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 choices to make statements with an Xbox 360 controller.   Kodu is scheduled to come [...]

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 bypass expensive ESRB ratings. Community Games creators, like Xbox Live Arcade developers, earn royalties, split [...]