Me complace anúnciales que ya están listo los sites en español de XNA y de SharePoint Server 2007 para Desarrolladores XNA Microsoft XNA está formado por software líder en la industria, servicios, recursos y comunidades que se centran en permitir a los desarrolladores de juegos tener éxito en la plataforma de juego de Microsoft. En este site encontraras entrenamiento, presentaciones, novedades, comunidades y el Club de Creadores… Saludos Fernando García Loera MVP Lead | Community Consultant | Latin

Are you interested in or thinking about entering the job market as a game developer? I recently attended the Academic Days on Game Development in Computer Science Education Conference which provided some interesting facts. At the conference, Electronic Arts , Blizzard , Bungie and Garage Games revealed the specific knowledge set and skills they look out for in candidates when hiring new game developers. You can refer to their informative slides by clicking on the links below: Electronic Arts Blizzard

A couple of great XNA Games Studio Express events this week in the MS offices in Sydney and Melbourne, presented by Pete Isensee , director of the Microsoft XNA Developer Connection (XDC). Who should attend? XNA (Game Studio Express) users Game development/design enthusiasts/students Professional game developers Media Sydney Event http://xnasydneypeteisensee.events.live.com/default.aspx Date: Nov 14 th 2007 @ 6:30PM Location: Microsoft Sydney Office Melbourne Event http://xnamelbournepeteisensee.events.live.com/default.aspx

One of the amazing stories to come out of X07 Canada is that of David Hu (shown below on the right, beside David Flook), a grade 10 student from Toronto who created a cool XNA game called WarPong. His story has spread throughout the blogosphere including prominent magazines such as Wired , Blog New Channel , and others . Here are other great links about David and his game: http://blog.wired.com/games/2007/08/10th-grader-cre.html http://www.destructoid.com/ultimate-bragging-rights-10th-grader-uses-xna-to-make-a-game-demos-at-x07-41285.phtml

I can now announce that Team Awesome came 3rd place in the Photography Challenge and walked away with a giant cheque and trophies! Congratulations to both Team Awesome ( Team Robot Hospital and the rest of the Canadian and U.S. teams) on winning the finals, flying to Seoul, South Korea and participating in this world competition! Here is a closer view of the Imagine Cup trophy: And you can watch the video of the win: Video: Team Awesome Wins at Imagine Cup 2007 Korea If you are curious, here is a

EnergizeIT 2007 is coming on June 16th and it's shaping up to be a very exciting free Summer event! It's going to happen on a Saturday in downtown Toronto and it's a perfect opportunity for Developers and IT Pros to let loose and "Get Your Geek On!". If you are interested in Microsoft Silverlight , ASP.NET AJAX , XNA , Gadgets - we have a lot of great developer content lined up for you. We are expecting thousands of people to show up, it's going to be a good chance for you to connect directly with

We ran the first Game Camp in November 2006 - it was great to see the number of people show up and the excitement you demonstrated towards XNA and the XNA Game Studio Express . In fact, the event was such a hit that our developer and student communities were soon asking us how to run their own Game Camps! So we followed the idea to it's logical conclusion. Enter the Develop Mental Institute website ! At the Develop Mental Institute , gamers can find out how to become Game Camp leaders. Once you have

If you are interested in XNA or game development, you won't want to miss this! It's a global gaming competition - check out the website at: http://www.dreambuildplay.com . As with XNA Game Studio Express, we're going to break from convention and look to do a few different things with Dream.Build.Play. This contest is about you - you the members of our XNA community and an opportunity to put gaming consumers in the spotlight as creators of compelling gaming entertainment. We're about done lining everything

Hi everyone, Welcome to the Canadian Developers Podcast. In this series, we'll be chatting with members of the Canadian developer community, finding what exciting stuff you are doing with XNA, ASP.NET AJAX, Windows Live and other technologies, and giving you an interesting new way to connect with Microsoft Canada. In our first show, we are interviewing Larry Hryb (Major Nelson) on XBOX.com and MajorNelson.com . He is a great guy and we had a nice chat on a variety of topic such as creating podcasts,

Yesterday Mark Relph and I spent the day at the Brant House talking to the press about XNA and XNA Game Studio Express . Take a look at what Mark had to say. Video: Mark Relph on XBox 360 & XNA If you are interested in GameCamp, head over to http://www.microsoft.com/canada/events/event_details.aspx?event_id=1032312244 to take a look at the agenda and to register. Barnaby