Microsoft XNA

Microsoft XNA is a freeware set of tools with a managed runtime environment that Xbox developed to facilitate video game development. XNA is based on the .NET Framework, with versions that run on Windows and Xbox 360.

Tidbits
  • XNA officially stands for “XNA’s Not Acronymed,” making it a recursive acronym
  • The name originally started as shorthand for Xbox New Architecture during the project’s early development phase.