- Blade3D
Infobox Software | name = Blade3D
developer = [http://www.blade3d.com Digini Inc.]
latest_release_version = Beta Refresh
latest_release_date = July 25, 2008
operating_system =Microsoft Windows ,Xbox360
platform = PC,Xbox360
genre = Game Engine
license = Subscription and other
website = [http://www.blade3d.com/ Blade3D]"Blade3D" is an All-in-One
Game Engine and Toolset written in C#/.NET for XNA on the to run onMicrosoft Windows andXbox360 .Overview
"Blade3D" is a product that primarily targets Indies providing a Toolset and engine that enables artists and designers to more easily create 3D games for
Microsoft Windows andXbox360 . Blade3D is the flagship product of Digini Inc., based inIssaquah, Washington and incorporated in 2004. [ [http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=440646 Blade3D Product Announcement April 2007] ]Blade3D is one of many new XNA Game Engines recently created in response to the release of
Microsoft XNA in 2006. [ [http://www.ziggyware.com/weblinks.php?cat_id=10 ZiggyWare XNA Game Engine List] ]Microsoft XNA migration trends
In August 2006, Microsoft's GameFest keynote speech first declared the viability of .NET for gaming, [cite web|url=http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/aug06/08-13XNAGameStudioPR.mspx
title=Microsoft Invites the World to Create Its Own Xbox 360 Console Games for the First Time
date=Aug. 13, 2006] with the first public release of XNA and Game Studio products, which would open up theXbox360 and PC forgame development by Indies and students. [ [https://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2004/mar04/03-24xnalaunchpr.mspx Microsoft: Next Generation of Games Starts With XNA] ] [cite web| title = Interview with Chris Satchell - 2007 | url=http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=16618 | accessdate=2007-12-19]This announcement set into motion the rise of many new XNA-based
game engines (e.g. TorqueX).ee also
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Microsoft XNA
*Microsoft .NET External links
* [http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=17891 Blade3D's Subscription Pricing and Company Review, March 2008]
* [http://www.blade3d.com Blade3D Home Page]References
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