The 2nd XNA beta was officially released yesterday, bringing with it a boatload of changes that a mere blogger could not possibly comprehend. I'm fairly sure it has something to do with code, pixels, and the relative position of the sun. Basically, it's bigger and badder and includes new 360 development support. You can find the goods on Gamerscore Blog. Also worth mentioning, a closed beta for the new Torque X toolset is beginning as well. Torque X is from GarageGames, creators of several Xbox Live Arcade titles, and contains tools for streamlining the game creation process.
Wading through all this talk of assets, component architecture, and whatnot, I was lucky enough to find something I can understand: statistics -- something all bloggers crave with a passion.
"The list of universities adopting XNA Game Studio Express into their curricula has grown to more than 30 worldwide. There have been 150,000 downloads of XNA Game Studio Express Beta 1, over 30 new XNA communities launched, 100 user generated tutorials shared online and more than 60 independent games already in development or completed."
60 games in development? Wow. That dream of a user created Xbox Live Arcade may not be so far off after all. If you're reading this and you happen to be developing one of those 60 games, let us know. We'd love to check it out. Anyone else out there thinking about making a game?
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11-02-2006 @ 1:06PM
Jonah Falcon said...
Very cool. No Achievements, but it's FREE. :p
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11-02-2006 @ 7:40PM
Mike said...
how do you get the xna games on the xbox cuz i tryd to do it with a usb flash drive
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11-02-2006 @ 8:24PM
type105x said...
lol i was at that gameFEST!!!! in Coleraine!! i come 4th over all .... got top score on G-wars and sonic 360 :D
yey that little game they made on XNA was ok ....... It needs more work but!!!
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11-02-2006 @ 9:14PM
Me said...
but still how do u get the games from the pc to ur 360
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11-03-2006 @ 6:46AM
Mark Coffman said...
Those 60 games (more like 53) are being developed on xbox360homebrew.com -- and blogged about by the developers.
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11-15-2006 @ 4:35PM
Ciaran Gallagher said...
..I'll let you know what they're up to next Tuesday!
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11-15-2006 @ 4:35PM
Ciaran Gallagher said...
I have photos from a gaming event in Coleraine, Co.Derry, N.Ireland, who are one of the universities who will be designing games for XNA.
They held a gaming tournament with a finale 8-player Xbox Halo link-up and showcased some of the games they had designed. One space ship shoot-em-up they made was lots of fun. Would be great if it was on Live Arcade.
They're holding a seminar next Tuesday. A developer from the Burnout series will be talking about games development, next-gen gaming and also about how they will be making games for the Xbox 360. They said they were very excited about it.
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