Windows Azure Toolkit for Social Games

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Microsoft are pleased to announce the release of the Windows Azure Toolkit for Social Games

This toolkit is a preview but will allow you and your students to quickly get started building new social games in Windows Azure.

The toolkit includes the following assets

1. Accelerators

2. Libraries

3. Developer tools

4. Samples

The toolkit also includes specific services and code to handle capabilities unique to games, such as storing user profiles, maintaining leader boards, in-app purchasing, and so forth. In addition to releasing the toolkit, we have also teamed with industry innovator Grant Skinner and his team to create a game called Tankster.

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Tankster is built with HTML5 and comes complete with reusable service-side code and documentation. It also supports a variety of social interactions including messaging, wall posts, and comments while player achievements and game stats are presented on a live leaderboard so gamers can interact with each other.

For more information please visit the following

Windows Azure Team Blog: Build Your Next Game with the Windows Azure Toolkit for Social Games

WA.com: Social Gaming on Windows Azure

Channel 9: Social Gaming on Windows Azure

CodePlex: Windows Azure Toolkit for Social Gaming

Tankster: https://www.tankster.net/