Monday, April 23, 2007

XNA GSE UPDATE IS AROUND THE CORNER

There's a new post on the XNA Team Blog: Dave Mitchell comments on the following:
  • XNA Creators Club membership extension (4 months "on the house"),
  • Community resources, assets, premium content, etc.,
  • The update to XNA Game Studio Express 1.0,
  • The brand new "Club Packaging" format, and
  • Dream-Build-Play compo.

From Dave's post: "... As a gesture of thanks to our incredible community and especially those who have jumped on board the XNA Creators Club train earlier than others, we’ve extended each and every active XNA Creators Club membership that was active on March 5th by an additional 4 months ...".

Read on!

"WHICH VISUAL STUDIO VERSION WILL YOU USE?"

JoeN's asking "Which Visual Studio version will you use?".

From Joe's post: "... As we finish up the refresh release to XNA Game Studio Express, we are looking at the next major version and some decisions that need to be made. I wanted to get some impressions from people around a particular topic that I am currently looking at.

As many of you know, Visual Studio is releasing a new version at the end of this year (codenamed Orcas). One of the major features we are planning to add in the next major version of XNA Game Studio Express is the ability to create games in all SKUs of Visual Studio (Express, Standard, Pro, etc). With Orcas coming, the next obvious question is which release of Visual Studio should/can we support ...".

Also, there's a thread on the Creator's site on this regard.

This is an important step in the future of XNA GSE, so c'mon and share your thoughts!

NEED SOME IMAGES OF 360 CONTROLLER BUTTONS?

If so, then just visit Mykres Space site and download the files with these images:

Quite useful!