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Get to Windows Phone Mango #1: From XNA to SLXNA

02.19.2012
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Do you have an existing application or game that you want to bring to Windows Phone Mango?

This is a new series of videos where we'll show you exactly how to do that, step by step.

Our first video is about taking an existing XNA game, and modifying it to leverage our new Silverlight / XNA integration enabled by Windows Phone Mango.

Here are some other resources you might find helpful as you consider building projects that leverage both Silverlight and XNA:

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