   What is XNA?
  Sorry if this is in the wrong section. What exacly is XNA? Is it jsut a way to orginize a project, like CVS? Or is it a custom version of .net specified for game development?   
  According to the official page it is a marketing designation to tie together some very diverse new tools and libraries for game programmers.   ;  I believe it's Microsoft's name for their "collection" (for lack of a better term) of game tools, with a heavy emphasis on compatibility between the Xbox and Windows sides of their business.I think it includes DirectX, XInput (if that hasn't been rolled back into DirectX yet) and Live, among other things.   ;  XNA is going to help game developers develop games faster and better on all platforms, as stated in their mission statement:"XNA enables studios and publishers to develop better games, more effectively, on all platforms"(I found that in one of the XNA videos on their web site)   ;  "All" as in the addition of Mac and Linux or as in both Windows and Xbox?   ;Quote:Original post by Sol462"All" as in the addition of Mac and Linux or as in both Windows and Xbox?All platforms that run Windows, of course (except for the PocketPC). [grin] The same cross-platform compatibility as the .NET standard library at the moment.   