January, 2009

It has been a cold and wintery week here in the greater Seattle area. This weekend even brought a few flurries. When that happens we stay indoors as many of us are not built for chilly weather. Luckily, many people take this time to code and write about...

Gamefest is Microsoft’s premier conference on game development, and so it should revolve around game developers. We sought out feedback from developers who attended Gamefest 2008 and we found that, given development schedules and ship dates, the conference...

Inauguration Day in America is very exciting! In the spirit of new chapters and community that a new President always brings we’ve gathered together links to XNA User Groups from all over the world! If you know of a user group that isn’t in this list...

Lucky number 13! Lots of hubbub this week, because everyone wants very much to see how their game is doing. Please be assured – the XNA team is hard at work to get everything about Xbox LIVE Community Games all set for you to enjoy. We decided way back...

We’re back! Where have we been? Well, first up – Redmond (Microsoft Central) got hit by some wicked snow. The Pacific Northwest was built to handle rain, so when it turns white and fluffy–everything goes wrong. Then, of course, it was the holidays! We...