Windows Phone 7 Series to integrate Xbox Live

Microsoft has previewed some of the features for XNA Game Studio 4.0, which is a development tool that will enable game developers to make 3D games for Windows Phone 7 Series, Xbox 360, and PC without annoying difficulty. Michael Klucher, lead program manager for the XNA Game Studio development platform, detailed some of the features in XNA 4.0 on his blog.

Quoted from Michael Klucher's blog,

“Yes, We have hardware accelerated 3D API’s on Windows Phone 7 Series. Yes, We have Visual Studio 2010 integration with our toolset. We’ve even added buffered audio support to the Audio API’s that many of you have asked for.”

“The other key component of XNA Game Studio 4.0 that we’ve enabled exclusively for Xbox partners is Xbox LIVE and a premium gaming experience on Windows Phone 7 Series. Through the Gamer Services API’s you can pull in a user’s Gamertag and 2D Avatar as part of the game experience, unlock achievements on the platform, and leverage notifications for asynchronous turn based gaming.”

“Yes, We have hardware accelerated 3D API’s on WP7S. Yes, We have Visual Studio 2010 integration with our toolset. We’ve even added buffered audio support to the Audio API’s that many of you have asked for … The other key component of XNA Game Studio 4.0 that we’ve enabled exclusively for Xbox partners is Xbox LIVE and a premium gaming experience on Windows Phone 7 Series. Through the Gamer Services API’s you can pull in a user’s Gamertag and 2D Avatar as part of the game experience, unlock achievements on the platform, and leverage notifications for asynchronous turn based gaming.”