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Download XNA Game Studio 3.0 Beta - Create Zune Video Games


If you are interested in developing video games for Windows or Zune, you can download the XNA Game Studio 3.0 Beta. Xbox 360 Deployment of your games is not enabled in the pre-release.

The XNA Game Studio 3.0 Beta has the following Framework and Visual Studio Enhancements:

  • Media enumeration and playback on Windows and Xbox 360 (parity with the Zune APIs that were available in the CTP)
  • Simple sound effects on Windows and Xbox 360
  • Rich presence, invites and join session in progress
  • Content compression
  • FBX importer improvements
  • Support for C# 3.0 features in Xbox 360 and Zune games (this was already available for Windows in the CTP)
  • Screenshots of games while they are running on a Zune
  • ClickOnce deployment for Windows games
  • Project upgrade wizard to automatically upgrade XNA Game Studio 2.0 games
  • Multiple content projects
  • Cross-platform project synchronization

You can download the XNA Game Studio 3.0 Beta here.


Tags: XNA, Zune


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