Xna Game Development on the Zune
Posted by Dan Rigsby on February 20th, 2008
As a Zune30 owner X2, I just had to post about this. Microsoft just announced that XNA Game Studio 3.0 will support building XNA games for the Zune. I was afraid this would only be for the 2nd generation Zunes, but it looks like it will support Zune 4/8, Zune 30, and Zune 80 devices. Some features include:
- Ability to write a game in XNA and target it for Zune, 360, or PC
- Network support for up to 8 Zunes
- A stripped down version of the XNA graphics API
- Ability to customize game background soundtracks with mp3s
- Ability to create real time visualization. I am guessing this means visualization animations for music.
- Games are limited to 16MB for code and content though
A preview of the new framework will be available this spring (maybe as early as April). The full release is expected around Christmas 2008.
Check here for more information: http://forums.xna.com/ShowThread.aspx?PostID=46553
February 21st, 2008 at 6:32 pm
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