{"id":7762,"date":"2006-08-14T22:51:48","date_gmt":"2006-08-14T19:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.livegamers.fi\/uutiset\/xna-for-everybody\/"},"modified":"2006-08-14T22:51:48","modified_gmt":"2006-08-14T19:51:48","slug":"xna-for-everybody","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.livegamers.fi\/uutiset\/xna-for-everybody\/","title":{"rendered":"XNA for everybody"},"content":{"rendered":"

Entitled XNA Game Studio Express<\/i>, Microsoft\u00b4s new homebrew package is basically a downgraded and streamlined version of the professional XNA kits.
\nCompatible with both Windows OS based computers and the Xbox 360, the program can be used to create original content playable on either or both platforms. However, even with Microsoft\u00b4s new software, creating homemade software isn\u00b4t exactly free, the XNA Game Studio Express for the 360 will be tagged at 99 USD for an annual subscription or 49.99 for 4 months – PC-development is free of charge. The XNA Game Studio Express is just one more step that Microsoft is taking towards emphasizing the role of the independent game development community. <\/p>\n

Enthusiastic as always, Microsoft\u00b4s Peter Moore commented ”It\u00b4s our first step of creating a YouTube<\/a> for video games,”<\/i> he said and continued ”it will give you everything you need to bring your game to life on Xbox 360.”<\/i> More than 10 universities are already planning to use the software in their fall development curricula, and Moore hopes to see it in use at highschools as well. Microsoft has also been discussing the possibilities of Live Marketplace distribution of homemade games since the 360 launch, so expect to hear more of these possibilities in the not so distant future. <\/p>\n

The beta version of XNA Game Studio Express will launch come the end of this month. The final version is scheduled for a holiday season launch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Microsoft continues to cater to the less-mainstream development crowd with their upcoming launch of a home version of Microsoft’s professional XNA development kit. Bedroom designers will now be able to design games for Windows and the 360 alike. Details inside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livegamers.fi\/api\/wp\/v2\/news\/7762"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livegamers.fi\/api\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livegamers.fi\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livegamers.fi\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livegamers.fi\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livegamers.fi\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livegamers.fi\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livegamers.fi\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}