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Celebrate July 4th with adorable Kodu fireworks

July 4th, 2009 at 11:00am Under Xbox 360

Today is the day of independence for Joystiq readers in the United States, which also means it’s a day full of aerial explosions of light. You know, fireworks. For those not lucky enough to be in an area where one can witness this colorful spectacle, we figured we’d bring the explosive excitement to the internet, for all to share, with the help of the recently released Community Game, Kodu.

Enjoy the show and have a boom-tastic July 4th!

Celebrate July 4th with adorable Kodu fireworks originally appeared on Joystiq Xbox on Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Video Tour: Kodu, Microsoft’s DIY game builder

July 2nd, 2009 at 06:30pm Under Xbox 360

Microsoft released its Kodu Game Lab yesterday, giving gamers everywhere the opportunity to create their very own games. Just for you, we snapped up the tool and set to work creating the Next BIg Thing in video gaming. Well, either that or we created a dinky little 2D shooter. Still, it’s hard not to feel some pride after creating a real, honest-to-goodness, functioning game. And we did it all without laying a finger on a standard keyboard.

Check out our video tour and see what created.

Add the trial version of Kodu Game Lab to your Xbox 360 download queue

Video Tour: Kodu, Microsoft’s DIY game builder originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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PSA: Kodu Game Lab is now live

July 1st, 2009 at 01:40pm Under Xbox 360

Just a quick reminder from your friends at Joystiq, if you wanted to try your hand at the totally cool visual game programming of Kodu Game Lab, the title is now available on the Xbox Live Marketplace (though you’ll have to navigate over to the Community Games section to find it).

For just 400 MS points ($5) you can build your very own game from the ground up, all the while being reminded that no matter how hard you work at it, Sparrow still owns you. If you manage to make anything cool (though admittedly never as cool as what Sparrow makes) let us know in the comments below.

PSA: Kodu Game Lab is now live originally appeared on Joystiq Xbox on Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Kodu gets creative on Xbox 360 June 30 [update]

June 24th, 2009 at 03:30pm Under Xbox 360

Update: Microsoft got back to us with the following: “We are going through the same peer-review process that every other developer has to go through, so there isn’t any way to determine when the game will actually post, but we hope that it will be somewhere near or on June 30.” So, everyone is trying their best to make sure Kodu makes the June 30 release, but don’t consider that date chiseled in stone.

When the official Kodu blog mentioned that the title would be available this month, it apparently wasn’t lying. Xboxic is reporting the game will be available for download on the last day of this month, June 30, for a reasonable 400. Oh, and if you’re scratching your head due to Microsoft’s penchant for Humpday releases, remember this is an Xbox 360 ~~Community Game~~ Indie Game, and not an Arcade release.