[Xbox 360] Microsoft Unlocks Game Development and Encourages Everyone to "Dream-Build-Play"

Posted by Greg Bruno on 03.05.2007

Have Some Good Ideas? Needs Some Cash? Keep Reading!

Today, Microsoft announced the "Dream, Build, Play" game development contest. The grand prize is $10,000 and the opportunity to be offered a publishing contract for Xbox Live Arcade. More than 20 winners will be selected to win over $40,000 worth of prizes. If you've got an excellent idea that would make a great Arcade title, now is your chance to make it happen. The contest ends July 2 and Microsoft will announce winners on August 13. Check out more information at http://www.dreambuildplay.com.

Microsoft makes game development easy with new tools for the XNA program. Check out these new tools that will help developers, both aspiring and pro, produce amazing games for Windows and Xbox Live Arcade!

GarageGames Torque X Engine Members of the XNA Creators Club will receive a license to the Torque X Engine, including the Torque Game Builder toolset for Torque X, as a free membership benefit.

SOFTIMAGE|XSI Softimage is developing new 3-D solutions based on its XSI 3-D software for game creators and exclusive content for members of the XNA Creators Club to support the XNA platform scheduled for release later this year.

Allegorithmic ProFX In addition to the free MapZone 2-D texture editor released today, Allegorithmic is developing an enhanced version exclusively for XNA Creators Club members that will offer support for procedural textures, additional texture libraries and custom content processors for use with the XNA Framework Content Pipeline. The enhanced version of MapZone will be made available to active members of the XNA Creators Club at no additional cost and will be available later this year.

The XNA Creators Club is available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace for $49 for a four-month subscription or $99 for an annual subscription.