#1601](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1601) ([akremsa](https://github.com/akremsa))
+- Grafana - add namespace to distinguish fleets with the same name [\#1597](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1597) ([akremsa](https://github.com/akremsa))
+- C\# SDK Cleanup & Nuget Package [\#1596](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1596) ([rcreasey](https://github.com/rcreasey))
+- Adding AccelByte in Companies using Agones list [\#1593](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1593) ([accelbyte-raymond](https://github.com/accelbyte-raymond))
+- Metrics: add namespace to distinguish fleets with the same name [\#1585](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1585) ([akremsa](https://github.com/akremsa))
+- Move ContainerPortAllocation to beta [\#1577](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1577) ([akremsa](https://github.com/akremsa))
+- New metric - state duration [\#1468](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1468) ([aLekSer](https://github.com/aLekSer))
+- CI: Adding E2E cluster name as a parameter for CloudBuild [\#1611](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1611) ([aLekSer](https://github.com/aLekSer))
+
+**Fixed bugs:**
+
+- Better cleanup of namespace on e2e test failure [\#1653](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/issues/1653)
+- C\# SDK build is flakey due to a race condition [\#1639](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/issues/1639)
+- Site: fix obsolete links of Kubernetes API v1.13 in Autogenerated Agones CRD API reference [\#1617](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/issues/1617)
+- Flaky: TestAllocatorCrossNamespace [\#1603](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/issues/1603)
+- Flaky: TestFleetAggregatedPlayerStatus [\#1592](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/issues/1592)
+- HealthCheckLoop Never invoked in C\# SDK [\#1583](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/issues/1583)
+- Metrics: add namespace to distinguish same name fleets [\#1501](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/issues/1501)
+- Flaky: Csharp SDK Test [\#1651](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1651) ([markmandel](https://github.com/markmandel))
+- Load test: Fix example yaml config [\#1634](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1634) ([aLekSer](https://github.com/aLekSer))
+- Fix replacement bug in gen-api-docs.sh [\#1622](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1622) ([markmandel](https://github.com/markmandel))
+- Flaky: TestFleetAggregatedPlayerStatus [\#1606](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1606) ([markmandel](https://github.com/markmandel))
+- Flaky: TestAllocatorCrossNamespace [\#1604](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1604) ([markmandel](https://github.com/markmandel))
+- Allow env var overrides for e2e tests [\#1566](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1566) ([markmandel](https://github.com/markmandel))
+
+**Closed issues:**
+
+- Release 1.6.0 [\#1587](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/issues/1587)
+- Cleanup: Remove obsolete example of FleetAllocator service [\#1584](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/issues/1584)
+- Outdated and incomplete instructions on installing Agones using Helm [\#1494](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/issues/1494)
+- Update build image Debian version [\#1488](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/issues/1488)
+- Move support from Helm 2 ➡ Helm 3 [\#1436](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/issues/1436)
+- E2E tests should use a randomly created Namespace for testing [\#1074](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/issues/1074)
+- Terraform scripts for Agones [\#657](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/issues/657)
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- Update Node.js dependencies in sdk and example [\#1657](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1657) ([steven-supersolid](https://github.com/steven-supersolid))
+- Update Agones developer guide to point at faster targets [\#1656](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1656) ([markmandel](https://github.com/markmandel))
+- Cleanup e2e namespaces before test start [\#1655](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1655) ([markmandel](https://github.com/markmandel))
+- E2E: Invert ContainerPortAllocation FeatureGate [\#1652](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1652) ([aLekSer](https://github.com/aLekSer))
+- Website: Change to relative reference [\#1644](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1644) ([aLekSer](https://github.com/aLekSer))
+- Fixed some formatting issues in the allocator code. [\#1643](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1643) ([devloop0](https://github.com/devloop0))
+- Add a note to the contributing docs that joining the mailing list gives access to build logs [\#1637](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1637) ([roberthbailey](https://github.com/roberthbailey))
+- Fixed GameServer State Diagram [\#1635](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1635) ([suecideTech](https://github.com/suecideTech))
+- Fixed broken link to pass tests. [\#1633](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1633) ([devloop0](https://github.com/devloop0))
+- CreateNamespace: delete dangling namespaces [\#1632](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1632) ([akremsa](https://github.com/akremsa))
+- test-e2e - Added several Fatal calls [\#1629](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1629) ([akremsa](https://github.com/akremsa))
+- Removed obsolete allocator-service-go.md [\#1624](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1624) ([akremsa](https://github.com/akremsa))
+- Fix 404 in CRD generated documentation. [\#1621](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1621) ([markmandel](https://github.com/markmandel))
+- Remove obsolete example of FleetAllocator service [\#1620](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1620) ([akremsa](https://github.com/akremsa))
+- Site: fix minor issues, obsolete helm parameters [\#1616](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1616) ([aLekSer](https://github.com/aLekSer))
+- Update AccelByte logo [\#1613](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1613) ([accelbyte-raymond](https://github.com/accelbyte-raymond))
+- Update all images to Go 1.14.4 [\#1612](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1612) ([markmandel](https://github.com/markmandel))
+- Update Rust Debian image version [\#1610](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1610) ([aLekSer](https://github.com/aLekSer))
+- Update Debian version for CPP example [\#1609](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1609) ([aLekSer](https://github.com/aLekSer))
+- Update the build image to buster [\#1608](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1608) ([markmandel](https://github.com/markmandel))
+- Added some missing helm vars documentation for Agones intall with helm. [\#1607](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1607) ([EricFortin](https://github.com/EricFortin))
+- Adding parallel to more tests. [\#1602](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1602) ([markmandel](https://github.com/markmandel))
+- Update edit-first-gameserver-go.md [\#1595](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1595) ([minho-comcom-ai](https://github.com/minho-comcom-ai))
+- Remove redundant "helm test" pod from "install.yaml" [\#1591](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1591) ([aLekSer](https://github.com/aLekSer))
+- Preparation for 1.7.0 [\#1589](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1589) ([markmandel](https://github.com/markmandel))
+- Improved Fleets - controller tests [\#1547](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1547) ([akremsa](https://github.com/akremsa))
+- CI: Add one more E2E tests run with all feature gates disabled [\#1546](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1546) ([aLekSer](https://github.com/aLekSer))
+- Improved fleetautoscalers - fleetautoscalers\_test.go unit tests + applyWebhookPolicy refactoring [\#1531](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1531) ([akremsa](https://github.com/akremsa))
+- Update Debian image version for SDK base [\#1511](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1511) ([aLekSer](https://github.com/aLekSer))
+
 ## [v1.6.0](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/tree/v1.6.0) (2020-05-26)
 
