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January 04, 2007
XNA 1.0 Released
XNA Game Studio Express 1.0 was released on December 11, 2006. XNA is a great way for hobbyists to create high-quality games with faster turnaround times. XNA puts the power of a large code framework at your fingertips at a fairly low cost. You can even publish your game for Xbox 360 if you join the Creators Club (membership is $99 a year).
Check out the wikipedia page for uber-amounts of information about the tool (including links to video tutorials) and the offical XNA blog for news related to the tool.
Also on the same date, Garage Games released a version of its Torque engine that has been ported to the XNA framework titled Torque X. Torque X is a 2D and 3D game engine that has a multitude of features built-in right out of the box. This is a great tool particularly in academia, where students/hobbyists may want to start a game curriculum but don't necessarily have the funds to plunge into expensive engines and tools.
Posted by RaquelBujans at January 4, 2007 09:12 PM