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Encyclopedia > XNA (Microsoft)
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XNA (Xbox/DirectX New generation Architecture) is a proposed successor to DirectX, uniting varied game development APIs into a common framework, allowing developers to speed up the development process and cut down on the rising costs of game development. XNA was announced March 24, 2004, at the Game Developers Conference in San Jose, California. The current official DirectX logo. ... API redirects here. ... March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in Leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 2004(MMIV) is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Game Developers Conference (GDC) is an annual gathering of video game developers. ... City nickname: Capital of Silicon Valley Location Location of San Jose within Santa Clara County, California. ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Senators Dianne Feinstein (D) Barbara Boxer (D) Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ...


This initiative will lead to development tools previously available only to the Xbox becoming available to Windows developers as well, such as the audio authoring tool XACT, the analysis tool PIX, and the set of Xbox Live development tools for features such as billing, security and matchmaking services. The XNA initiative will also similarly benefit Xbox, for example by bringing Windows' High-Level Shader Language (HLSL) to the platform. Jump to: navigation, search The Xbox is Microsofts first game console, released on November 15, 2001. ... Jump to: navigation, search Microsoft Windows is a range of operating environments for personal computers and servers. ... PIX (Performance Investigator for DirectX) - Mike Burrows - http://www. ...


XNA is proposed to work on Windows Vista, Xbox 360, and mobile devices. Jump to: navigation, search Windows Vista, abbreviated WinVI, is Microsofts next version of its Windows operating system, succeeding to Windows XP. It was previously known by its codename Longhorn (see the other Microsoft codenames). ... Jump to: navigation, search Xbox 360 is Microsofts successor to their Xbox video game console, referred to during development as Project Xenon, Xbox 2, or Xbox Next. ...


External links

  • Microsoft's XNA Site

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Microsoft XNA - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (495 words)
XNA was announced March 24, 2004, at the Game Developers Conference in San Jose, California; the first Community Technology Preview version was released March 14, 2006.
The XNA Framework thus encapsulates low-level technological details involved in coding a game, making sure that the framework itself takes care of the difference between platforms when games are ported from one compatible platform to another, and thereby allowing game developers to focus more on the content and gaming experience.
XNA Build, is a set of Game Asset Pipeline management tools, which help by defining, maintaining, debugging, and optimizing the Game Asset Pipeline of individual game development efforts.
Microsoft XNA (614 words)
XNA is a long-term commitment from Microsoft to partner with the game industry in order to address the development challenges associated with modern game development.
Microsoft® XNA™ Build is a tool and set of technologies which will help game studios manage the growing complexities of their game content builds.
XNA Studio is based on Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System, the latest innovation of the flagship development platform which offers tightly integrated and extensible tools which enable software development teams to reduce the complexity of development and improve communication and collaboration throughout the development process.
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