Gamefest Keynote

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DeaconBlade 360 — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:44:08 GMT

Bringing the show to us...sort of like E3 all over again :)

Nice! Tuning in.

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wildstorm211 — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:44:08 GMT

so close 2 first comment :( one day.....lol

Yep snds great!

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LetsKillDave — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 03:21:35 GMT

Thanks for noticing, Wickedneoq. When I created the FAQ, I was feeling a little punchy from working an 18-hour day. I felt like tossing in some humor to an otherwise dry FAQ. I'm surprised how few people actually catch it (I can only surmise they fall asleep before getting to the last question :-)

Gamefest Keynote Slides, Video

Gamerscore Blog — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 17:25:48 GMT

Quick note to say I posted the slides from Monday's Gamefest keynote on our Flickr site. With the...

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Govenment Rocks — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:30:26 GMT

They touched a good point at the keynote. There was a day long long ago that it really felt like that if you had a good imagination and come computer programming knowlege, you could become a famous game maker. Glad to see Team Xbox dosen't has it head up it's ass like the rest of the entertainment industry. Hell, I might spring for the premium kit just to see what I can do with NO programming experience. Hmmmmm.... Maybe I can finish Duke Nukem forever. C# here I come!

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Hobo — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 19:33:28 GMT

Hey Major, Sunday's podcast never made its way to iTunes... wassup?

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hawaiian c — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:53:16 GMT

heh hay major your the semi maskscot for live anywhere heh you should make them have your own car.. yah i hope there was a video. ps hay you really need to make your own logo or avatar to make your mark or royal stamp sort of speak. ;) it mite not be much but it would help keep visual record mark of things for you or us ;)

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Deep — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:51:20 GMT

Confirmation of DX10 compatibility with 360. Major, you got to find out more info about 360 and DX10 compatibility.

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pCeSlAyEr — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:35:17 GMT

hrm all is very interesting... this makes me interested in programming a bit... usually programming is a long very boring process.. im looking forward to messing with it... also I hope they release SpaceWar on live with massive multiplayer action... for free maybe?

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Fujiwarano — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 16:05:45 GMT

Damn i hate lowres videos. give us HD

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haggy — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:56:32 GMT

one more thing. Here are a few videos (first one is from the keynote, 2nd one is using the Torque Shader Engine) http://www.tribalwar.com/legions/tse_gamefest_lowres.mov http://www.tribalwar.com/legions/legions_new.wmv

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haggy — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 12:50:47 GMT

The fact that Garagegames (developers of Marble Blast Ultra) is associated with this is great news!

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Rip — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 11:00:36 GMT

The thing that grabbed me was the mention of DirectX 10. Because if this isn't implemented in some way on the 360, the PC wins out already.

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Chris — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 07:45:51 GMT

I'm not sure where to leave a comment like this as there's no general comments/suggestions topic but here goes. Seeing as you can't just create your own gamerpics, can it be made policy that all games - especially those on Xbox Live Arcade - come with a free small set of gamerpics? For example, I'd really like that frog off of Frogger.

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ZLoserKing — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 06:50:35 GMT

I know what I'm doing this christmas. Also,Anyone interested in starting a site? Click name to mail.

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DA360 — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 06:07:17 GMT

Also, for reference, some people might be wondering if this will introduce any potential for piracy or hacks for the Xbox 360. The answer to this is a definite, huge NO. For one, I am sure the code is approved by MS, and I am sure the XNA devkits will not allow those kind of actions. But the biggest reason is, as suggested from the words they are using, XNA runs differently from normal native coding (though it sounds like from this keynote that the performance is very comparable to native games using the Xbox 360 Development Kit), so it won't have the control over the system these hackers could do like with native coding. Thus this prevents these kind of actions from happening, and it keeps everyone's investments safe. So independent development/homebrew development can happen without damaging Microsoft's game business on Xbox 360, and now homebrew game devs don't have to depend on illegal hacks and/or console modifications and illegally obtained development software just to create a custom game on a platform (like some did with the original Xbox, unfortunally), and people can learn about game development and create games while doing it as well. So all sides win majorly here, and this is one extremely wise move for Microsoft. It shows one thing, they definitely care about all sides of the Gaming Community and Development Community and are engaged in it. That's why sites such as Major Nelson's blog and podcast here exist, and other Xbox developer blogs (such as GamerScoreBlog), exist, and why the Xbox developers constantly scope gaming websites. They do it all for the Xbox development teams to get in-touch with the community.