At the Gamefest 2008 Microsoft Game Technology Conference today, Microsoft announced a new feature that will be released alongside the new XBox dashboard this fall: Community Games.
Community games is a place where user developed games can be browsed and purchased by XBox LIVE subscribers. Developers will be able to submit their creations, which will be priced within a range of 200 to 800 Microsoft Points, and then collect up to 70% of the profit their game generates. This is along with the ~$100ish yearly fee that a developer has to pay to be eligible.
This is very exciting news for homebrew game developers, and I can't wait to see what some people get up there. Perhaps even our own Cats Of Thondor could now see an XBox release? One day... one day...
Full story here.
Community games is a place where user developed games can be browsed and purchased by XBox LIVE subscribers. Developers will be able to submit their creations, which will be priced within a range of 200 to 800 Microsoft Points, and then collect up to 70% of the profit their game generates. This is along with the ~$100ish yearly fee that a developer has to pay to be eligible.
This is very exciting news for homebrew game developers, and I can't wait to see what some people get up there. Perhaps even our own Cats Of Thondor could now see an XBox release? One day... one day...
Full story here.
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