Microsoft closes doors on XNA development environment

Charlee Gothard
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Possible attempt to bring mobile development multi-platform, says Microsoft MVP and Hull academic

Microsoft's XNA development environment - a platform popular with independent videogame programmers for the Xbox 360 console - has been marked for retirement by the company. In an email sent to ...

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