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XNA Game Studio Express is a new offering, targeted at students and hobbyists for game development. XNA Game Studio is based on Visual C# express 2005 and lets developers target both Windows and Xbox 360. XNA Game Studio Express contains the following:
- The XNA Framework Content Pipeline which is a set of tools that allow developers to more easily incorporate 3D content into their games
- The XNA Framework is a set of managed code development libraries which will allow game developers to be more productive when creating games for Windows and the Xbox 360.
- Game Studio Express also contains a full set of documentation, how-to’s and starter-kits that demonstrate how best to utilize the content pipeline and XNA Framework.
A beta of XNA Game Studio Express will be released on August 30, 2006. To receive a notification when the Beta is available, please go to https://connect.microsoft.com and select "Available Connections." Then choose the XNA connection and follow the link to sign up for the XNA Game Studio Express Beta.
Comments
- Anonymous
August 24, 2006
No Xbox Live support in XNA. That's a bummer. - Anonymous
August 25, 2006
Yah - I definately agree with that one and hopefully they will take care of that in a later release!