Microsoft unveiled a new software development environment this week that the Redmond, Washington-based company claims will remove the chains that have shackled developers to creating different versions of one gaming title. Unveiling its XNA software development platform at the Game Developers Conference in San Jose, California, Microsoft said the platform — the foundation of all of the company’s future game platforms — will deliver breakthrough games without higher cost or complexity through “interchangeable, interoperable software tools and technologies.”
Microsoft Releases Unified Gaming Development Platform
Posted by: Jay Lyman March 25, 2004 02:49 PMMicrosoft unveiled a new software development environment this week that the Redmond, Washington-based company claims will remove the chains that have shackled developers to creating different versions of one gaming title. Unveiling its XNA software development platform at the Game Developers Conference in San Jose, California, Microsoft said the platform — the foundation of all of the company’s future game platforms — will deliver breakthrough games without higher cost or complexity through “interchangeable, interoperable software tools and technologies.”