Games

Microsoft’s classic game Flight Simulator is returning 28 years after its debut, then called “Microsoft Flight Simulator 1.0.” Today, it will just be known as “Microsoft Flight.” In the new vision, Flight will reinvent itself for the era of modern PC gaming, inviting both long-time fans and new…

It was summer of 1972 when Atari released its first arcade game – Pong. It was revolutionary entertainment, launching Atari to quickly become the definitive gaming platform of its era, selling 30 million Atari 2600 consoles. Most modern, successful video game franchises are still inspired by Atari's…

As you may have heard me say before, I love Tower Defense games. In fact, I've always wanted to build one or two but the main problem is that I'm better with ideas than programming. On the other hand, TD games are all very similar—creeps go in, creeps (try to) go out. Meanwhile you try your best to…

When talking about developing applications for the new Windows Phone platform, we usually focus on Silverlight. There is, however, another programming model for developing Windows Phone applications, and that’s XNA—a special programming model based on .NET that is specifically designed for…

Abstract: Jeremy Foster welcomes Mike Dailly, Head of Development at YoYo Gamnes, as they discuss GameMaker Studio and how you can easily create games for Windows 8 and Windows Phone. Tune in  they discuss how developers can create games for Windows 8 by using this tool as well what games…

Today's Web Wednesday project is pretty awesome and while there appears to be source available for it, it was outside of my skillset to really grok it. But I though this awesome enough to share anyway. Are you a MicroProse Transport Tycoon Deluxe fan? You remember last year's post about an…

Simon Said game on began life as a Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) application that showed off touch user experience. Since then, it's become an advertising supported application for Windows Phone 7. David Kelley, User Experience Architect for Wirestone, explains how you can get AdCenter…

 One of the really exciting things about Windows Phone development is how enormously flexible it is. With Windows Phone 8, in addition to supporting native (C++) and managed (C#) development, the platform is the perfect place to develop apps using HTML5. Jeff Burtoft,  an HTML5…

See and hear how Sad Cat Software designed and developed Train Titan, Violet Storm, and others games in the Windows Store.

Are you a game developer or want to be a game developer but don't know how to get started? You're in luck! If you're a Microsoft .NET developer interested in developing games for the Windows Phone 7 platform tune in to this show. Dan Waters, an Academic Evangelist from Microsoft joins…