Create Your Own Games

Maybe it’s because games are starting to cost £20m to produce? Or is it because Microsoft are starting to get Web 2.0 (see previous article)? But here’s an interesting announcement – from 20 August Microsoft are making available the tools for people to create videogames for the Xbox 360.

Microsoft executive Peter Moore said:

It’s our first step of creating a YouTube for videogames.

It’ll cost $99 (£55) for an annual subscription and they alreay have 10 US universities, including the University of Southern California and Southern Methodist University, who will include XNA Game Studio Express and Xbox 360 development in their curriculum.

BBC article link and photo credit