XNA Game Studio 4 to bring unified game development to WP7, Xbox and desktop

March 9, 2010 | By Surur

Michael Klucher, Lead Program Manger for the XNA Development Platform, revealed XNA Game Studio 4 in a blog post prior to GDC today.

XNA Game Studio 4.0 allows for game development on Windows Phone 7 Series, Xbox 360, and Windows PC.

On Windows Phone 7 it will feature hardware accelerated 3D API’s on Windows Phone 7 Series and Visual Studio 2010 integration, for Xbox partners Xbox LIVE and a premium gaming experience on Windows Phone 7 Series.

Through the Gamer Services API’s a user’s Gamertag and 2D Avatar will be available, as well as achievements and notifications for asynchronous turn based gaming.

ZuneHD developers are encouraged to transition their games to Windows Phone 7. Mary Jo Foley suggests a more compatible ZuneHD 2 may be coming to address this issue.

Read more at Klucher.com and ZDNet here.

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Wow, what an ugly development

Are you telling the Zune fanbase with a Tegra based Zune HD that they will never get a proper apps/game marketplace, a proper SDK with 3D support, canvas and template for developing and full access to the Tegra features?

XNA 3.1 is a joke and an embarrassment when you need to reboot your device after you quit a game.

Where are these GDC and Mix developers going to test their creations in a mobile device is NO WINDOWS PHONE IS AVAILABLE TODAY ?!?!?

Any future Zune device with the specs of a Windows phone will be expensive. Just check this specs:
3.5in oled screen
high resolution
1+ghz snapdragon or omap
16 or 32GB+ storage
FM & HD radio

NuShrike

They better have a pretty good device emulator since the current CE5 emulator doesn't even match any current released hardware.

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