Xna studio windows 8

We're all looking forward to Fez , right? Microsoft started rolling out details on the next iteration of Windows 8 this week, the latest update to its operating system. Tested's Will Smith has a detailed writeup of an early build that's surprisingly promising, but game developers became vocal on Twitter this week over word coming down that XNA wouldn't work in Windows at all.

Here's what that means: XNA cannot be used to create "Metro" style software, so anything built on XNA cannot be sold in the "Metro" application store rolling out alongside Windows 8. It's still an unfortunate turn of events, as the new "Metro" layout is the centerpiece of Windows 8 and epitomizes Microsoft's big push to spin its new interface across multiple platforms. And as Microsoft points out, there is still a marketplace for their wares, in addition to the regular ol' Internet.

If developers want to continue working with XNA, those games will play just fine within Windows 8, but if they'd like to be part of the "Metro" storefront, they'll have to turn towards other options. It's not the best scenario, but it's not the worst , either. Giant Bomb News 56 Comments. Net Microsoft. Storage Microsoft. Video And all references to Microsoft. Pipeline Without these, I can't compile or run any games that I've made. Community Bot 1 1 1 silver badge.

Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. This will re-run the previously failing XNA Game Studio installers and they should install correctly this time. If you are install a standalone XNA Game Studio product, re-run setup and it should install correctly this time. Justin Skiles Justin Skiles 9, 6 6 gold badges 48 48 silver badges 58 58 bronze badges. I just found out that after restarting my PC, my game compiles. Thanks a lot. This Answer deserves a medal and every Thumps up!

Thank you so much! The March 3, update works well. Had a default game compiled and running in less than 10 minutes. Could you explain what is different in the new answer versus the old answer on Aaron Stebner's blog -- which worked for me? Xonatron The "updated" answer at the top links to a project which handles all of the steps for you through an installer and allows you to use newer versions of Visual Studio for the XNA content pipeline.

It took a little digging around to figure what exact installers to use and the the order to install them. Take a look at the tasklist. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password.

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