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by Paul Acevedo
Dec 14, 2011
For years, Microsoft’s Dream.Build.Play Challenge has showcased and inspired some of the best and most innovative indie games around. Developers get the chance to compete for cash and prizes...
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by Rich Edmonds
Oct 08, 2011
In Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, Microsoft are kick-starting workshops simultaneously today (October 8th) to aid potential and current Windows Phone developers with improving knowledge, skill...
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by Rich Edmonds
Jul 22, 2011
Ricky Tan has published an insightful blog post on MSDN that covers implementing multiplayer gaming on the windows Phone platform. Using UdpAnySourceMulticastClient, Ricky walks us through...
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by Rich Edmonds
May 06, 2011
The guys over at DigitalRune have released their game UI package that include .NET packages, which will aid developers in handling device input and creating GUIs in XNA. The libraries are...
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by Daniel Rubino
Apr 14, 2011
Coming out of talk on Silverlight and XNA (remember, devs can now combine both, making regular apps with 3D, immersive graphics), an interesting question was brought up: Can developers mix...
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by Daniel Rubino
Apr 13, 2011
We reported on the coming ability of developers to mix XNA and Silverlight programming and this was confirmed today during the MIX11 keynote.
What this means for consumers is much richer apps...
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by Daniel Rubino
Dec 16, 2010
As developers learn the intricacies of what sells and what does not with the Marketplace, they will adapt. Such a case presents itself with the developer of Impossible Shoota (see hands on), which...
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by Daniel Rubino
Nov 29, 2010
Only announced in September, Microsoft has kept true to their word and released the Visual Basic programming to for Windows Phone 7, allowing an even larger number of developers to jump in on the...
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by George Ponder
Aug 26, 2010
For all intents and purposes, MIX10 was the real coming out party for Windows Phone 7. That was the first time we really got an extensive look at the future of Windows Phone. One of my personal...
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by Daniel Rubino
May 23, 2010
Yesterday at IndyTechFest, William Steele of Microsoft held a session on "Building Applications on Windows Phone 7 with XNA" which was recorded on UStream for all to watch.While geared for...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 15, 2010
LAS VEGAS -- We were promised more answers at MIX10, and now we're getting them. Microsoft this morning announced its developer tools for Windows Phone 7 Series.Front and center is Silverlight....
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 09, 2010
Microsoft is obviously making a massive commitment to Windows Phone 7 Series on a number of different fronts, as we saw announced at Mobile World Congress.XNA Game Studio 4.0 is the latest...
