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Summary

XNA is a powerful framework that facilitates game development on the PC, the Xbox 360, and the Zune.
To develop games in XNA, you need to install Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition or higher, or Visual C# 2008 Express Edition. You must also install XNA Game Studio 3.0.
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