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    Andrew Yoon posted a new article, Microsoft XNA to be retired, casting doubt on Xbox Live Indie Games.

    The XNA runtime environment is being retired by Microsoft, the company has revealed.
    Feb 01, 2013 3:30pm PST
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    Andrew Yoon posted a new article, Microsoft XNA to be retired, casting doubt on Xbox Live Indie Games.

    The XNA runtime environment is being retired by Microsoft, the company has revealed. : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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      Looks like someone didn't read the follow-up: http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-false-alarm-we-arent-backing... : Memphis-Ahn
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        Looks like someone didn't read the article? It's talking about XNA, not DirectX - in fact, the last parag... : crummynzThis person is cool!
        • Yeah the retirement of XNA has been suspected for a while now - the controversy addressed by that ZDNet a... : SchnappleThis person is cool!
        • Yeah, my bad, I misunderstood. : Memphis-Ahn
        • There are number of tech sites that got this story wrong. A good number of them were reporting that both ... : TheEmissary
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      Still with MonoGame you can convert your project into OpenGl or DirectX so XNA will live on just only in : valcan_sThis person is cool!
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        "XNA Game Studio remains a supported toolset for developing games for Xbox 360, Windows and Windows Phone : valcan_sThis person is cool!
        • But as I follow it XNA doesn't support Windows RT so if WinRT (the runtime) goes anywhere then you're kin... : SchnappleThis person is cool!
        • Yes, but the xbox 360 dies this year, and XNA won't work on win8 phones or tablets. So basically xna is n... : master_disaster_17
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          If they're not going to continue to develop it, then it's a dead technology that has its days numbered. ... : Herman Toothrot
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            Thing is, this has happened to a bunch of Microsoft offerings (Games for Windows Live, Silverlight, WMA P... : the archvileThis person is cool!
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              I assume you feel the same way about all the recent Google product/service shutdowns : derelict515This person is cool!
              • I used Google Buzz once, then said, "Nah." I forgot what Google Wave did, and had to Google it (and appa... : the archvileThis person is cool!
            • You could even say the same about Windows Phone itself, with no upgrade path from 7 to 8 (you can't updat... : ATimson
            • They seem to be trying to simplify and consolidate a number a technologies. That's fine with me if it end... : Pantene Pro-V
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      Here's a community-made replacement for XNA, called ANX, that also aims to support higher versions of Dir... : crummynzThis person is cool!
      • Rad,thank you. : valcan_sThis person is cool!
    • I believe your usage of disinterested is not quite correct. : JonathanBedrava
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      Embrace, extend, extinguish. : BlackCat9This person is cool!
      • think different : derelict515This person is cool!
    • Granted I haven't looked at the DirectX SDK since about version 7, but a big part of the appeal of XNA wa... : johnny rottenThis person is cool!
    • Good. : RuffasBluetain
    • I meant good that "Microsoft XNA to be retired" not "casting doubt on Xbox Live Indie Games". : RuffasBluetain
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      That Microsoft would stop support has been known for a while, really. I'm considering trying out http... : aaarrrghThis person is cool!
      • Try http://sharpdx.org/ instead. : jakeThis person is cool!
    • There is a God! : rtricoche