Microsoft has confirmed that it will not be producing future versions of its indie development toolset XNA. Reports emerged yesterday that the software maker was planning to end upkeep of its XNA Game ...

Looming over the game industry are big problems, Microsoft warns. Stressed game developers are burning out, universities are graduating fewer programmers and game designers, and small-game developers- ...

Microsoft has no plans to produce future versions of its XNA development tool, a spokesman for the company confirmed with Polygon today. Earlier this morning, an email was sent to select employees and ...

Microsoft offers multiple game ‘starter kits’ to download, with full, transparent source code – this means you can see exactly how key mechanics such as combat, exploration and inventories are handled ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — March 20, 2006 — In the face of escalating game development costs, expanding teams and ever more complex hardware technologies, Microsoft Corp. today delivered a pre-release version ...

UK - 11th December - Your World. Your Game. With today's release of Microsoft® XNA Game Studio Express and the launch of the XNA Creators Club, this phrase has never been more true. Based on the ...

Though you might envision a "creator's club" to be some sort of blunt object used to beat beautiful games out of misshapen code, it's actually the next step in Microsoft's ongoing XNA initiative. The ...

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 24, 2004 — Microsoft Corp. today announced XNA (TM) , a powerful next-generation software development platform. XNA empowers developers to deliver breakthrough games while ...

The XNA runtime environment is being retired by Microsoft, the company has revealed. The goal of XNA was to enable easier development of games on Microsoft platforms, such as Xbox 360 and PC. XNA Game ...

Now that a number of testers have downloaded a leaked version of the Windows Phone 8 software development kit (SDK), one would think it would be clear whether and how Microsoft is going to allow ...

At Microsoft's Gamefest 2007, the company announced that its XNA Game Studio applications will be merged into one product-XNA 2.0. Microsoft had originally planned to split XNA into professional and ...