Microsoft finally makes handheld gaming move

Thursday, 21st February 2008 at 9:46 am

GDC08: Firm's portable MP3 player Zune welcomes its first games titles; compatibility with XNA output revealed

During the firm's keynote at GDC today, Microsoft revealed that its Zune portable music player was staking a claim in the handheld gaming space by being able to play games made using XNA Game Studio.

XNA general manager Chris Satchell demonstrated the portability of code between Zune, Xbox 360 and Games for Windows platforms, saying games could be developed on PC using XNA Game Studio and then loaded onto others.

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