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Microsoft® XNA™ is designed to help game studios and publishers develop better games, more effectively, on all platforms. XNA is a long-term commitment from Microsoft to partner with the game industry in order to address the development challenges associated with modern game development.

Demand for high-definition content and more involved game worlds continue to bring increased complexity to the process of creating next generation games. Game teams are already wrestling with the challenges of growing content requirements, larger and more specialized teams, and globally distributed resources. The tools and technologies being developed as part of XNA are targeted at overcoming these challenges.

XNA Build
Microsoft® XNA™ Build is a tool and set of technologies which will help game studios manage the growing complexities of their game content builds. The first pre-release of XNA Build is now available for download. We invite you to install this pre-release into a non-production environment to learn more about how XNA Build will reduce development complexities.

XNA Studio
XNA Studio will enable enhanced collaboration between content creators, programmers, management and testers to speed the game production process. XNA Studio is based on Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System, the latest innovation of the flagship development platform which offers tightly integrated and extensible tools which enable software development teams to reduce the complexity of development and improve communication and collaboration throughout the development process. XNA Studio will extend and customize Visual Studio 2005 Team System to make it an ideal solution for game studios and publishers.

XNA Studio will provide robust versions of key production tools such as asset management, defect tracking, project automation and work item lists. These tools will work together seamlessly to automate common development tasks and present interfaces tailored to the different functions within the team. XNA Studio will allow team members to collaborate quickly and effectively using familiar techniques and tools, even when elements of the team are distributed geographically, an increasing trend in game development. This all adds up to more developer time generating unique content and less time running the content process.
Learn more about Visual Studio 2005 Team System
View the XNA Overview presentation. (XNA Studio is introduced at the end).

"Software will be the single most important force in digital entertainment over the next decade. XNA underscores Microsoft's commitment to the game industry and our desire to work with partners to take the industry to the next level."
- Bill Gates, founder and chief software architect of Microsoft

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