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XNA Game Studio Comes to the Zune! Now With Photos!
Lavallee017 | 1:48 PM on 02.20.2008 5 comments




Announced today Microsoft has enabled all Zune owners to simultaneously crap themselves in excitement. The XNA Game Studio will be made available to the Zune starting with Zauri and Hexic both which feature MP3 support so you can trick out your own soundtrack while PEW PEW ing and puzzling away.

The Zune's hyper responsive Squirqle should make for some pretty intuitive gameplay on the device. with that big beautiful screen its only a matter of time before more games start popping up on Zune Marketplace and seamless integration of XBLA and the Zune comes to reality.

Makes me wonder what is to come of the Zune 3?


(photos via Engadget)



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B-Radicate's Destructoid Blog
Awesome news. Makes me not wanna buy an iPod next time I'm in the market for an mp3 player.
Def JM's Destructoid Blog
Will it work with the older models or just the new ones?
Lavallee017's Destructoid Blog
@ Def JM

The release stated "Zune Compatibility" and since the hardware is basically the same it should work with the 30 GB but some games might be easier to play than others on the new touch display. I would expect full compatibility for the first launch. Hexic for example does not need a touch function whatsoever. it plays fine with the D-Pad on the 360
Genfuyung's Destructoid Blog
When can we download hexic and Zauri?
Lavallee017's Destructoid Blog
@ Genfuyung

Not sure yet, this was just released in the Microsoft Keynote today so more details are to come. I will post a response to this Blog in the event I get the information before Dtoid main page does. I will be checking XBLA and Zune Marketplace regularly to find out


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