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Asked: 2026-06-17T20:14:39+00:00

I’ve got a question about tools and frameworks to use in WP8 games development.

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I’ve got a question about tools and frameworks to use in WP8 games development.

Since now, I’ve been developing games with C# and XNA and everything was good for me.
But now, after releasing WP8 SDK I don’t know what to do, because instead of C# I must use C++.

  1. I want to know is there a way to continue creating games for WP8 using C#? Maybe any frameworks? (e.g. monogame) etc. (not to create XNA game projects for 7.x)

  2. Also I want to develop crossplatform games, WP8 and Android.
    If it is possible, I will write even in c++.

conclusion:

Is there framework that can:

  • crossplatform game develop android and WP8.
  • C# is better, but C++ is possible too.
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  1. Editorial Team

    You could also use Unity for game development on WP8, Android and if it takes your fancy IOS as well. I believe that XNA will work fine one WP8 but isn’t fully supported in the same way WP7 was.

    I’ve taken this from the MSDN page on XNA for WP8

    XNA Game Studio 4.0 apps that target Windows Phone OS 7.1 remain fully supported and continue to run on Windows Phone 8 devices.

    You can continue to develop and maintain new or existing XNA Framework
    apps that target Windows Phone OS 7.1.

    You can’t upgrade existing XNA Framework apps that target Windows
    Phone OS 7.1 to target Windows Phone OS 8.0.

    You can’t create new XNA Framework apps that target Windows Phone OS
    8.0.

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