Wednesday, August 30, 2006

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, a set of managed code development libraries that make it possible for game developers to be more productive when creating games for Windows and Xbox 360.
  
  
• Game Studio Express also contains a full set of documentation, how-tos, and starter kits that demonstrate how best to use the content pipeline and XNA Framework.

The first beta of XNA Game Studio Express was released on August 30, 2006.