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/compare/v1.6.0-rc...v1.6.0)
@@ -14,6 +103,7 @@
 
 **Merged pull requests:**
 
+- Release 1.6.0 [\#1588](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1588) ([markmandel](https://github.com/markmandel))
 - Fix flaky Local SDK test [\#1586](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1586) ([aLekSer](https://github.com/aLekSer))
 - Warning to release checklist. [\#1580](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1580) ([markmandel](https://github.com/markmandel))
 
@@ -400,6 +490,7 @@
 - Configurable Log Level for Agones Controller [\#1220](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1220) ([aLekSer](https://github.com/aLekSer))
 - Add Go Client example which could create GS [\#1213](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1213) ([aLekSer](https://github.com/aLekSer))
 - Automate confirming example images are on gcr.io [\#1207](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1207) ([markmandel](https://github.com/markmandel))
+- Update the instructions for installing a GKE cluster with terraform to disable automatic node upgrades [\#1141](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1141) ([roberthbailey](https://github.com/roberthbailey))
 - improve stackdriver metric type [\#1132](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1132) ([cyriltovena](https://github.com/cyriltovena))
 - Feature Stages Documentation [\#1080](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1080) ([markmandel](https://github.com/markmandel))
 - Initial version of EKS terraform config [\#986](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/986) ([aLekSer](https://github.com/aLekSer))
@@ -550,7 +641,6 @@
 
