The beta version of the MDX 1.1 to XNA Framework Migration Guide is now available. Sorry in advance about the formatting, after all, this is beta! I wanted to get something into our existing MDX developers' hands so they could rapidly move thier code...

The XNA Games Studio Express beta is available. It's not a complete representation of the final Games Studio Express functionality, but it's a good way to get acquainted with the style of the thing. There's a lot to go over, even for Managed DirectX...

Before I say anything else, I want to address the topic of my book. Yes, it is on Indefinite Hold, at least with me at the helm. The reasons were many-fold, but the primary reason is that MDX 2.0 never shipped. The API on which I'd based my entire book is deprecated, which obviously made the book somewhat irrelevant. Perhaps someday I'll return to it and finish what I started, using a technology that might be called MDX's Conspicuous Successor....