XNA Chief Chris Satchell has just dropped a couple of bombs at GDC 2008. He announced that Xbox Live will be hosting a new service called Community Games. This feature allows developers to post their games and subject it to community scrutiny. If it passes then the game will be released on Xbox Live.Satchell's description of the entire process seems to be pretty comprehensive. He pointed out that Developers will be giving "creator identities" very similar to GamerTags which will track what games the user has made and submitted. When games are submitted, it'll have ratings for various factors such as violent. The games will then be reviewed by other game creators to vet for objectionable content. If a creator's game passes all those tests it goes on Xbox Live. Satchell showed some new games which have already been added to the service, including one called Little Gamers, a Peanuts-like child drinking beer and shooting zombies with shotguns. Another game Zune owners will be excited about is Xuna. Described as an arcade game reminiscent of Galaga, this game can be played on the Zune, Xbox 360, and even PCs and Laptops.Satchel estimates that Community Games should bring in at least 1,000 new games on Xbox Live by next year.
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I haven't had the chance to play any of these games just yet, but it's awesome that they are allowing this kind of access for budding developers. I can't wait to see what kind of games show up in the future. Best of all it's free to us gamers!
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| Posted: 10 months ago That sounds really cool, I have been waitiing for the XNA stuff to come out. Did anyone ever try to make their own game with that? |
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| Posted: 10 months ago Little Gamers and The Dishwasher would be good additions to XBLA. Which of the XNA games did you guys like the most? --------------------------------- WTFavre!?
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| Posted: 10 months ago Dishwasher i am gonna play in a few, but these games are only free till march 9th so get your jollies one wiith the free stuff |
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| Posted: 10 months ago I'll have to check, but I think I read something that said the games would only be available for download through Sunday night. --------------------------------- WTFavre!?
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