XNA Games Studio to Develop Games for Zune
Posted by Chris Leckness on 02/20/08This sounds really cool, but don't expect your Zune to have games right away. What this announcement is saying is that this Game Studio will no be able to develop games for the Zune. More details later, but it does open the door for some exciting ideas for the future for Zune.
Here's an important point of clarification: The announcements at GDC are about the new XNA Game Studio tools, which will support game development on Zune in the future. These added XNA capabilities are the first step toward offering developers the opportunity to design games that could be played on Zune devices, but Zune is a wireless music and video player first and foremost. - Cesar (Zuneinsider)
In addition, Engadget has grabbed some photos from their demo at this conference...
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11 Responses for "XNA Games Studio to Develop Games for Zune"
I’m curious as to whether we’re going to see a few games included with the Zunes free of charge, like the small handful on the iPod. I have to admit that I have no real interest at all in playing games on my music device(s), but it is something people have been clamoring for. Now about that clock, sleep timer, and alarm…
I was just looking at this on zuneboards, and this sounds awesome! The main thing I like is the fact that you can select music, and change play lists and such without ending the game… on my ipod when I used to play parachute, I’d have to quit and restart to put on a new song… it was quite annoying. Has anyone found a video from this event or anything? I’d love to see how it actually works…
Gizmodo also had something on this. Something about it being wi-fi and being able to play multi player. Pretty cool!
http://gizmodo.com/358774/xbox-360-xna-arcade-games-to-come-to-zune
FAQ
http://forums.xna.com/ShowThread.aspx?PostID=46553
Q: Will this feature only work on newer Zune devices?
A: XNA Game Studio 3.0 currently will support Zune 4/8, Zune 30, and Zune 80 devices.
Q: Can I transmit the game to another Zune device wirelessly?
A: No, you must deploy the game to your Zune through your device connection on your PC, using XNA Game Studio 3.0 to deploy.
Q: How does the wireless support work?
A: The Zune device can support multiple Zunes that have wireless turned on. If all the Zunes have the game deployed, and the game is written to work in a multiplayer mode, you can join in and play games with other Zunes.
Q: How much memory is available for Zune games?
A: Games on Zune are limited to 16Mb for code and content.
Q: What kind of gameplay limitations do I have?
A: With a 240×320 display and a design for one-handed usage, building games on the Zune requires some creative thinking that aligns better with mobile games. The XNA Community Game Platform team has worked hard to give you the broadest access to the XNA Framework API.
Some developers can release their games as *FREEWARE* woot!
Sweet! Once I get my zune 80, I’ll be able to play games. This is awesome that XNA is making games for the zune 2’s.
the 30 is a posibility tho.
sweet, anyone have a link to this event. video link
sorry video link
what happend to the edit feature?
Wetworker: the edit feature seems to not work, or be disabled.. it’s the same with deleting posts.
I wish the Zune had a dedicated external volume button. It would make it easier to alter the volume while playing a game w/o having to pause the game and go to a different screen to adjust the volume.
wow this is really cool! now all the zune haters cant complain for to much longer about the zune not having games. This just makes the zune more awesome.
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