 - Document agones-allocator and multi-cluster allocation [\#1155](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1155) ([pooneh-m](https://github.com/pooneh-m))
 - Add SDK.GameServer\(\) to Matchmaking Registration Diagram [\#1149](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1149) ([markmandel](https://github.com/markmandel))
-- Update the instructions for installing a GKE cluster with terraform to disable automatic node upgrades [\#1141](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1141) ([roberthbailey](https://github.com/roberthbailey))
 
 **Fixed bugs:**
 
@@ -613,6 +703,7 @@
 - Adding namespace for multi-cluster allocation policy [\#1052](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1052) ([pooneh-m](https://github.com/pooneh-m))
 - Logging Agones version and port on the startup. [\#1048](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1048) ([pooneh-m](https://github.com/pooneh-m))
 - Adding make file to generate allocation go from proto [\#1041](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1041) ([pooneh-m](https://github.com/pooneh-m))
+- Rust SDK: Reserved [\#1030](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1030) ([markmandel](https://github.com/markmandel))
 - Add Sidecar log level parameter to GS specification [\#1007](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1007) ([aLekSer](https://github.com/aLekSer))
 
 **Fixed bugs:**
@@ -688,7 +779,6 @@
 
 - JSON serialisation error reporting on Mutation/Validation webhooks [\#992](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/issues/992)
 - CRASH for simple-udp example [\#1032](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1032) ([markmandel](https://github.com/markmandel))
-- Rust SDK: Reserved [\#1030](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1030) ([markmandel](https://github.com/markmandel))
 - Define the proto definition for the allocator service [\#1025](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1025) ([pooneh-m](https://github.com/pooneh-m))
 - Documentation on Fleet Updates and Upgrades [\#1020](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1020) ([markmandel](https://github.com/markmandel))
 - Documentation on how to upgrade Agones and/or Kubernetes. [\#1008](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1008) ([markmandel](https://github.com/markmandel))
diff --git a/install/helm/agones/Chart.yaml b/install/helm/agones/Chart.yaml
index fc243ccf44..5438c51db3 100644
--- a/install/helm/agones/Chart.yaml
+++ b/install/helm/agones/Chart.yaml
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 # Declare variables to be passed into your templates.
 
