Think you have what it takes to build your own game for Xbox Live, and can do better than what is out there now?  Well now you can, as Microsoft has announced that XNA Game Studio software will be made available to gamers who yearn to create their own video games.  Micorsoft already had a trial run of the XNA Creators Club games earlier this year which featured "Little Gamers", "Culture", "Jellycar", "The Dishwasher" and others.  MS has plans to introduce the XBox Live Community Games this holiday season to XBL Marketplace. Microsoft unveiled in their plan that you will be able to have your games added to the XBL Marketplace, for a price of 200 to 800 points, after passing a peer review, as well as take home a cut of the total revenue the game makes, which MS claims to be up to 70% in a form of a quarterly check. Read More...

If you've been following Spore like I have, then odds are you've heard rumors about a Creature Creator coming out soon. Well everyone - I'm glad to say that in today's press releases, Maxis announced that it is most definitely real. The free demo version of Spore's Creature Creator will be available for download starting June 17 from Spore.com and available with The SimCity™ Box which ships to stores June 23. The free demo contains 25% of parts to make your very own Spore Creature. Read More...