The indie games program went live in Japan and two titles quietly trickled in on the marketplace, a short visual novel and a shoot ‘em up called Crescendo Symphony.

Microsoft’s Kodu project sounds like the 3D Movie Maker equivalent for game development. With Kodu anyone can make a game. No equations are required and you don’t even need a keyboard. All of the programming is done by selecting menu…

Microsoft is about “democratize game development” by introducing Community Games as part of the New Xbox Experience launching this Wednesday. The program gives indie console developers a chance to get their XNA coded games into market via digital distribution and…