Microsoft Windows Phone 8 offers native code support that enables development and porting of high-performance games. This training-lab webinar will give you an overview of Windows Phone 8 capabilities that support complex games development. It also will introduce available tools and frameworks that increase developer productivity and will demonstrate a hands-on approach to games development with the Windows Phone SDK 8. By leveraging frameworks such as the Microsoft Direct3D API and support for popular physics and rendering engines, you can now create games with native performance as well as use your own or third-party engines and middleware for games development for Windows Phone 8 users.