If you are interested in games
programming using Microsoft technologies for Windows platform, XNA may be the
way to go. Microsoft has spent so much in XNA for years and not it seems to be
paying off. With the recent launch of Visual Studio and XNA 4.0, you can build
all kind of games using XNA.
XNA Game Studio 4.0 allows you to
build games for Windows Phone, Windows PCs and Xbox 360. If you install Windows
Phone APIs on top of Visual Studio 2010 and when create a new project, you will
see XNA Game Studio 4.0 in the list. Once you select this link, you will see project
templates for Windows Phone Game, Windows Game, Xbox 360 Game and their related
libraries.
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With the launch of Windows Phone 7,
now XNA has become a valuable asset for developers to write Windows Phone games
and applications. Mike Gold and Ibrahim Irsoy, two C# Corner author
have written several articles on XNA. Check out XNA
Programming in C# section on C#
Corner for some articles and tutorials.
Learn more about XNA Game Studio
4.0.
Watch GDC
2010: XNA Game Studio 4.0 | InsideXbox | Channel 9