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Winners of Microsoft Kodu Cup 2011 Announced

Microsoft announced the winners of the first edition of its Kodu Cup, a game development competition opened to kids that requires participants to use the Kodu platform for their projects. A new visual programming language designed for creating games, Kodu is offered free of charge on both Windows and Xbox. Thos...

13 June 2011
10:03 GMT

Microsoft Kodu Cup 2011 Competition Launched

With the full availability of Kodu Game Lab for the PC, Microsoft also introduced the Kodu Cup Video Game Design Competition, an excellent chance for students ages 9 to 17, to win some great prizes while building games. The Kodu Game Lab software is offered for free on both the PC and Xbox 360 and can be used by kid...

16 March 2011
10:14 GMT

Kodu Updated with Sharing Capabilities

A new development milestone of Kodu is now available for download, enhanced with new capabilities designed to make it easier to share the worlds created with Microsoft’s visual programming language for games.Early adopters already testing Kodu, will be able to download Build 1.0.111.0 for the PC and leverage t...

14 March 2011
09:01 GMT

Free Microsoft Software Package DreamSpark Evolves with New Additions

Microsoft has taken its package of free software to the next level by adding new downloads to the already quite generous suite of offerings. Aimed at providing Microsoft technologies fit for IT professionals to students free of charge, DreamSpark has now grown with the addition of six new products. Of course, DreamS...

17 February 2011
11:41 GMT

Kodu Build 1.0.92.0 Gets Improved Tutorial System and Boosted Terrain Performance

The team behind Microsoft’s visual game development platform might have been quiet over the past few months, but they weren’t inactive. Kodu Build 1.0.92.0 is now available for download, with the new release featuring a number of improvements which are bound to please existing and new users. At this poin...

19 November 2010
04:36 GMT

Kodu Kamp for Educators on November 9, 2010

Microsoft will be hosting an event for Boston area educators next month, focusing on how an innovative visual programming language from the Redmond company can help teach students 21st century skills. Kodu Kamp for Educators will take place on Tuesday, November 09, 2010 from 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM (ET) at the Microsoft...

18 October 2010
05:47 GMT

Microsoft Releases Kodu Language and Grammar Specification

 A new free resource from Microsoft is designed to make it as easy as possible for researchers and teachers to learn the visual programming language that the company put together specifically for creating games. The Kodu Language and Grammar Specification white paper is now available for download from Microsoft ...

31 August 2010
06:45 GMT

FUSE Labs Projects Get Support via GetSatisfaction

Microsoft FUSE Labs has already released a number of extremely interesting projects designed to kick up a notch user experiences in the Cloud. A new move from the Redmond company now allows adopters to access support for the web apps offered. A special nook has been set up on GetSatisfaction allowing users to take ad...

13 July 2010
04:38 GMT

New Kodu Build 1.0.64.0 Live

Microsoft’s visual programming language designed to simplify game development has moved yet another step forward. A new testing release of Kodu, formerly codenamed Boku, is now available for download for users that are running Windows PCs. The Kodu Game Lab - Technical Preview is also available for Xbox 360, ho...

2 July 2010
05:20 GMT

Microsoft Offers Kodu Game Lab Classroom Kit

Undoubtedly some of you have already heard of a project in the works at Microsoft, designed to provide a visual programming language for game development. Kodu, formerly codenamed Boku, is currently available for download free of charge because it is still in Beta development stage, with the Redmond company inviting ...

25 June 2010
10:56 GMT

Microsoft Starts Sharing Kodu Source Code

Microsoft has started sharing the source code for a project involving a new approach to building gaming content, by leveraging a visual programming language, designed to open up game development to the public. Now, although Kodu is indeed available for download free of charge from Microsoft, and despite the fact that...

16 June 2010
09:00 GMT

Kodu 1.0.48 Is Live with New PC Features

A new version of Microsoft’s visual programming language is now available for download for PC users. In fact, according to the Redmond company, version 1.0.48 of Kodu is designed to bring to the table a range of new features that are PC-specific. Just a reminder for those that are not familiar with Kodu, the co...

31 May 2010
07:07 GMT

New Kodu Beta Released

A new release of Microsoft’s visual programming language designed for building games is now available for download for customers running Windows. Just as the previous versions of the game development platform, Kodu is still cooking in the Redmond ovens. In this regard, Build 1.0.34.0 is labeled as a Technical P...

12 March 2010
14:31 GMT

Download Free Microsoft Kodu Beta for PC

Microsoft has ported a very special game it actually regards as a game-creation tool from Xbox to the PC and made it available for download at no charge. Today, January 12th, 2009, the Redmond company started offering the first public Beta of Kodu, a Microsoft Research project previously codenamed Boku. Unlike tradit...

12 January 2010
10:50 GMT

Kodu Game Lab Allows Kids to Create Videogames

Microsoft announced having released Kodu Game Lab on the Xbox Live Community Games channel on Wednesday. The company is describing the fresh offering as a “new visual programming language” and it’s charging 5 USD for the chance to try and create videogames with it.The publisher is saying that the wa...

3 July 2009
03:54 GMT

Microsoft's Kodu Fosters in a New Era of Game Development

Game development will never be the same following the introduction of Kodu, previously dubbed Boku, a Microsoft Research project developed by Matthew MacLaurin, principal program manager. This spring, the software giant plans to release Kodu, a game that will be made available via the Xbox Live Community Games channe...

15 January 2009
15:01 GMT

Xbox Will Dominate 2009 Says Microsoft Man

Microsoft really put on a big show at this year’s CES but some would say that the guy who stole the show was Robbie Bach, the leader of the Entertainment & Devices Division at Microsoft, encompassing the Xbox 360 and the community aspect of the console.He emphasized the way 2008 changed the Xbox 360 gaming cons...

12 January 2009
14:01 GMT


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