Microsoft 'to axe XNA'

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The future of Xbox LIVE Indie Games is becoming clouded. Microsoft says DirectX 'is no longer evolving'.

Microsoft has given the clearest signal yet that it will phase out XNA, the development framework which had become popular among many indie game developers.

In an email reportedly sent to multiple game developers and MS employees, Microsoft confirmed that XNA would be "retired" from a program that promotes the company's own technologies.

However, many developers are still waiting on receiving this email.

The email said that XNA Game Studio is "not in active development".

In the long run, this would mean that the framework will be less and less relied on for developing Xbox games. But it is now speculated that Microsoft is preparing a replacement.



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SOGPosted:

Compliance
Axe
Tuba
Compliance I hope they don't do this. I love indie games.

I don't like having leftover 80 MSP, so i spend it on arcade games.


LOL so do I


The only indie game I've ever really liked was minecraft. All of the other ones are kind of stupid in my oppinion


I do agree that like some of the avatar one's are stupid, but there are some good indie games.


Crash course can be pretty fun.

PGAPosted:

Axe
Tuba
Compliance I hope they don't do this. I love indie games.

I don't like having leftover 80 MSP, so i spend it on arcade games.


LOL so do I


The only indie game I've ever really liked was minecraft. All of the other ones are kind of stupid in my oppinion


I do agree that like some of the avatar one's are stupid, but there are some good indie games.

SOGPosted:

Toes
iamhazardz I want my indie games you can't do that to me I love my cheap games :P


lol i agree


Minecraft is my only known indie right now.

SOGPosted:

Doesn't bother me much really.

xPhotographPosted:

iamhazardz I want my indie games you can't do that to me I love my cheap games :P


lol i agree

HallPosted:

Axe
Tuba
Compliance I hope they don't do this. I love indie games.

I don't like having leftover 80 MSP, so i spend it on arcade games.


LOL so do I


The only indie game I've ever really liked was minecraft. All of the other ones are kind of stupid in my oppinion


so true haha

AxePosted:

Tuba
Compliance I hope they don't do this. I love indie games.

I don't like having leftover 80 MSP, so i spend it on arcade games.


LOL so do I


The only indie game I've ever really liked was minecraft. All of the other ones are kind of stupid in my oppinion

neboPosted:

Compliance I hope they don't do this. I love indie games.

I don't like having leftover 80 MSP, so i spend it on arcade games.


LOL so do I

PGAPosted:

I hope they don't do this. I love indie games.

I don't like having leftover 80 MSP, so i spend it on arcade games.

CentPosted:

phlegm
iamhazardz I want my indie games you can't do that to me I love my cheap games :P


I agree, whenever I have leftover MSP, I just buy an indie game :p


That 80 MSP always makes me happy, i just go buy an Indie Game :D


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