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XNA Game Studio 2.0 was released on December 13, 2007. [12] XNA Game Studio 2.0 features the ability to be used with all versions of Visual Studio 2005 (including the free Visual C# 2005 Express Edition), [13] a networking API using Xbox Live on both Windows and Xbox 360 and better device handling.
Microsoft XNA (a recursive acronym for XNA's not acronymed) [5] is a freeware set of tools with a managed runtime environment that Microsoft Gaming developed to facilitate video game development. XNA is based on .NET Framework , with versions that run on Windows and Xbox 360 .
Upon the release of XNA 3.1, Microsoft changed the games to "Xbox Live Indie Games" with hopes that it will help increase the "understanding and discoverability" of user-created games. [7] After the fourth quarter Dashboard update in 2010, the Indie Games tab on the Marketplace was moved to the "Specialty Shops" section of the dashboard, away ...
MonoGame is a derivative of XNA Touch (September 2009) started by Jose Antonio Farias [6] and Silver Sprite by Bill Reiss. [citation needed] The first official release of MonoGame was version 2.0 with a downloadable version 0.7 that was available from CodePlex.
During the GDC 2006, Microsoft presented the XNA Framework, a new managed version of DirectX (similar but not identical to Managed DirectX) that is intended to assist development of games by making it easier to integrate DirectX, HLSL and other tools in one package. It also supports the execution of managed code on the Xbox 360.
Microsoft C 1.0, based on Lattice C, was Microsoft's first C product in 1983. It was not K&R C compliant. C 2.0 added large model support, allowing up to 1MiB for both the Code Segment and Data Segment. [4] C 3.0 was the first version developed inside Microsoft. [5] This version intended compatibility with K&R and the later ANSI standard.
On April 17, 2012, Microsoft said that they continued to support the Games for Windows platform, to the rumors of the discontinuation of Games for Windows – LIVE in favor of Xbox Live on Windows. [17] On April 13, 2012, Microsoft Studios release Iron Brigade, and is the first Microsoft Studios title available only on Steam.
Microsoft's all-in-one, subscription-based service for office, communication, and security software [210] Bandit Schedule+ 1.0 Microsoft's first Personal Information Manager [citation needed] Barney Money 1.0 Microsoft's personal finance software (Flintstones theme) [citation needed] Betty Money 2.0 [citation needed] Budapest