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This is a friendly reminder that the submission deadline for the Dream.Build.Play 2011 Challenge is rapidly approaching. The submission period closes next Tuesday, June 14, at 1:59 p.m. CDT. Developers tend to submit their games at the last minute, so avoid potential delays or timeouts while you upload...

To our Xbox LIVE Indie Games Community: We have recently made changes to the way games are chosen and sorted in the Xbox LIVE Indie Games top downloads channel on the Xbox 360 Dashboard. Previously games were selected and ordered based on the previous day’s sales information. This caused an illusion...

To our Xbox LIVE Indie Games Community: We’ve heard your feedback and have made some changes to the ratings system on Xbox.com. Starting today, only users with Xbox LIVE Gold subscriptions will be allowed to rate content on the Xbox.com website. By implementing this change, we believe our customers...

Join us at Microsoft's annual conference for developers creating world-class entertainment for Kinect, Windows Phone 7, Xbox 360, and Windows. Featuring deep technical content presented by experts from Microsoft and the game industry, Gamefest also covers game production, business aspects, certification...

The Dream.Build.Play Challenge is back, and we’re more excited than ever to see your ideas come to life. Build the next mind-blowing game for Xbox 360® by using XNA Game Studio 4.0 , and you could win! Winning game developers split $75,000 USD in prizes and get a shot at an Xbox LIVE® Arcade...

App Hub has stopped accepting for peer review and playtest any game or game update that was made with XNA Game Studio 3.1. Developers creating games for Xbox LIVE Indie Games must now work exclusively with XNA Game Studio 4.0 if they wish to submit their game or game update to App Hub. If you have...

Until 11:59 PM PST on February 7th, 2011, developers creating games for Xbox LIVE Indie Games can continue to submit their games made in XNA Game Studio 3.1 to peer review on App Hub . Beginning at 12:00 AM PST on February 8th, 2011 , only games made in XNA Game Studio 4.0 will be accepted to peer...

Until 11:59 PM PST on February 7th, 2011, developers creating games for Xbox LIVE Indie Games can continue to submit their games made in XNA Game Studio 3.1 to peer review on App Hub . Beginning at 12:00 AM PST on February 8th, 2011 , only games made in XNA Game Studio 4.0 will be accepted to peer...

Developers creating games for Xbox LIVE Indie Games using XNA Game Studio can currently submit games to App Hub that are made in XNA Game Studio 3.1, as well as those made in XNA Game Studio 4.0. After February 7th, 2011, all games submitted to playtest or peer review for Xbox LIVE Indie Games must...

Today, we are proud to announce a set of sample updates for XNA Game Studio developer education, released on App Hub. Several of your favorite samples and utilities have been upgraded to be compatible with XNA Game Studio 4.0. In addition, a brand-new rigid-body and skinned animation sample is available...

Today, the full set of upgraded avatar samples and utilities for XNA Game Studio 4.0 are available for you to download on App Hub and use right away, including a brand-new Avatar Shadows sample. Additionally, explore performance tips and graphical capabilities with the new Graphics Profile Checker and...

The Xbox LIVE Indie Games developer community is out in force this December with the Indie Games Winter Uprising. More than a dozen titles are planned to be released on the Xbox LIVE Indie Games service in the first week of December. The games released are from veteran developers and newcomers, range...

The Xbox LIVE Indie Games Submission pipeline on App Hub is now open for Xbox 360 games made using XNA Game Studio 4.0. You can submit your XNA Game Studio 4.0 games for Xbox 360 to the Peer Review process on App Hub right away. For XNA Game Studio 3.1 games still in development, you have a limited...

This evening, the final version of XNA Game Studio Connect 4.0 will be released. At that time, you will be able to deploy and debug games made in XNA Game Studio 3.1 and 4.0 as described in this earlier post . The Xbox LIVE Indie Games submission pipeline for games made in XNA Game Studio 4.0 will...

The day is almost here! This Friday, the final version of XNA Game Studio Connect 4.0 will be released, and with it, the submission pipeline for Xbox LIVE Indie Games made in XNA Game Studio 4.0 will open! On that day, you can start submitting your XNA Game Studio 4.0 games for Xbox 360 to the Peer...

With the unveiling of App Hub and the recently-launched XNA Game Studio Connect Beta for XNA Game Studio 4.0, many developers have asked when the final version of XNA Game Studio Connect for 4.0 will be available, and when they’ll be able to submit games made using XNA Game Studio 4.0 to the peer...

With the launch of the next Xbox dashboard update will come a slight change to the proportions of the Avatars. These changes were made to allow better mapping between players with using Kinect to control their avatars. Existing avatar clothing and other assets have been updated to work properly with...

A new Beta version of XNA Game Studio Connect is available today, and it works with XNA Game Studio 4.0, 3.1, 3.0 and 2.0. To get started using the XNA Game Studio Connect Beta, you will need to delete the old version of XNA Game Studio Connect (if you have it on your console) and download the new one...

­­­­Hello, Amazing Creators! It has already been an exciting week for everyone! At long last, we’ve got the final version of XNA Game Studio 4.0 into your eager hands. There are even more exciting and amazing things we have to share with you very soon, too. So it is with...

We are proud to announce that XNA Game Studio 4.0 is now available for you to download and start using right away to create games for Windows, Xbox 360, and Windows Phone 7! Download XNA Game Studio 4.0 Now! For existing XNA Game Studio users, you’ll notice a change: XNA Game Studio 4.0 is...