"XNAPROJECTS.NET" IS LIVE

Benny has announced that his new site "XnaProjects.Net" is up and running. But, what is it? A new XNA Community site where you can submit your games and links.

From the announcement: "... Yesterday I wanted to put all the samples from the book on my blog, but it is already way to overloaded here with screenshots and games, adding another 10 games will not make anything better. Instead I had a crazy idea to create a XNA Community site in one day. It is called XnaProjects.Net. The idea is for everyone to submit their games and links. News are grabbed with Google Blog Search and more features will come in July 2007 when I got more than 5 minutes time in a row ...".

Cool!

"360ZINE 6" NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD

This month issue of PCGZine is now available for free download. As always, you have read it right, free download.

The issue includes an exclusive interview to Robin Burrowes -Microsoft's Xbox Live product manager for the UK and Ireland, plus previews of "Mass Effect" and "Shadowrun", a review of "Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars", and more, much more.

So, what are you waiting for?! Download it now!

JONAS FOLLES' FIRST XNA GAME: "XPONG"

Jonas Folles is sharing his first game created with the XNA Framework to the community.

From Jonas' post: "... So as I mentioned in the beginning I just completed my implementation of PONG written using the XNA framework. I wanted my PONG game to be more "complete" than some of the XNA PONG samples available online. There are some nice tutorials you might check out. One of them is a video tutorial over at LearnXNA that walks you through an implementation of Pong. Two other implementations worth checking out are Rob Loachs' XNA Pong and Tiny Tennis up on Coding4Fun ...".

Welcome, Jonas!

"PCGZINE 5" NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD

This month issue of PCGZine is now available for free download. As always, you have read it right, free download.

The issue includes an interview to the president of Massive Entertainment -the one behind "World in Conflict" game- plus a preview of "Enemy Territory: Quake Wars", a review of "The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar", and more, much more.

So, what are you waiting for?! Download it now!

NEW VIDEO: "BULLET HELL TACTICS"

Kobingo has announced that the demo of the "Bullet Hell Tactics" game is almost complete, and along with the announcement comes a new video of its gameplay:

Enjoy!

NEW VIDEO: "TEH GAME"

Epsicode has posted a new video of his game: "Teh Game".

Enjoy!

SHARKY'S "AIR LEGENDS" AND XNA GSE "REFRESH"

Lawrence has announced that you'll do fine with the latest release of his game -"Sharky's Air Legends"- and the "refresh" update for XNA GSE v1.

From Lawrence's post: "... So I won’t be needing to rush out a new release to be compatible. You’ll be fine with the last one ...".

YAY!!!

UPDATE: "BULLET HELL TACTICS"

Bullet Hell Tactics' getting a graphics update as you can tell from this catchy titlescreen.

From the post: "... Tonight I worked with some new graphics for player shield and the "energypacks" the enemies drop. Sometimes it's fun to just sit and play around with colors and some filters in photoshop, what a difference - so much better! ...".

Nice!

JSEDLAK'S 'TOWER DEFENSE' PROGRESS

John Sedlak has published a new video showing off the new added menu elements and sounds to his version of "Tower Defense".

From John's post: "... A lot of progress made on Tower Defense over the week so far. We have weapons rotating and shooting as well as music and sound! Check out the new page for the game to see the latest screenshots and get the latest code release here. Note that although it comes with Thrust DLLs, it is in no way a release of the library and could be buggy and/or inefficient. Also note that I realize the video isn't the smoothest of gameplay videos, Camtasia seems to really hog up the computer when recording nowadays and I can't seem to get a smooth video anymore. I assure you the game runs at a consistant 63fps when not recording ...".

Enjoy!

"GET MY BEST RELEASE EVER", SHARKY SAYS ...

... want to know whether he's right? Go and download "Air Legends" game.

From Lawrence's post: "... I’ve decided I’m going to invoke “Sods Law” once again, and take the hit for the team. I’ll release early after all. If the XNA release comes shortly afterwards then so be it. You’ll all be able to thank me! ...".

A must have ...

