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XNA boss: We've got Web 2.0, we need Games 3.0

Microsoft's Chris Satchell believes that user-generated content is just the start, but games won't really become mainstream until, like movies, any old nobody can easily make one.

Satchell likened the evolution of the industry to that of the Internet, which is now popularly said to be "Web 2.0." According to Satchell, Web 0.5 represented the first beginnings of the Internet by a select group of academia and technology companies, and 1.0 as similar to television, where a small amount of people make content for the masses to passively read. Web 2.0 then, is sites like YouTube and Flickr, where the users themselves create the content, and anyone can participate, and 3.0 -- which might be what it looks like in the future -- he envisages as going a stage further, with the masses perhaps combining Web sites to create not only user-generated content, but unique ways of accessing that content, too.

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TerraTech Legion blasts new tracks through the Bullet Heaven genre | TheSixthAxis

TSA writes: TerraTech Legion rolls into the enemy-infested wastelands, guns blazing, electricity arcing and explosives… exploding all around.

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Final Fantasy IX Music Special Live Stream Announced For 25th Anniversary

Do not miss the Final Fantasy IX Music Special Live Stream on July 7th! Celebrate FFIX's 25th anniversary with unforgettable music.

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Goodguy011d 12h ago

And the remake announcement there probably.... hopefully

jznrpg3h ago

It should be there. All signs are pointing to it

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Eight must-play racing games still to come in 2025

These are the racing games we’re looking forward to playing in the second half of 2025.