As you've probably noticed, its been a little quiet round here lately which you may find odd given that 2 weeks ago we had the biggest Managed DirectX news since Tom Miller announced he was quitting world of warcraft.

Well the reason wasn't because I have given up. I was, in fact, visiting family in the UK and and having some vacation time in in a place that didn't actually have any internet access. I was very impressed to see the XNA framework was mentioned on the BBC while I was away.

But now I'm back and just in time for the launch of the beta that will probably help cause world peace. I mean how can anyone waste time having a war when there are xbox 360 games to be written. Many many things to update you on in the next couple of days and of course many many more once the release is public and I can talk about some of the things I have had to keep secret for so long.