Microsoft’s future of gaming: XNA and touch

Microsoft’s future of gaming: XNA and touch [11]
Gaming | 17th Mar 2010

Microsoft briefed us on the ways it sees gaming developing, focusing on multi-player, touch-screen gaming and making development easier for small studios and bedroom coders. We take a look at its touch-screen concepts and XNA program.

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