New tool lets devs port Xbox 360 games to iOS, Web and soon Android, OS X

By on Jun 24, 2011 at 7:00 AM
Gaming June 24, 2011

Programmer Andrew Russell is working on a project that will undoubtedly pique the interest of game developers around the world. Dubbed ExEn, Russell’s open source software allows devs to port XNA games to iOS, Silverlight and in the near future, Android and OS X as well. In practical terms, this software gives developers a much easier way to take games they have built for Xbox 360, Windows or Windows Phone 7 using Microsoft’s XNA framework and port them to the iPhone or iPad, the Web (Silverlight), and soon to Android devices and Mac OS Xl. Russell’s project is community funded and a public preview for developers who made donations was just released on Wednesday.

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  • Anonymous

    Mac OS XI?

    • Anonymous

      I know I caught that to.

  • Anonymous

    Problem, Microsoft?

  • Neoion2004

    Microsoft is not gonna like this shit, windowsphone game offerings are weak as it is, this is great new for developers to reach customers faster. sweet….

  • Anonymous

    Nice, now we need a decent case with game control buttons. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ryan-Rife/665329365 Ryan Rife

    This is actually good news for the XNA platform….now if you’re trying to decide which platform to develop a game for, the choice will be obvious….XNA, since it’s now “portable”.

  • DonRSD aka PSN DonVCorleone

    teenagers play the xbox…….men play the ps3.

    this is of NO interest to me

    • Anonymous

      no real man play on a fucking PC!

    • Durr

      kids play wii, men play xbox, dumbasses play ps3

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Alexander-Drizzy-Rojas/100000186636833 Alexander Drizzy Rojas

      tell them

  • Max

    What? No BB OS? Well THAT was unexpected!

  • jezza

    directX based games not running natively is going to be a joke . . .  lets see how many fps we get with Crysis on iphone

  • http://twitter.com/cdoruff Collin Doruff

    MORE PICTURES OF THE IPHONE WHEN ANDROID MATERIAL IS RELATED.

    • Bringit

      They could not decide between the 500 or so Android phones.

    • Akulavolk

      “ExEn is a port of XNA to Silverlight and iOS (and an Android version is in the works).”
      So, an iOS version is available and usable now, but they should have used an Android photo instead of iPhone since it will eventually be available for Android?

  • Anonymous

    This will be shutdown soon, he’ll find a new way to do it, it’ll be shutdown, he’ll find a new way…..

  • Anonymous

    Oh yeah, btw, xbox games are alright, not excellent, but not too shabby.

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  • Anonymous

    Sounds like a very good plan to me indeed. Wow.

    http://www.real-privacy.no.tc

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FN66KDBJIJ4I6ZJVQHLQBUPY3Y Kyd

    I cannot wait till it is easier for people to make games on mac. The last of the 360 exclusives are dead from this. 

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