 apiVersion: v1
-appVersion: "1.7.0"
-version: 1.7.0
+appVersion: "1.7.0-rc"
+version: 1.7.0-rc
 name: agones
 description: a library for hosting, running and scaling dedicated game servers on Kubernetes.
 keywords:
diff --git a/install/helm/agones/values.yaml b/install/helm/agones/values.yaml
index d3beb5b25d..5b18c25012 100644
--- a/install/helm/agones/values.yaml
+++ b/install/helm/agones/values.yaml
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ agones:
     disableMTLS: false
   image:
     registry: gcr.io/agones-images
-    tag: 1.7.0
+    tag: 1.7.0-rc
     controller:
       name: agones-controller
       pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
diff --git a/install/yaml/install.yaml b/install/yaml/install.yaml
index bb9f4e3ece..5d1ce0964f 100644
--- a/install/yaml/install.yaml
+++ b/install/yaml/install.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: agones-system
   labels:
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-1.7.0
+    chart: agones-1.7.0-rc
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Helm
 ---
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: agones-system
   labels:
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-1.7.0
+    chart: agones-1.7.0-rc
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Helm
 ---
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: default
   labels:
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-1.7.0
+    chart: agones-1.7.0-rc
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Helm
 ---
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: agones-system
   labels:
     app: agones-manual
-    chart: "agones-1.7.0"
+    chart: "agones-1.7.0-rc"
     release: "agones-manual"
     heritage: "Helm"
 type: Opaque
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: agones-system
   labels:
     app: agones-manual
-    chart: "agones-1.7.0"
+    chart: "agones-1.7.0-rc"
     release: "agones-manual"
     heritage: "Helm"
 data:
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: agones-system
   labels:
     app: agones-manual
-    chart: "agones-1.7.0"
+    chart: "agones-1.7.0-rc"
     release: "agones-manual"
     heritage: "Helm"
 data:
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: agones-system
   labels:
     app: agones-manual
-    chart: "agones-1.7.0"
+    chart: "agones-1.7.0-rc"
     release: "agones-manual"
     heritage: "Helm"
 data:
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     component: crd
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-1.7.0
+    chart: agones-1.7.0-rc
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Helm
 spec:
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     component: crd
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-1.7.0
+    chart: agones-1.7.0-rc
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Helm
 spec:
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     component: crd
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-1.7.0
+    chart: agones-1.7.0-rc
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Helm
 spec:
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ metadata:
     controller-tools.k8s.io: "1.0"
     component: crd
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-1.7.0
+    chart: agones-1.7.0-rc
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Helm
   name: gameserverallocationpolicies.multicluster.agones.dev
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     component: crd
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-1.7.0
+    chart: agones-1.7.0-rc
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Helm
 spec:
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: agones-system
   labels:
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-1.7.0
+    chart: agones-1.7.0-rc
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Helm
 rules:
@@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: agones-system
   labels:
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-1.7.0
+    chart: agones-1.7.0-rc
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Helm
 rules:
@@ -1057,7 +1057,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: agones-system
   labels:
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-1.7.0
+    chart: agones-1.7.0-rc
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Helm
 rules:
@@ -1077,7 +1077,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: agones-system
   labels:
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-1.7.0
+    chart: agones-1.7.0-rc
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Helm
 subjects:
@@ -1097,7 +1097,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: agones-system
   labels:
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-1.7.0
+    chart: agones-1.7.0-rc
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Helm
 subjects:
@@ -1149,7 +1149,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: default
   labels:
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-1.7.0
+    chart: agones-1.7.0-rc
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Helm
 subjects:
@@ -1170,7 +1170,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     component: ping
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-1.7.0
+    chart: agones-1.7.0-rc
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Helm
 spec:
@@ -1192,7 +1192,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     component: ping
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-1.7.0
+    chart: agones-1.7.0-rc
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Helm
 spec:
@@ -1228,7 +1228,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     agones.dev/role: controller
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-1.7.0
+    chart: agones-1.7.0-rc
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Helm
 spec:
@@ -1264,7 +1264,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     component: allocator
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-1.7.0
+    chart: agones-1.7.0-rc
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Helm
 spec:
@@ -1300,7 +1300,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     component: controller
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-1.7.0
+    chart: agones-1.7.0-rc
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Helm
 spec:
@@ -1343,7 +1343,7 @@ spec:
       serviceAccountName: agones-controller
       containers:
       - name: agones-controller
-        image: "gcr.io/agones-images/agones-controller:1.7.0"
+        image: "gcr.io/agones-images/agones-controller:1.7.0-rc"
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         env:
         # minimum port that can be exposed to GameServer traffic
@@ -1353,7 +1353,7 @@ spec:
         - name: MAX_PORT
           value: "8000"
         - name: SIDECAR_IMAGE # overwrite the GameServer sidecar image that is used
-          value: "gcr.io/agones-images/agones-sdk:1.7.0"
+          value: "gcr.io/agones-images/agones-sdk:1.7.0-rc"
         - name: ALWAYS_PULL_SIDECAR # set the sidecar imagePullPolicy to Always
           value: "false"
         - name: SIDECAR_CPU_REQUEST
@@ -1442,7 +1442,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     component: ping
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-1.7.0
+    chart: agones-1.7.0-rc
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Helm
 spec:
@@ -1477,7 +1477,7 @@ spec:
       priorityClassName: agones-system
       containers:
         - name: agones-ping
-          image: "gcr.io/agones-images/agones-ping:1.7.0"
+          image: "gcr.io/agones-images/agones-ping:1.7.0-rc"
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           livenessProbe:
             httpGet:
@@ -1551,7 +1551,7 @@ spec:
           secretName: allocator-client-ca
       containers:
       - name: agones-allocator
-        image: "gcr.io/agones-images/agones-allocator:1.7.0"
+        image: "gcr.io/agones-images/agones-allocator:1.7.0-rc"
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         livenessProbe:
           httpGet:
@@ -1607,7 +1607,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     component: controller
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-1.7.0
+    chart: agones-1.7.0-rc
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Helm
 spec:
@@ -1643,7 +1643,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     component: controller
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-1.7.0
+    chart: agones-1.7.0-rc
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Helm
 webhooks:
@@ -1683,7 +1683,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     component: controller
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-1.7.0
+    chart: agones-1.7.0-rc
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Helm
 webhooks:
diff --git a/sdks/nodejs/package.json b/sdks/nodejs/package.json
index d57e29745b..3ef859f696 100644
--- a/sdks/nodejs/package.json
+++ b/sdks/nodejs/package.json
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@
     "publishConfig": {
         "access": "public"
     },
-    "version": "1.7.0"
+    "version": "1.7.0-rc"
 }
diff --git a/site/content/en/blog/releases/1.6.0.md b/site/content/en/blog/releases/1.6.0.md
index debcf0116d..3e10c52659 100755
--- a/site/content/en/blog/releases/1.6.0.md
+++ b/site/content/en/blog/releases/1.6.0.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ This release includes **several breaking changes** to be aware of:
 We are also excited to have a new major feature release of Player Tracking - keep track of which players are
 connected to you GameServers and what your GameServer capacities are!
 
