Microsoft said the holiday is scheduled to start this new service will allow Xbox360 game library to double the number of games within a year can reach 1000 games.

To release new Xbox Live service, game developers must be an XNA Creators Club (XNA Creators Club) members, or Pay Order Microsoft Game development software – “XNA Game Studio” (XNA Game Studio), ordered that Software to pay 99 U.S. dollars per year. Release of the game and all players must be through an online community of quality and comfort test.

Developer Club members will release a test version of the spring game for testing.

Microsoft also announced that game developers can also provide the number of Microsoft’s Zune portable media player, making the game.

“It is the game industry open to all developers time, but also to let the world to share their results,” Microsoft vice president John Schappert game in San Francisco news conference on the 6000 game developers announced.

Microsoft said this week, free of charge to students to offer their game development software, XNA Game Studio 2.0.

These actions are to promote Microsoft Xbox360 game development, so that it can in the highly competitive video game console market with Nintendo and Sony’s PlayStation match. Last year, Nintendo will release their game development software, WiiWare.

U.S. market research firm Lazard Capital Markets analyst, said he does not expect mass-market consumers and Italy on the Xbox download service, but it can really encourage independent developers to develop Xbox360 games.

“This will attract those who want to move into this market more independent developers to enable them to develop Xbox from the beginning,” Sebastian said, “This has also allowed the development and sale of electronic games, closer to the public.”

However, Microsoft did not say Wednesday whether the downloads are free, but also did not say that the service can generate revenue for game developers.

This precisely is an independent game developer Phil Fish would like to know the most critical issue. Fish and two other friends had just set up in Montreal with a Polytron Corporation (Polytron Corp.), Has been developed with the XNA software, called a “Fez” game.

Fish said that the use of Microsoft tools, development of the game is not an easy task. He expressed the hope that their game on their website can get 10 U.S. dollars each download benefits.

Fish said, “I do not want to because Microsoft allows us to use their software development game, brings us out of the year the contribution of labor in vain.”

With those great big record companies want to be musicians to explore, like the independent game developers also want the game to those who prove their distributors and received a sales contract.

With a Polytron’s Jason DeGroot said Microsoft is the new Xbox download service for these developers to create a centralized platform to enable them to showcase their games developed without having to worry about contractual issues. Microsoft’s plan, the developers still retain ownership of their release of the game.

DeGroot also said “It’s the independent developers to provide a broad audience.”

Xbox Live service has 10 million subscribers, they are likely to play those games, are likely to go to those games rating. But it also made DeGroot worry about poor quality of the service will make the game during flooding.

Duke Nukem Forever is the game in the history of a miracle. In addition to a miracle, the longer there is no other words can describe this game is great, because I have never seen any one game could be delayed 10 consecutive years, a number of the replacement game engine, but still be able to insist on down; also have never seen any team can produce more than a decade only through a continuous delay of game for a living, but still be able to maintain game development. However, Duke Nukem Forever done. He was a miracle worthy of the name.

In accordance with Wikipedia records, this game is the first time in 1997, but now has been for 12 years. Let me once again lament about whether it was what kind of perseverance, what kind of spirit, what faith, in support of these people, these perfectionists and make this a miracle of the game.

While each of us know that Duke Nukem Forever will absolutely not listed, but the other day comes news that the production of the progress of the game has more than 90% of the time, or makes a tight heart. It now appears that all of the concerns are unfounded. But now there is also a pity, because now, Duke Nukem Forever-hop is dead, the game industry probably never again have such a myth.