Microsoft turns to users for new wave of Xbox games (CIOL)

22 July 2008, 10:13 pm

SEATTLE, USA: Microsoft Corp will turn to users of its Xbox 360 to create new video games and broaden the types of games available on its console, taking a page out of the strategy books of Facebook and YouTube.... read more

Microsoft strikes deal for Xbox films (Financial Times)

22 July 2008, 6:27 pm

Microsoft has struck deals with five horror movie directors for a series of short films in a move aimed at boosting the original entertainment content available on its Xbox console.... read more

Horror helmers do comedy for Xbox Live (The Hollywood Reporter)

22 July 2008, 6:12 pm

Safran Digital Group and Microsoft announced a deal Tuesday that will have some of the leading directors in horror/supernatural filmmaking trying their hand at comedy as the first original programming on Xbox Live.... read more

Xbox 360 users to build and sell own games (Sydney Morning Herald)

22 July 2008, 5:43 pm

Microsoft turns to users of its Xbox 360 to create new video games and broaden the types of games available on its console.... read more

User-developed games to be sold on Xbox Live for between $2.50 to $10 (BetaNews)

22 July 2008, 3:38 pm

Microsoft announced today that user-created games will be sold on Xbox Live through a new Community Games section starting this fall, with developers taking 70 percent of the revenue.... read more

Microsoft to share Xbox 360 game profits with amateur developers (The New Zealand Herald)

22 July 2008, 2:55 pm

Microsoft will let independent developers sell video games for the Xbox 360 console - and keep most of the profits - beginning this holiday season, the company said.... read more

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