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XNA Game Studio 2.0 Released News
Gwynne Dixon
13/12/2007
Microsoft's accessible developer suite has been updated to its second major instalment, now available for download...
The second major instalment of Microsoft's XNA Game Studio, which has been a huge hit with amateur developers, is now available for download at creators.xna.com.
XNA Game Studio 2.0 is the follow-up to last year's Game Studio Express, and allows fledgling developers to create games which can potentially end up on Microsoft's Live services for Xbox 360 and PC. It adds over 15 new features to the suite.
"When building XNA Game Studio 2.0, we wanted to offer everyone the opportunity to utilise the rich gaming environment of Live used by AAA developers for titles such as Halo 3 and Gears of War," said Chris Satchell, general manager of the XNA organization at Microsoft. "We accomplished our goal with this new toolset, and, best of all, it remains highly accessible to students, hobbyists and pros alike."
The program will allow users to work with some of Live's best features, such as online matchmaking, with little or no coding required in the process. Additionally, XNA 2.0 supports all versions of Microsoft Visual Studio (Microsoft's main software development program).
The XNA Game Studio has had approximately 750,000 downloads since this time last year and its use in more than 300 universities has cemented it as a useful tool for students. To take advantage of this, Microsoft will be offering free academic trials of XNA's Creators Club for students from this January onwards.
Additionally, this year's Dream-Build-Play competition had 4,500 entrants, of which four games went on to be featured on Xbox Live Arcade. Next year, Microsoft will be expanding the competition, starting with a Silicon Minds Warm-up Challenge (run with help from Lionhead Studios and Rare). Wannabe developers will even have the chance to win an internship interview opportunity with one of the development teams assisting the project.
"Artificial intelligence is so important to the games we make at Lionhead Studios, and we are very excited to see what the community can come up with in this Warm-Up Challenge to Dream-Build-Play 2008," said Peter Molyneux, managing director at Lionhead Studios. "We are always on the lookout for the best talent and believe that XNA Game Studio 2.0 will be a great platform for contestants to showcase their skills on."
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