In just a few days, I’m heading for Seattle again, to attend the 2009 MVP Summit. I’m very happy to get to see the other MVPs and XNA Team members, both old and new. I also take this opportunity to … Continue reading →

I was just reading about the New Xbox Experience on the Gamerscore Blog, and I noticed one interesting screenshot. It seems like this is how the Community Games marketplace will look like. Besides it looking awesome, we can see that … Continue reading →

The XNA guys have just released the XNA GS 3.0 beta. You can read more about it on the XNA Team Blog, and on the 3.0 beta page. I also recommend checking out Zman’s comprehensive list of API changes from … Continue reading →

The submission process for the Dream Build Play 2008 competition has begun. You still have until September 23rd to finish your games and submit them. Meanwhile, the DBP site has a nice new feature, the Gallery, where you can see … Continue reading →

I’m sorry to say this, but due to time restrictions, I won’t be able to provide a sample for the month of August. The whole August has been really busy for me, and it looks like the first half of … Continue reading →

Microsoft has just released the source code for the two most popular shaders used in the XNA Framework. Go to the Education Catalog on the Creator’s Club site, and see them for yourself: the SpriteBatch shader and the BasicEffect shader. … Continue reading →

Michael Morton (Ziggy) has just put up the first version of the Ziggyware Community Games Review system. Obviously, this will be a place to find out about new community games, read reviews, and rate them, so good games get noticed, … Continue reading →

Ziggy is looking for judges to vote on the articles in his Summer Ziggyware Contest. The vote count has just been reset, since Ziggy forgot to add 3 entries to the voting list, so you have until August 8 to … Continue reading →