Dodging speculation about Xbox 2 at the Game Developers Conference, Microsoft instead announced its new XNA Development Platform. Dev tools, boy howdy! So, what does this mean to gamers? Well, the Big M claims it has the recipe for fixin' what's wrong with game development. According to execs, games would get better if companies spent less time on code basics and more on things like design, story, art and sound. If you believe the hype, fewer good games will get canceled or rushed out -- at least by those developers who favor Windows and Xbox....
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