Archive for the tag "xna"

Microsoft details community XNA games business model

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 Posted in Development, Microsoft, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | 1 Comment »

Microsoft will start selling user-created games on Xbox Live this autumn, the firm announced today, at three different prices - the equivalent of $2.50, $5 or $10. Up to 70 percent ... Read more..

Digital distribution will create “a new class” of publisher, says Satchell

Friday, July 4th, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | 2 Comments »

XNA boss Chris Satchell has said in an interview with GI that digital distribution will create a new type of games publisher. "With the release of community games distribution I think ... Read more..

Satchell: “We don’t need BBFC or PEGI”

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, Politics, Trade, UK, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | No Comments »

Speaking at Gamehorizon in Newcastle this morning, Microsoft's XNA boss, Chris Satchell, has said that user generated content can be responsibly rated by an audience of its creators' peers – ... Read more..

XNA Live closed beta opens

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 Posted in Development, Microsoft, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | 7 Comments »

Microsoft's announced that the beta for the Community Games on Xbox Live has entered closed beta. Only premium members from the XNA Creators Club are eligible to take part at the ... Read more..

XNA will help Live “leapfrog” PSN and WiiWare, says Microsoft

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 Posted in Development, Microsoft, PSN, WiiWare, Xbox Live | 11 Comments »

Speaking to GI, David Edery, Xbox Live Arcade's worldwide portfolio planner, said that user-created games will set Xbox Live apart from its rivals. "I certainly think from an innovation perspective it's ... Read more..

PS3 mods are “inviting trouble,” says Microsoft’s Satchell

Friday, April 11th, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, PS3, PSN, Sony, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | 11 Comments »

Speaking to Eurogamer, Chris Satchell, XNA group manager at Microsoft, has said that he believes Sony - as well as othere companies - is walking on thin ice by allowing ... Read more..

GDC: XNA stuff revealed behind the sheet

Thursday, February 21st, 2008 Posted in Development, GDC 2008, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | 2 Comments »

Here. This is the last time we ever get excited about a sheet. Behind the amazing XNA shroud of power was a stand full of... XNA community games. And when ... Read more..

GDC: XNA given to students for free

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 Posted in Development, GDC 2008, Games for Windows, Microsoft, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | 4 Comments »

Here we go. Expect more XNA than you can possibly stand for the rest of the day. Microsoft's announced that the development suite is to be given to students for ... Read more..