XNA Game Studio Update & Dream-Build-Play '09
by Abe Froeman on Mar.24, 2009 at 2:09 pm, under Gaming, Xbox 360 | Thread ID: 2017
Some more news coming in from the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco is that Microsoft has announced the third annual Dream-Build-Play game development competition and some new updates to its free XNA Game Studio development tools.
Available to professional and hobbyist developers this spring, both Xbox LIVE Arcade and Community Games developers will be able to include customized Avatars. The XNA Game Studio update, which will also include improvements like video playback and new audio APIs, means that more games featuring Avatars and LIVE Party could start appearing on Xbox LIVE as early as this fall.
Additionally, Microsoft reinforced its commitment to professional developers with the preview of new Xbox 360 Development and Test Kit hardware. This hardware includes additional debugging memory that allows developers to more efficiently produce games, push the console to its maximum capabilities.,
Also, beginning Monday, April 6 developers from all over the world will have an opportunity to submit their unique game creations to the Dream-Build-Play 2009 competition for a chance to win a cash prize and an opportunity to sign an Xbox LIVE Arcade publishing contract. Winners will be announced this fall. Last year, more than 10,000 members of the community enrolled in Dream-Build-Play, yielding more than 350 completed games from all over the world developed using Microsoft’s free XNA Game Studio tools.
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