I know this topic has come up a few times recently. Some people have been wondering how they can get into mobile dev, without having to pay for a Xamarin license. As of today, Xamarin is now included free as part of Visual Studio. Obviously you can still use Xamarin Studio on non-Windows platforms.
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Aweome!!! :Do I know this doesn’t contribute to the conversation but YAY 
Do you still need a Macintosh computer to compile apps/games to run on iOS or can you do it using Windows 7/10 and Visual Studio/Xamarin?
You will always need a computer running OSX to compile iOS apps/games. That’s a restriction from Apple and has nothing to do with Xamarin. But in the keynote this morning, Migel de Icaza showed off that Xamarin now comes with an iOS simulator for Windows. Which is huge news as developing iOS in Visual Studio, but having to switch to a Mac every time you compile and run was very annoying.