For all you gamers out there, Microsoft will be launching the first part of the game developing platform - XNA in December. This new offering provides huge advantages over previous platform/console development kits ranging from costs to the added features. The XNA Game Studio Express edition will the first part of a series of new products being released in the next 12 months for game developers wanting to create games for the Windows Vista and XBOX 360 platfrom. I will keep you posted of any further developments, but in the meantime, download the beta here.