MS To Offer “New Level of Support” To Homebrew Developers?
Gamefest 2006 is Microsoft‘s annual conference for Game Programmers, Technical Directors, Technical Artist, Audio Composers Producers, Testers and Quality Assurance Technicians, Publishers and Business Development Executives. The event seeks to help professionals in the video gaming field to improve their skills, introduce new development techniques, and deliver powerful tools to build the best games possible. For Windows and Xbox, of course.
At the just concluded Microsoft Gamefest 2006, the company announced plans to make entry-level development with XNA available on the PC for free, and on the Xbox 360 for a yearly fee of $99, via a C#-based suite called XNA Game Studio Express. While similar to Sony‘s development channels for the PS and PS2 hobbyists, MS could be planning a new level of support and accessibility to officially sanctioned homebrew console development.
If that’s the sort of thing that interests you, Xbox.com posted a video of the general manager of MS Game Developer Group Chris Satchell who discussed the XNA Game Studio Express. If you’re attention span only lasts seconds, you can view the highlights (short version). If you are a budding game developer, we suggest you stick it out with the full version. Check out the videos here.
Gamefest 2006 is Microsoft‘s annual conference for Game Programmers, Technical Directors, Technical Artist, Audio Composers Producers, Testers and Quality Assurance Technicians, Publishers and Business Development Executives. The event seeks to help professionals in the video gaming field to improve their skills, introduce new development techniques, and deliver powerful tools to build the best games possible. For Windows and Xbox, of course.
At the just concluded Microsoft Gamefest 2006, the company announced plans to make entry-level development with XNA available on the PC for free, and on the Xbox 360 for a yearly fee of $99, via a C#-based suite called XNA Game Studio Express. While similar to Sony‘s development channels for the PS and PS2 hobbyists, MS could be planning a new level of support and accessibility to officially sanctioned homebrew console development.
If that’s the sort of thing that interests you, Xbox.com posted a video of the general manager of MS Game Developer Group Chris Satchell who discussed the XNA Game Studio Express. If you’re attention span only lasts seconds, you can view the highlights (short version). If you are a budding game developer, we suggest you stick it out with the full version. Check out the videos here.
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