Microsoft yesterday unveiled its new XNA game development platform, which marries game development tools for both the PC platform and the Xbox. Apparently the PC also brings its children to the ...

This week, Microsoft released XNA Game Studio Express, a free-to-use set of game-design tools for Windows, aimed at getting students and hobbyists fired up about making games. Chris Satchell, the ...

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 ...

Microsoft released a new set of developer tools Monday meant to ease the creation of games for the next version of the company's Xbox video game console. XNA Studio is one of the first major products ...

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- ...

Rochester Institute of Technology has won a Microsoft XNA Game Studio Express Innovation Award, recognizing the university’s strong gaming degree programs at both the bachelor’s and master’s degree ...

Emails allegedly sent to XNA developers suggest Microsoft may be phasing out the development environment behind Xbox Live Indie Games. "Presently the XNA Game Studio is not in active development and ...

Microsoft has announced plans to phase out the XNA Game Studio development tools in a recent letter to developers. The letter was sent to DirectX and XNA MVPs, select developers who are influential in ...

CNET Senior Editor Donald Bell combs through today's XNA game announcements from GDC to find the best game for Microsoft's Zune. Donald Bell Senior Editor / How To Donald Bell has spent more than five ...

Over at IGN they have an interview with MS about their new XNA initiative. Most of it basically smoke and mirrors with a bunch of promises, but the themes and ideas that keep coming up are interesting ...