Game-creation tool releases on the Xbox Live Marketplace

Console Monster writes: "Deemed the Xbox 360’s equivalent to the PlayStation 3 title, LittleBigPlanet, Kodu has released on the Xbox Live Marketplace today. To give the game it’s full title: Kodu Game Lab, the title has been deemed as "a pick-up-and-create toolset where any aspiring game creators can build their own unique world using a simple image-based creator menu that makes game-making easier than ever."

Originally titled Boku, the game was revealed at Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference hosted in November. The game’s leading programmer, Matthew MacLaurin said: "As a programmer, I wanted to help create something that unlocked the magic of Xbox 360 in the same way that I was able to unlock my computer as a child and bring my imagination to life through games. We had such success with bringing ‘Kodu Game Lab’ into classrooms and after-school programs that we wanted to offer it to any wannabe programmer or creator through the Xbox LIVE Community Games Channel…"