It may be the middle of Summer and here in the UK we are finally enjoying a hot day in the office but Nintendo are already looking ahead to the festive period.
It's been a while since we heard about the XNA community games but finally after some teasing at the E3 conference last week, Microsoft has lifted the lid on when the first homebrew titles will be released.
It can be very difficult for a title from outside of a monopoly in the market to cash in on the success of the title that seemingly has had this firm grip on the genre for several years.
Despite rumours that Bungie were angry after the 'canned' announcement of a new Halo game at E3 last week, Don Mattrick from Microsoft has quashed comments that they were disappointed at the unveil being removed from the press conference.