-Check the <a href="https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/tree/release-1.6.0" data-proofer-ignore>README</a> for details on features, installation and usage.
+Check the <a href="https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/tree/release-1.6.0" >README</a> for details on features, installation and usage.
 
 **Breaking changes:**
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Check the <a href="https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/tree/release-1.6.0"
 - Pass FEATURE\_GATES flag to e2e tests [\#1445](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1445) ([akremsa](https://github.com/akremsa))
 - Add validation for CPU and Memory Resources for GameServers, Fleets and GameServerSets [\#1423](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1423) ([aLekSer](https://github.com/aLekSer))
 
-See <a href="https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/blob/release-1.6.0/CHANGELOG.md" data-proofer-ignore>CHANGELOG</a> for more details on changes.
+See <a href="https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/blob/release-1.6.0/CHANGELOG.md" >CHANGELOG</a> for more details on changes.
 
 Images available with this release:
 
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ Images available with this release:
 
 Helm chart available with this release:
 
-- <a href="https://agones.dev/chart/stable/agones-1.6.0.tgz" data-proofer-ignore>
+- <a href="https://agones.dev/chart/stable/agones-1.6.0.tgz" >
   <code>helm install agones/agones --version 1.6.0</code></a>
 
 > Make sure to add our stable helm repository using `helm repo add agones https://agones.dev/chart/stable`
diff --git a/site/content/en/blog/releases/1.7.0-rc.md b/site/content/en/blog/releases/1.7.0-rc.md
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..ff3d1c9444
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site/content/en/blog/releases/1.7.0-rc.md
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+---
+title: "1.7.0 Release Candidate"
+linkTitle: "1.7.0-rc"
+date: "2020-06-30"
+---
+
+This is the 1.7.0-rc release of Agones.
+
+The `ContainerPortAllocation` feature has been moved to beta in this release, and the `SDK.WatchGameServer()` command
+has a new alpha feature to immediately return a result.
+
+We also have new metric and dashboard features, upgraded all our documentation and testing to Helm 3,
+updated the C# SDK, improved the allocation endpoint system and more.
+
+Check the <a href="https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/tree/release-1.7.0-rc" data-proofer-ignore>README</a> for details on features, installation and usage.
+
+**Implemented enhancements:**
+
+- WatchGameServer should immediately provide the cached GameServer [\#1630](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/issues/1630)
+- Feature Request: Allow 'serverCa' to come from secret/configmap in GameServerAllocationPolicy CRD [\#1614](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/issues/1614)
+- Automatically refresh all allocator TLS certs, not just client CA cert [\#1599](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/issues/1599)
+- Move ContainerPortAllocation to beta [\#1563](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/issues/1563)
+- Add GameServer state duration metric [\#1013](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/issues/1013)
+- Expose GameServer state change metrics [\#831](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/issues/831)
+- Update developer tooling to Helm 3 [\#1647](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1647) ([markmandel](https://github.com/markmandel))
+- Update Terraform to Helm 3 [\#1646](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1646) ([markmandel](https://github.com/markmandel))
+- Conditionally enable mtls for the allocator. [\#1645](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1645) ([devloop0](https://github.com/devloop0))
+- New feature: SDK cached gameserver [\#1642](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1642) ([akremsa](https://github.com/akremsa))
