Microsoft 'to axe XNA'

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The future of Xbox LIVE Indie Games is becoming clouded. Microsoft says DirectX 'is no longer evolving'.

Microsoft has given the clearest signal yet that it will phase out XNA, the development framework which had become popular among many indie game developers.

In an email reportedly sent to multiple game developers and MS employees, Microsoft confirmed that XNA would be "retired" from a program that promotes the company's own technologies.

However, many developers are still waiting on receiving this email.

The email said that XNA Game Studio is "not in active development".

In the long run, this would mean that the framework will be less and less relied on for developing Xbox games. But it is now speculated that Microsoft is preparing a replacement.



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ImNotPhlegmAnymoreOKPosted:

iamhazardz I want my indie games you can't do that to me I love my cheap games :P


I agree, whenever I have leftover MSP, I just buy an indie game :p

CentPosted:

ME0W
Centurial I love playing Indie Games at times. They're so cheap and fun to play.


Yea but they can get boring fast.


Sometimes, i can play them for hours, depending on the game and if you have friends with you.

AllSkinsNoSkillPosted:

I want my indie games you can't do that to me I love my cheap games :P

SynybunPosted:

Centurial I love playing Indie Games at times. They're so cheap and fun to play.


Yea but they can get boring fast.

CentPosted:

I love playing Indie Games at times. They're so cheap and fun to play.

AlonePosted:

Pause Honestly, I think they should keep them. When I get bored off my actual games (quite alot nowadays) I love playing Indie games, great fun. Hope they stay!


Can't agree more, would be a great shame if this went through!:(

PausePosted:

Honestly, I think they should keep them. When I get bored off my actual games (quite alot nowadays) I love playing Indie games, great fun. Hope they stay!

ImNotPhlegmAnymoreOKPosted:

J-E-T-S I honestly don't like indie games to begin with. A lot of their games are knock off of other games, such as Castle Miner Z.


Yeah, that and Fortress Craft. If you are going to buy those, you might as well buy Minecraft...

KelcyPosted:

Indie games are good if you are bored and have spare time and also for the price

imgurPosted:

Indies games are fun for short amounts of time, the software to creat them isn't cheap though...


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