Microsoft unveils XNA...

[ZeroNightmare]

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6155590.html?tag=topslot;action;1

i didnt really understand exactly what it was... so some1 more intelligent than I can explain it to the masses.

something about making it easier for companies to develop games.

 

[Kaination]

I think it's the 'easy way out' for game making.

I might pick it up ;o~

 

[Synergy]

I've been reading on this, and it's basically what you said, making game development easier for companies, and they plan to release a beta for the set of tools needed.


So.. what it means is that Microsoft is releasing a program so Anyone or any company can be able to make games

 

[ZeroNightmare]

i understood that, but what kind of tools is it going to have?

 

[Synergy]

Hmm... doesn't say, maybe you can see for yourself if you want to download the beta which comes out on the 30th.

 

[Draylock1]

It's for people with good idea's and not the skills or money to start a company to produce them, its like giving someone a half-life engine with some model programs, map programs, editors, basically, for people to design a game and release it on X-Box live.

I'll definitely be looking into this.

 

[KarrdeKNR]

Microsoft does have a point though about the problems facing the industry. I just don't want this to become the gold standard since that'd hamper the creation of new engines and possibilities.

 

[Adaptus]

Whoa.

Isn't Nintendo doing something similar with their Virtual Console feature on Wii?

Nintendo's development kits are relatively much cheaper than the other consoles', so even smaller studios can make games for it.

Interesting~

 

[Judge]

It's just a way to boost the efficiency of creating a game. it's less time-consuming to make a game.

From what i've heard, if you have a racing game, and a car bumps into a wall. the animation and realism of metal being smashed is something that the tool emulates. Thus removing the timeframe in which you have to program that yourself.

someone correct me if i'm running a redlight here and telling a fairytale.

 

[Jehuty187]

Wow this looks amazing. I wonder if you will be able to make different variations of games like FPS,
Racing, RTS, even maybe MMORPG. If these game you create cant be online then I will be very upset.
But still this sounds really cool, I'm getting this as soon as possible.

Does this XNA thing have its own Homepage?

 

[Synergy]

Homepage: http://www.microsoft.com/xna/

Im thinking of making Duck Ninjas with Killer Cookies instead of Shurikens.

It's going to be awesome.

 

[Jehuty187]

Hell, maybe a Naruto HL mod or something close to it with this will actually
come out now.