MS announces new game development technology initiative

[Joe DeFuria]

What GPU were those demos running on? Only saw the car one.

It's natural to assume it was running on R420, given ATI is in XBox Next, but that is indeed an assumption.

 

[zurich]

XNA = Xbox Next Architecture?

 

[Qroach]

Yup ontario is right. It was the guys from Psuedo interactive that made the demo. Guiamme Provst (I forget how to spell his name) is the person that went with the demo to GDC. He's a really good guy, although i didn't get a chance to speak to him the last time I saw him.

 

[Farid]

Yup ontario is right. It was the guys from Psuedo interactive that made the demo. Guiamme Provst (I forget how to spell his name)

it's guillaume provost

 

[Qroach]

That's his name... thanks! I always spell it wrong. Well, I always spell a lot of stuff wrong.

 

[AzBat]

XNA = Xbox Next Architecture?

Spong is calling it...

XNA - standing for Cross-Platform, Next-Generation Architecture.

http://www.spong.com/detail/news.asp?prid=6383

Either one sounds good.

Tommy McClain

 

[3dcgi]

My first thought was XNA stands for Xbox DNA. And I hope the real name is not Xbox Next. For some reason that just irks me.

 

[AlNom]

My first thought was XNA stands for Xbox DNA. And I hope the real name is not Xbox Next. For some reason that just irks me.

"xbox next" sounds terrible..........

 

[PC-Engine]

Yeah I also thought XNA was MS's version of DNA to counter SONY's CELL.

 

[nobie]

XNA is "X next-generation architechture"

"X" is as in DirectX, X-Box, ActiveX, etc.