RUMOR: BETA 2 TO BE RELEASED TODAY?!

So far it's no more than a rumor, but it has been said -don't ask where just do a Google search- that beta 2 version of XNA GSE would be released later today.

In the meantime, you can read David Weller's "How To" comments regarding migration to beta 2.

'till next time.

SPREAD THE WORD: XNA GSE BETA 2

Wow! Great news guys! Microsoft has announced the release of a second beta of XNA Game Studio Express.

No details have been provided yet regarding the new features and fixes it will contain but it has been commented that this version would possibly be deem as a final release candidate.

You can read the full story here.

Let's hope this one include the content pipeline, so keep fingers crossed!

MANAGED DIRECTX 2.0 NO MORE

Some of you may know that Microsoft had announced that the beta version of MDX 2.0 would expired on the first days of October 2006. As promised, it did. What is more, the beta has been removed from the latest SDK release.

Consequences? Either you go back to MDX 1.1 or move forward to XNA-supportive implementation.

Even though it has been clarified that XNA is not officially supported in the above-mentioned SDK, if you use and or ever used MDX 2.0, I believe that moving your programs to XNA is the right path to go -unless of course you cannot wait for its final release, given the features XNA currently offers as well as the upcoming ones.

So go ahead! Support XNA and please avoid the temptation of modifying the date in your system's clock to September 2006 ... ;)