Mitch Walker
XNA Game Studio
Finish the...
When we shipped XNA Game Studio 3.0 last month, and then turned on Xbox LIVE Community Games this...
Date: 11/28/2008
A lot has happened...
Since I last wrote about XACT compression over a year ago. Let's see: We released XNA Game Studio...
Date: 05/28/2008
Audio Compression using XACT
There are two pieces of feedback that I hear quite a bit related to the audio support in XNA Game...
Date: 04/27/2007
XNA Framework Feature Question: Audio
The native XACT APIs have added the support for programmatic wave playback. I.e. at runtime, you can...
Date: 04/26/2007
XNA Game Studio Express 1.0 Refresh is Available!
As detailed here, we've released an update to XNA Game Studio Express today. You can get an idea of...
Date: 04/24/2007
XNA Game Studio Express is available!
XNA Game Studio Express is now available for download. https://msdn.microsoft.com/directx/XNAThis...
Date: 12/11/2006
XNA Happenings
You've probably seen the post announcing we're releasing a Beta 2 of XNA Game Studio Express. This...
Date: 10/26/2006
GO BUCKS!
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Date: 09/10/2006
Game Component Demo Is Up
I put my video for the Game Component demo up on the XNA Team Blog and forgot to mention it here....
Date: 09/01/2006
XNA Game Studio Express (Beta) is now available for download!
You can grab it here. This is obviously a beta, so there are a few rough edges here and there that...
Date: 08/30/2006
Getting closer...
Tommorrow (morning?) the beta for XNA Game Studio Express should be available for you to download!...
Date: 08/29/2006
XNA Game Studio Express
So you've all probably heard by now what I've been working on. It's great to finally be able to talk...
Date: 08/28/2006
Going to Gamefest?
The Gamefest website has been updated. You can now register as well as get conference details and...
Date: 06/29/2006
Gamefest website is up
The Microsoft Gamefest website is up. Not a lot of information at the moment, but you can sign up to...
Date: 06/12/2006
A Change of Pace
Tomorrow will be my last day on the Windows SDK team. Monday I join the Xna team as Program Manager...
Date: 04/20/2006
Calling Casual Game Developers
Are you a hobby, casual or Indie game developer? If so, we're looking for participants in a...
Date: 04/13/2006
Developers and Halo 2
Twice a year the Developer Division here at Microsoft has an all-hands meeting. After the meeting we...
Date: 04/11/2006
December 2005 DirectX SDK Available
The latest DirectX SDK has been posted. Interesting tid bits: .NET 2.0 support DirectX10 Technology...
Date: 12/12/2005
New Xbox.com
The new Xbox.com is up and running with Xbox 360 features. You can now include your Gamer Card in...
Date: 10/28/2005
Announcing Mantis!
Mantis is a WinFX based multiplayer game and engine. All of the GUI and rendering is done using...
Date: 09/13/2005
DirectX BOF Session at the PDC
Andy has posted that there is going to be a DirectX Birds of a Feather session at the PDC next week....
Date: 09/08/2005
Another View
Here is another screen shot of the game I've been working on. It uses Windows Communication...
Date: 08/31/2005
Teaser
Here's little teaser for what I've been working on lately. I'll give more details as we get closer...
Date: 08/26/2005
Terrarium 1.2 Server Available
I'm glad to announce that the Terrarium 1.2 Server is finally available for download. Head on over...
Date: 05/10/2005
Terrarium Article
A new article about Terrarium https://www.devsource.com/article2/0,1759,1758392,00.asp Gives a small...
Date: 02/02/2005
DirectX 9.0 SDK October 2004 Update Available
An update to the DirectX SDK is now available. Here is a brief list of changes: Tool Updates PIX -...
Date: 10/09/2004
Halo 2 is Done!
Read about it here: https://www.bungie.net/News/TopStory.aspx?story=lastupdatekinda&p=763400 See...
Date: 10/01/2004
XP SP2 Platform SDK Available!
Grab it here: https://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/
Date: 09/02/2004
Preliminary Managed DirectX Documentation?
If you've downloaded the latest DirectX9 SDK, you may have noticed that all of the Managed docs are...
Date: 07/30/2004
Heading to Meltdown
I'm heading off to Meltdown. Well, not really until tomorrow morning, seeing as it is just in...
Date: 07/26/2004
Ctrl-Tab in Whidbey - A Fix!
I am a big user of Ctrl-Tab to quickly cycle through open editor windows. With Whidbey Beta1,...
Date: 07/14/2004
Terrarium 1.2 Released!
The Terrarium 1.2 client has been released to the public! Here are various links: Public Server:...
Date: 07/09/2004
C# typedef
Has anyone else found themselves doing the following: public class FooList :...
Date: 07/06/2004
Whidbey "Go To Definition" Feature
So I am digging through some MDX code tonight and I see a class I hadn't heard of before. I am...
Date: 07/03/2004
Whidbey Intellisense Feature
Just stumbled upon one of those little features that are so nice and once you get used to it, it's...
Date: 06/12/2004
Long Time...
Long time between updates! I felt I couldn't let another month go by without a post, so here I am....
Date: 06/11/2004
Terrarium Style Editor
I posted previously about the updated UI for Terrarium 1.2. I mentioned how as a side effect of the...
Date: 03/18/2004
I'm In!
Jeff Sandquist has started a Links 2004 group/tournament for the software community. See you on the...
Date: 03/06/2004
New Terrarium UI
So I've spent the evening working on the UI for the 1.2 version of Terrarium. (This is the version...
Date: 03/01/2004
Terrarium Prototyping
So I started working on prototyping some terrain rendering for the next Terrarium. It really is...
Date: 02/15/2004
Mythica Canceled
It was announced today that Mythica, a MMORPG with touches of a RTS in it, has been canceled. Here...
Date: 02/12/2004
More on Allegiance Source Code
Grimmwolf replied to my post about the Allegiance source code release informing me of the place to...
Date: 02/09/2004
Game Source Code: Allegiance
I know it's been mentioned in a couple of blogs, but I just wanted to give a quick comment on the...
Date: 02/06/2004
"Longhorn" SDK Usage
Hari posted about some of the features in the next version of the SDK, currently known as the...
Date: 02/06/2004
Avalon Skinning
[Note (05/19/2005): I see that I've broken the images below. I'll try to fix this tomorrow. Sorry...
Date: 02/06/2004
Avalon Skinning
I whipped up an article that goes over the steps we took for using Xaml and Avalon to provide a...
Date: 02/06/2004
PDC 2003 Hands On Lab
During the PDC 2003, we had a Terrarium Hands-On Lab that featured a special version of Terrarium...
Date: 02/04/2004
Terrarium Portal
I really need to update the Terrarium Portal in a big way. Way too much stale information, not a...
Date: 02/03/2004