MonoGame use is encouraged in this Microsoft "Power Up" competition - http://blogs.msdn.com/b/xna/archive/2012/11/13/win-the-opportunity-to-be-mentored-by-ian-livingstone-obe-and-any-payne-obe-along-with-a-month-s-free-pr-support-with-microsoft-s-power-up-competition.aspx … - UK developers Only though. #xna #gamedev
@BallerIndustry @monogameteam @bobfamiliar wrote a great thing on how to get started on his blog. I used it, ran XNA in 45 min on win8.