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Added by Ryan Davis on June 24, 2009

With all the commotion surrounding Natal that stirred up during E3 , it's easy to forget about Kodu , Microsoft's game-creation experiment that debuted at CES earlier this year. The Microsoft Research team has apparently been quietly toiling away on Kodu, taking time to post a screenshot or two each week on the official blog . It was mentioned earlier this month on that very blog that the team was looking to launch at the "end of June," and today Xboxic (via Joystiq ) is reporting that Kodu will be available on the Xbox 360, through the Xbox Community Games section, on June 30th for a scant 400 Microsoft points (or $5 in AmericaBux.)

That seems pretty cheap for something that will ostensibly let you create your own game experiences with nothing but an Xbox 360 controller, which, along with the fact that it's being shoved out into the never-visited Community Games wasteland has me a little worried that Microsoft doesn't have a huge amount of faith in Kodu. If you don't recall what this whole Kodu thing is all about, check out this stage demo from CES 2009.


Filed under : Kodu Game Lab

42 Comments

Mongoose
on June 24, 2009
Hmm, don't think I'm alone in saying that this one got past me.
I'll probably end up getting this, 400 points does seem like a good price.

Ket87
on June 24, 2009
Sounds cool and for $5 its a steal but I just don't see myself ever needing that. I barely have enough time most days to play games let alone make them.

Speaker4TheDead
on June 24, 2009
Seems pretty cool.

Deathdealer108
on June 24, 2009
I don't know about this. I'll stick with making flash games... This looks a little too simple in my opinion. 

Wait! I know what it is, its game design for babies and idiots! 

Death_Burnout is online
on June 24, 2009
Kodu's all well & fun, but im waiting for a Kudo game.

Rhaknar
on June 24, 2009
europe doesnt even have a comunity games tab as far as i know, so we wont get it >_>

RHCPfan24
on June 24, 2009
400 points is a great price for this and I will surely pick it up.

WilliamRLBaker
on June 24, 2009
lol i remember when so many Sony fanboys marked this as a little big planet rip off. \

Crono
on June 24, 2009
I don't really see myself playing/using this ever because it seems way too simplistic and I foresee many micro-transaction-gamepack-additions in the future of Kodu.

AndrewB
on June 24, 2009
Yeah... it sounds like they lost confidence in the project after showing it to the public for the first time and put it on the back burner; lowered the scope of the project, and are leaving it to rot on the community games menu (a menu I have visited a whole two times since community games was released).

Zereta
on June 24, 2009
You know what pisses me off? Not all countries, like mine (Singapore), are given access to Community Games and I actually really want to give them my money and get this game. Its fucking dumb.

CowMuffins
on June 24, 2009












ACTUAL 12 YEAR OLD GIRL

FinalDasa
on June 24, 2009
I have a great idea, lets have a 12 year old girl show us how to play!
Genius...

Reverseface
on June 24, 2009
Kodu...how about fuck off.

OwnlyUzinWonHan
on June 24, 2009
Thought you said Kudo was coming, sorely disappointed.

MagusMaleficus
on June 24, 2009
Damn, I forgot about this. Might check it out. 400 points ain't shit.

MjHealy
on June 24, 2009
Ehhh, oh I remember this

Kush
on June 24, 2009
I've been pretty interested in this "game" for a while and I'll definitely drop $5 for it...that's a small price to pay for what potential can be found in Kodu.

Kyle
on June 24, 2009
@CowMuffins said:
"
ACTUAL 12 YEAR OLD GIRL "
That ain't no CG 12 year old girl!!

Alphazero
on June 24, 2009
@Death_Burnout said:
" Kodu's all well & fun, but im waiting for a Kudo game. "
Wa-bam! There it is.


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