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[Hellfighter]

Microsoft XNA Game Studio Express (Beta)
Brief Description
This beta of Microsoft XNA Game Studio Express makes creating great video games for Windows-based PC’s easier.

Overview
XNA Game Studio Express enables individuals and small teams to more easily create video games using new, optimized cross-platform gaming libraries for Windows and Xbox 360. This beta release targets the development of games for Windows. The final version of XNA Game Studio Express will be available this holiday season and will enable development of games which target Windows and upon purchase of a XNA Creators Club subscription, the Xbox 360 as well.

While we’re very proud of this Beta milestone, it does not represent all of the great features we are enabling in XNA Game Studio Express which will be available in final release form by this holiday. Some of the key feature areas that were not able to make it into this beta include:
- The XNA Framework Content Pipeline feature is not present in this release of XNA Game Studio Express (Beta). It will be made available in a future beta release of XNA Game Studio Express
- Support for retail Xbox 360 game development. This feature will be made available upon final release of XNA Game Studio Express later this holiday
- Additional starter kits and tutorials will be made available upon final release of XNA Game Studio Express

For additional known issues and setup information, please read the XNA Game Studio Express (Beta) Readme Page using the link below.

After you have evaluated this release, please share your feedback with us at the XNA Forums by following the link below.

System Requirements
Supported Operating Systems: Windows XP Service Pack 2
Only supported on Microsoft® Windows® XP SP2 (all editions) at this time. Windows Vista will be available only in a future beta release of XNA Game Studio Express.

Hardware requirements are identical to those for Visual Studio 2005 plus a graphics card that supports DirectX 9.0c and Shader Model 2.0.

This release requires Microsoft Visual C# 2005 Express Edition to be installed before proceeding. You can install Visual C# Express from the Visual C# Express Download Page. However, other members of the Visual Studio 2005 line of products, for example Visual Studio 2005 Professional, can co-exist with XNA Game Studio Express (Beta) on the same computer.

The August 2006 DirectX Software Development Kit is required for the tools needed for audio development.
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remember its a beta if you don't know how to work it, don't try it ok.

i not a 100% but i think you can do a lot with this.

[Chrispy]

Our buddie Mstenger404 has already posted that up in this forum, but a beta? :P
I don't have an Xbox so really it's not much value to meh...

Chris_OJB_DF645 --

[Scattergun]

http://novahq.net/forum/showthread.php?threadid=4226249


I got a 360 but hardly play it.