+- Adding support for refreshing TLS certs in the allocator [\#1638](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1638) ([devloop0](https://github.com/devloop0))
+- Helm 3 Install Documentation [\#1627](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1627) ([markmandel](https://github.com/markmandel))
+- Add flags which allow to pass namespace to e2e tests [\#1623](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1623) ([akremsa](https://github.com/akremsa))
+- Update docs to explicitly allow specifying ca.crt in client secret instead of serverCa field for multi-cluster allocation [\#1619](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1619) ([robbieheywood](https://github.com/robbieheywood))
+- Add port flag to example allocator-client [\#1618](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1618) ([robbieheywood](https://github.com/robbieheywood))
+- Grafana - add namespace to autoscalers dashboard [\#1615](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1615) ([akremsa](https://github.com/akremsa))
+- Additional commands for prometheus and grafana [\#1601](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1601) ([akremsa](https://github.com/akremsa))
+- Grafana - add namespace to distinguish fleets with the same name [\#1597](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1597) ([akremsa](https://github.com/akremsa))
+- C\# SDK Cleanup & Nuget Package [\#1596](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1596) ([rcreasey](https://github.com/rcreasey))
+- Adding AccelByte in Companies using Agones list [\#1593](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1593) ([accelbyte-raymond](https://github.com/accelbyte-raymond))
+- Metrics: add namespace to distinguish fleets with the same name [\#1585](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1585) ([akremsa](https://github.com/akremsa))
+- Move ContainerPortAllocation to beta [\#1577](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1577) ([akremsa](https://github.com/akremsa))
+- New metric - state duration [\#1468](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1468) ([aLekSer](https://github.com/aLekSer))
+- CI: Adding E2E cluster name as a parameter for CloudBuild [\#1611](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1611) ([aLekSer](https://github.com/aLekSer))
+
+Documentation: https://development.agones.dev/site/
+
+See <a href="https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/blob/release-1.7.0-rc/CHANGELOG.md" data-proofer-ignore>CHANGELOG</a> for more details on changes.
+
+Images available with this release:
+
+- [gcr.io/agones-images/agones-controller:1.7.0-rc](https://gcr.io/agones-images/agones-controller:1.7.0-rc)
+- [gcr.io/agones-images/agones-sdk:1.7.0-rc](https://gcr.io/agones-images/agones-sdk:1.7.0-rc)
+- [gcr.io/agones-images/agones-ping:1.7.0-rc](https://gcr.io/agones-images/agones-ping:1.7.0-rc)
+- [gcr.io/agones-images/agones-allocator:1.7.0-rc](https://gcr.io/agones-images/agones-allocator:1.7.0-rc)
+- [gcr.io/agones-images/cpp-simple-server:0.12](https://gcr.io/agones-images/cpp-simple-server:0.12)
+- [gcr.io/agones-images/nodejs-simple-server:0.5](https://gcr.io/agones-images/nodejs-simple-server:0.5)
+- [gcr.io/agones-images/rust-simple-server:0.7](https://gcr.io/agones-images/rust-simple-server:0.7)
+- [gcr.io/agones-images/unity-simple-server:0.3](https://gcr.io/agones-images/unity-simple-server:0.3)
+- [gcr.io/agones-images/udp-server:0.21](https://gcr.io/agones-images/udp-server:0.21)
+- [gcr.io/agones-images/tcp-server:0.4](https://gcr.io/agones-images/tcp-server:0.4)
+- [gcr.io/agones-images/xonotic-example:0.8](https://gcr.io/agones-images/xonotic-example:0.8)
+- [gcr.io/agones-images/supertuxkart-example:0.2](https://gcr.io/agones-images/supertuxkart-example:0.2)
+- [gcr.io/agones-images/crd-client:0.3](https://gcr.io/agones-images/crd-client:0.3)
+
+Helm chart available with this release:
+
+- <a href="https://agones.dev/chart/stable/agones-1.7.0-rc.tgz" data-proofer-ignore>
+  <code>helm install agones/agones --version 1.7.0-rc</code></a>
+
+> Make sure to add our stable helm repository using `helm repo add agones https://agones.dev/chart/stable`