"AIR LEGENDS": NEW TEASER PICS

Lawrence has published some new screenshots of the new features he has been working on for his game: "Sharky's Air Legends".

For those of you who still don't know or never heard about this game, let me tell you that it's a legend it-self, since it's one of the first XNA games that came out -if not the first- all done by a XNA user.

What is more, if you do some search on YouTube for any initial videos promoting XNA, you will surely find a sequence of Air Legends' planes flying around nicely.

From Sharky's post: "... I’m wondering if I should just release it now anyway, and follow up with an XNA v.next release when it comes out. I’m open to persuasion ..."

Want to get your hands on the latest build? Then just go and try to persuade him ...

By the way Lawrence, nice to hear from you, man!

IN THE LINE OF FIRE

"Joystiq" has published and interwiev to Major Nelson, who talks about Guitar Hero downloads Halo 3 and other stuff.

From the post: "... We had an opportunity to chat with Microsoft mascot-in-training Major Nelson, early yesterday morning as the internet began its incredible, violent reaction against the pricing of the Guitar Hero downloadable tracks on Xbox 360. Major Nelson listened to a few sample comments from Joystiq readers, and he had a lot to say. (He also gives imaginary "bonus points" to the "Horse Armor song" commenter.) ...".

I like this part: "... We've talked Sony, we've talked Microsoft. You own a Wii yet?

MN: Yeah, I have a Wii. I got a Wii probably about two, three months ago ..."

There's nothing wrong with the answer, but ... busted!!! ;)

HOW TO PLAY "BULLET HELL TACTICS"

Kobingo has posted an online help file for "Bullet Hell Tactics" game.

The rules and How to's are useful for any register beta tester, so if you are one, and need some guidance to play the game, just pay a visit to this blog and read on.

More news after the brake ...

"CHAOS": A SIMPLE AND SMART GAME

As announced by Ziggy here, the guys from Borderline Interactive have released a demo version of the game "Chaos" and a video showing off the gameplay:

The game is simple in concept but still presents with elegance a nice and catchy gameplay -I really like this kind of smart games- and of course the physics were implemented accordingly.

Stay tuned to site for the upcoming release of the full version of the game.

AIR LEGENDS: BF109 VS. SPITFIRE

Sharky published a preview of what we should expect for his next build of "Air Legends" game.

From Sharky's post: "... Apologies for the quietness of this blog lately. Rest assured I’ve been working as hard as ever. ...".

No need to apologize, man!

"DISHWASHER": NEW VIDEO PLUS INTERVIEW

Remember this awesome game: "The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai"?

Two things:

• Ziggy has interviewed James Silva, the author of this game, who answers a question that has been wandering around the XNA community: "Why the name?", and
• A new video of the gameplay is available for our joy:

From Ziggy's post: "... James will be graduating from college soon and is looking for a job around the up-state New York area ..."

Good luck, buddy! ... but with a game like "Dishwasher" I guess you won't need it ... ;)

XBOX 360 NEWS

Microsoft has announced that Instant Messaging is coming to the 360 through Windows Live™ Messenger, among other new features to be distributed within the "XBOX 360 Spring Update".

You may wonder: "ok, but how can one input text to the 360 fast and easy?". The answer is straight ahead by just looking at the following picture:

Please follow this link for a full description of all the new features available within the Spring Update.

Now, if only I had a 360 ...

NEW BLOG: "IMERSIVA.COM"

A new blogger has come to the XNA community, introducing "System Warrior" multiplayer-action game.

You can watch a video preview of the game, here.

Enjoy!

"360ZINE 5" NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD

This month issue of 360Zine is now available for free download. As always, you have read it right, free download.

The issue includes a first look to the XBO 360 Elite plus previews of "Grand Theft Auto IV (GTA 4)" and "Fable 2", and more, much more.

So, what are you waiting for?! Download it now!

"BULLET HELL TACTICS": BETA TESTERS WANTED

Kobingo's looking for help in order to beta-test his game: "Bullet Hell Tactics".

So if you want to help the guy just get in touch a.s.a.p. (just read here for details).

Stay tuned to Kobingo's blog for more information.