As promised, XNA Game Studio 3.0 was released today!
If you want to develop Zune, XBOX 360, and Windows PC Games and sell them on the Xbox LIVE Community Games, now is your chance.
XNA Game Studio 3.0 has some new features to make developing games easier than before:
- Try Before You Buy: We’ve added a new Trial Mode to XNA Game Studio 3.0 that will enable creators to easily add the required trial feature to their games. This will enable all customers to try the games before they buy them with little effort on the part of the creator.
- Invite Friends: Now developers can easily take advantage of even more Xbox LIVE multi-player features like in-game invites. With this feature, developers can enable in-game invites allowing players to invite their friends to play their favorite multi-player community games.
- Visual Studio Integration: XNA Game Studio 3.0 supports C# 3.0, LINQ and most versions of Visual Studio 2008, giving developers more options than ever before.
- Even More New Features: With XNA Game Studio 3.0 game developers will be able to develop truly cross-platform games that work on Windows, Xbox 360 and Zune with minimal effort and the new upgrade wizard helps creators easily port their games from 2.0 to 3.0 to make them compatible with Xbox LIVE Community Games. We’ve also added 1-click installation of Windows games, and automatic asset compression of content to improve download times. All together, XNA Game Studio 3.0 improves on experiences for both developers and gamers.
You can download XNA Game Studio 3.0 here.
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