XNA Game Studio 3.0 enables hobbyists, academics, and independent game developers to easily create video games for Windows and the Microsoft Zune digital media player by using optimized cross-platform gaming libraries based on the .NET Framework.
The XNA Game Studio 3.0 supports Visual Studio 2008 for developing games that run on the Microsoft Zune digital media player, enhancements to the XNA Framework API for media support, and sound.