12/12 added release date
When?
The download will be available early in the morning (PST) on December 13th. See http://forums.xna.com/thread/36556.aspx
What will be included?
See the XNA team blog (though see last minute cuts below) but the main features are as follows:
* No longer Express only - now work in all VS2005 editions (nothing announce for VS08) [plus the death of any 'pro rumours']
* Access to Live networking APIs (though license and redist limitations apply)
What's NOT included
* Video support
* Low level audio APIs
***LAST MINUTE CUTS****
Due to tight schedules, as always, some things have been cut:
* Big Buttons 'Scene It' Controller support
* Winforms integration (see alternatives here - Using XNA in a Windows Forms control)
Anything about the youtube for games?
The gamefest abstracts mentioned:
"a glimpse of our community sharing plans"
But nothing was shown and there have been no other mentions
Will {my bug/feature| be included
Please bear in mind that the GS team probably had at least 5 times the amount of feature requests than they were able to get in so not everything requested in connect will be there.
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