Address sanitizer support
Like most C++ programs, games can suffer from a class of bugs that affect program correctness and program stability, which is why starting…
Visual c++ compiler resources
This topic lists presentations, documentation, and blog post resources for Visual C++ development for Microsoft Game Development Kit (GDK)…
Visual c++ compiler and linker switch
This topic describes the various Visual C++ compiler and linker switches that we recommend for Microsoft Game Development Kit (GDK) on XBOX…
XBOX compiler technology
The compiler for XBOX is the Visual C++ x64 compiler that ships with Visual Studio.
Debugging XBOX projects by using visual
Debugging XBOX Microsoft Game Development Kit (GDK) projects from within Visual Studio is enabled by the XBOX Debugger component that’s…
Deployment errors in visual studio
Configuration and deployment checks may cause the following deployment error in Visual Studio: Files for Configuration=‘Debug’ are either…
Visual studio properties for XBOX
The Microsoft Game Development Kit (GDK) has custom Visual Studio property pages that are used to configure XBOX projects.
Project templates in visual studio for
This topic describes the XBOX project templates that are available in Visual Studio.
How to: deploying game resource files
When you use Visual Studio to deploy or launch an XBOX One Software Development Kit project, the contents of the…
How to: enabling multiple build
XBOX One projects can be set up to allow executables built with different configurations (for example, debug and release) to deploy to and…
Microsoft game development kit on XBOX
This article lists the preprocessor definitions that are specific to the Microsoft Game Development Kit (GDK) on XBOX.
Table of intrinsics
This topic lists the Visual Studio intrinsic functions, and whether they’re available on the XBOX One device family.
Visual studio for console development
Use the Visual Studio Integrated Development Environment (IDE) to create, build, deploy, and debug the Microsoft Game Development Kit (GDK)…
Visual studio 2019 microsoft game
This article describes Microsoft Game Development Kit (GDK) support for Visual Studio 2019.
Visual studio 2022 microsoft game
This article describes GDK support for Visual Studio 2022.
Visual studio 2026 microsoft game
This article describes GDK support for Visual Studio 2026.
Using clang/llvm with the microsoft
You can develop Microsoft Game Development Kit (GDK) titles by using Clang/LLVM with Visual Studio 2019, Visual Studio 2022, or Visual…
Configuring visual studio for XBOX
You can use Visual Studio to build both the XBOX Series X|S and the XBOX One versions of your title within a single project or solution.
XBOX game view
This topic describes the XBOX Game View tool window, which the Microsoft Game Development Kit (GDK) installs into the Visual Studio shell.
XBOX gaming explorer
The XBOX Gaming Explorer is a window hosted within the Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE) that streamlines common…
XBOX gaming project control
The GDK installs a tool window into the Visual Studio shell called the XBOX Gaming Project Control.
XBOX system monitor
This topic describes the XBOX System Monitor tool window, a tool window that the Microsoft Game Development Kit (GDK) installs into the…