VBGamer

I took a look at the XNA site. It appears to be a development library for the XBox containing Xbox Live™, Controller Input, PIX, XACT and HLSL routines. The Xbox live routines maybe interesting as it would allow developers working on Windows games to be able to use the billing, security, login, friends and matchmaking tools which are integral to the Xbox Live service. Although it's not clear whether PC gamers will be expected to pay Live-style subscription fees for these services. Knowing MS - probably! The XNA site goes on to state: [quote] The DirectX® API and the Visual Studio® development system will continue to be the baseline environment for both platforms [/quote] I guess both platforms being Xbox and PC. From what I've read it can only be deduced that DirectX will live on.