Ready to make your dream of creating video games come true? The Dream-Build-Play Challenge is your chance! Design and build an original game for Windows XP SP2 or Xbox 360™ using XNA Game Studio Express, a new tool from Microsoft®. Besides worldwide fame and recognition, your entry could also win you some fantastic prizes.

I’ve talked about XNA Game Studio Express before, and here’s another reason for you to consider this game development option - you can learn game programming, and possibly win something at the same time :). The first prize winner will get:

  • An invitation to enter into an Xbox Live™ Arcade Publishing Contract on terms and conditions applicable to such offer
  • $10,000 USD
  • Alienware Aurora® 7500 desktop system with AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 Dual Core Processor, courtesy of Alienware PC and AMD
  • Retail copy of Windows Vista Ultimate operating system
  • Autographed Xbox 360 Premium SKU retail console
  • 2-year subscription to the XNA Creators Club
  • 25 four-month subscription tokens to the XNA Creators Club, to share your masterpiece with friends and family
  • Choice of Softimage®|XSI® Advanced 6.0, Autodesk® 3ds Max® 9, or Autodesk® Maya® Complete 8.5

The runner-up prizes are quite attractive as well! Just like in the Intel contest, GarageGames plays a special role here with their product Torque X.

Entries are due on July 2, so that should give you plenty of time to learn how to code games with XNA. If you’re looking for a project to work on, this should serve as an excellent motivation! :D

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