This article originally appeared at IndieGameReviewer.com and is republished here with permission. The original article has been expanded and embellished here for those more focused on the Xbox Live Indie Game Community. I have been having fun playing with the free XNA Game Studio 3.1. ...

Get an insider’s look at breaking into the game industry with a focus on XNA Game Studio and other platforms from PAX 2009.  We chose part 2 of 5.  Unfortunately the audio leaves much to be desired, but hoepfully you can get some ideas from this clip in approaching your dream of...

Developer: MSR Kodu Genre: Family, Game Creation Price: 400 Points Countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States Languages: English Developer Summary: Kodu is a new visual programming language made specifically for creating games. It is...

Avatar Support: Render and animate Avatars to use in your game to represent gamers and other characters within your game. Xbox LIVE Party Support: Enabling gamers to communicate, even when each gamer is not playing the same game in the same multiplayer session. LIVE Party supports up to...

Microsoft is pushing it community games development angle hard with the release of Kodu  (formerly known as Boku) – a code-free game development tool available for US$10 from the XBLA marketplace that allows players on an Xbox or a PC to design and develop complete games that can be...

For those of you not only interested in playing games created by the Xbox Live games community but in creating them, this video by Kevin Stubbs out of Seattle shows the steps to taking a regular flash animation to XNA in just a few...

By Herb Peterson Xbox 360 homebrew games are something that most 360 owners have never even heard of. A homebrew game is a game created outside of the normal realms of development, and as such is available as a free download. If you like the sound of homebrew games, check out the rest of...

Here is a popular video showing what is possible with Microsoft’s XNA Game Studio, in this case a very cool-looking third-person shooter (TPS)  The author states: “For those of you interested in XNA TPS, the creation of this game is completely covered in the book:...

By Zachary Schuessler Microsoft has given students and hobbyists and entry point into the world of game development with XNA Game Studio Express. This program, coupled with the language C#, has enabled such developers to create PC and Xbox games on the fly– eliminating the need for...

Microsoft’s Charles Cox demonstrates 3D scene rendering in 5 minutes with XNA Game Studio Express. Taken at the XNA Game Studio Express Open House Launch Party, December 11th 2006.