Games Developed by Players.
Microsoft Corp. announced Xbox 360 video games developed by players will be available for download through the console's online service. The new service will double the size of the Xbox 360 game library, to 1,000 games within a year of its launch, the company said.
Additionally game developers will be able to build games for the software maker's Zune digital media players.
"The time has come for the games industry to open its doors to all game creators, enabling anyone to share their creations with the world," John Schappert, a vice president of gaming at Microsoft, told an audience of about 6,000 game developers at a San Francisco conference.
Microsoft also said it will give students free access to its XNA Game Studio 2.0, its video game development program.
