Microsoft launched a distribution service for games by the community and soon playable by its millions of Xbox Live members. It will also help the amateaurs to create and build their own games.
“The time has come for the games industry to open its doors to all game creators, enabling anyone to share their creations with the world,” said John Schappert, corporate vice president of LIVE, Software and Services for the Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft. “Our goal is to drive a creative and social revolution in games with the same transformative power that we’ve seen in digital music and video sharing.”
Microsoft offers the distribution of tools for free with XNA Game Studio Software by which several games can be built for Xbox 360 and Windows. Amateur gamers would be able to download few games created using XNA Game Studio from Xbox Live Marketplace.
The tools have been downloaded 800,000 times and more than 400 universities worldwide are using the XNA package but games could not be shared yet.
"There are tens of thousands of developers out there chomping at the bit; we need to unlock that potential," said John Schappert.
“The time has come for the games industry to open its doors to all game creators, enabling anyone to share their creations with the world,” said John Schappert, corporate vice president of LIVE, Software and Services for the Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft. “Our goal is to drive a creative and social revolution in games with the same transformative power that we’ve seen in digital music and video sharing.”
Microsoft offers the distribution of tools for free with XNA Game Studio Software by which several games can be built for Xbox 360 and Windows. Amateur gamers would be able to download few games created using XNA Game Studio from Xbox Live Marketplace.
The tools have been downloaded 800,000 times and more than 400 universities worldwide are using the XNA package but games could not be shared yet.
"There are tens of thousands of developers out there chomping at the bit; we need to unlock that potential," said John Schappert.
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