What Is Available in Game Studio 4.0?

Game Studio 4.0 has everything you need to make great and compelling games for Windows Phone 7, Xbox 360, and Windows.The Game Studio 4.0 release is broken into two different profiles: One is called Reach, which encompasses features that exist on all platforms, and the other is called HiDef, which includes extra features that exist only on Xbox 360 and Windows (depending on the graphics card). Each of these areas is discussed in depth later in the topic.Table 1 shows the major namespaces and feature areas contained in the framework.

Table 1 Namespaces included in XNA Game Studio 4.0

Namespace

Features

Microsoft.Xna.Framework

General framework features, math, and game objects

Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics

All graphics features, including 2D and 3D

Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Audio

All audio features

Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Input

All input features, including game pads, keyboard, and mouse

Microsoft.Xna.Framework.GamerServices

Functionality for accessing portions of the Xbox LIVE services

Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Media

Media features for pictures, music, and so on


Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content

Content pipeline features

Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Net

All synchronous networking features

Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Storage

Storage features for HiDef

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