Microsoft® MVP (Most Valuable Professional) in XNA/DirectX for Year 2012-2013.

Posted on May 1, 2012 by uditha

Few weeks ago I got an email from Microsoft saying that I have been Re-awarded Microsoft XNA/DirectX MVP title for Year 2012.

It was really memorable moment for me. And proud to be a Microsoft MVP for this year.

There are now total 40 MVPs for XNA/DirectX.


https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/communities/mvp.aspx?product=1&competency=XNA%2fDirectX

About MVP Program.


https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/aboutmvp

My MVP Profile.


https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Uditha

Official SEA MVP blog.


http://seamvpblogaholic.wordpress.com/

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Celebrating 4 Years for my blog uditha.wordpress.com.

Posted on February 15, 2012 by uditha

I had started my blog in January 2008.As of now it had reached over 100,000 hits within 4 Years. That is average of 68 visitors per day. I `m hoping to have even more visitors in 2012.

My First Blog post –


http://uditha.wordpress.com/2008/01/04/sri-lanka-s-first-game-programming-learning/

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NASSCOM Game Developer Conference 2011, INDIA.

Posted on November 9, 2011 by uditha

The NASSCOM Game Developer Conference started in 2009 to address the game developer community in India which grew into an independent 2 day conference in its 2nd year attended by more than 350 + delegates and fabulous talks.
NASSCOM is the apex body for the IT, BPO also focusing on Animation , Gaming and VFX industry. The gaming forum came into existence 5 years back to come together on a common platform to share best practices and knowledge both from the business and the development perspective.

I will be speaking at the NASSCOM Game Developer Conference 2011 held in Pune on November 11th and 12th.

Topic- Next-Gen Games on Microsoft Windows Phone 7.

Microsoft XNA Game Studio provides rich tool set to create games for Windows Phone 7 devices. With the new Silverlight integration developers can create UI far more easily than the traditional way. This session outlines how to use XNA API for develop 2d and 3d games.

 

Agenda


http://ngdc.nasscom.in/Agendanasscom.doc

 

Key Highlights


http://ngdc.nasscom.in/key-highlights.php

Zynga , Indiagames, Sony, Ubisoft India ,Glu Mobile,Adobe Systems, Microsoft, EA India and many other Game companies will be represent this Game Conference.

Date-  11 -12 November 2011

Venue-      

Hyatt Regency Pune
Weikfield IT Park, Nagar Road,
Pune, India 411014

Official Web Site-
http://ngdc.nasscom.in/index.php

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Cruncher 2011 Game Development Workshop.

Posted on September 29, 2011 by uditha

                   Last week I had attended Cruncher 2011 Game Development Workshop to deliver 2 sessions about game development.Event was held at IESL Auditorium Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Sessions.

  • Game Designing and Development techniques.

This session highlights different game design and development tools/technology available in the industry.

  • Kinect for Windows: Limitless Possibilities.

Kinect for Windows SDK allows developer to create Games using Natural User Interface (NUI). Now game developers can think out of the box when designing a
game. This session highlights how you can use the KINECT SDK to create fantastic gaming experiences.

Their were about 25 attended to the event.

 

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XNA Video Series.

Posted on August 28, 2011 by uditha

I had created this XNA Video series for beginners to learn XNA Game development.

This is the part 1 of the XNA Video Series.

Introduction to video games (History).

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Game Bandits 2011 at Singapore [Event Update].

Posted on July 31, 2011 by uditha

Last week I did XNA Game Development training at Game Bandits 2011.Event was organized by Asia events and sponsored by Microsoft. Around 40 people came to the event. Including University lectures, Game Developers and Students from Singapore and Indonesia.

Agenda.


http://www.asiaevents.com.sg/gamebandits2011/programme.html

Speakers



http://www.asiaevents.com.sg/gamebandits2011/speakers.html

Location -

Colosseum
201 Victoria Street
#07-02A Iluma Shopping Centre
Singapore 188067

Facebook album -
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150295793581842.359102.669871841&l=f74c9de4f0&type=1

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Celebrating 3 Years for my blog uditha.wordpress.com.

Posted on January 12, 2011 by uditha

I had started my blog in January 2008.As of now it had reached over 72,000 hits within 3 Years. That is average of 65 visitors per day. I `m hoping to have even more visitors in 2011.

stasts

My First Blog post –


http://uditha.wordpress.com/2008/01/04/sri-lanka-s-first-game-programming-learning/

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E3 2010 Highlight.

Posted on June 28, 2010 by uditha

This year at E3 Expo Microsoft announces upcoming games for the Project Natal (Kinect) platform.

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Games for Kinect.

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Kinectimals

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Star Wars Kinect (tentative title)

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Forza Motorsport Preview

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Dance Central

Child of Eden

Kinect Joy Ride

Kinect Sports

Your Shape: Fitness Evolved

Kinect Adventures

Motion Sports

EA Sports Active 2.0

Sonic Freeriders

 

Other XBOX360 Games.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops

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Gears of War 3.

Halo Reach.

Fable 3.

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ESPN for XBOX Live.

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And finally they announced the new XBOX 360.

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KINECT for Xbox 360 releasing to the market on 4th of November 2010

Also EA ,Ubisoft ,Sony and Nintendo had similar conferences and stalls. They had showcased upcoming games for 2010.

Following are the Links to those Press Conferences including Microsoft.

Microsoft Press Conference

EA Press Conference

Ubisoft Press Conference

Sony Press Conference

Nintendo Press Conference

Image Courtesy- Gamespot.

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Worlds top Game engines now available for free.

Posted on December 10, 2009 by uditha

Unreal Engine, Cry ENGINE ,Unity and Havok consider as top game development
engines in the world.
Now anyone can make games using those game engine for free.
All these companies announce free versions of there game engine in last couple of
months.

Game Developed using these engines.

Unreal Engine.

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http://www.unrealtechnology.com/success-stories.php

 

Cry ENGINE.

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http://www.crytek.com/games/crysis2/overview/

 

Unity.

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http://unity3d.com/gallery/game-list/

 

Havok.

halo3

http://www.havok.com/index.php?page=available-games

 

Download now.

Unreal Engine.

http://www.udk.com/

Cry ENGINE.

http://www.crytek.com/news/news/?tx_ttnews[tt_news]=165&tx_ttnews[backPid]=1&cHash=8966bc7019

Unity.

https://store.unity3d.com/shop/

Havok.

http://software.intel.com/sites/havok/

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Game Consoles.

Posted on May 17, 2009 by uditha

Currently I have PSP 2000 and XBOX360 game consoles.And I like both platforms for gaming.Since I`am already developing games for XBOX360 ,hope to develop games for  PSP too.

XNA Game Development Video Learning.

1 $ Limited offer available now.

XBOX360

PSP2000

 

There are about nearly 100 games I have played in both consoles together.

These are some of my favorites among them.

XBOX360

HALO 3

Gears of War

FarCry2

Burnout Paradise

GTA IV

Too Human

Wheel Man

PSP

GOD OF War

Burnout Legends

SHREK 3

Call of Duty 2

NFS Carbon

NFS Undercover

Filed under: PSP, xbox360 | Leave a Comment »

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