If you've ever envisioned yourself as a game designer, here's your lucky break. You can try your hand at designing an Xbox Live Arcade title without having to touch that oogy XNA Game Studio development kit or program yucky code. The catch? It has to involve Doritos. As the marketing folks at Frito-Lay put it, "Use our iconic shape, bold flavors or simply our intense experience. How you use that inspiration is entirely up to you." We're predicting a lot of Hexic knockoffs with chips. Still game? Submit your game idea and if you're one of five finalists, you'll get valuable prizes (like a limited edition 360 Elite and home entertainment system complete with gaming chair) and the chance to realize your game design -- and become a god among marketing tools. The rest of us will try the game betas this fall, vote for our fave and then wait for the winner to be finished, released, and ignored. If you just want to download some stuff now, Microsoft's got you covered there too:
- Band of Bugs turn-based strategy game ($10), plus theme ($1.88) and picture packs ($0.63 each)
- Command and Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars Ground Zero map (free), plus Map Pack 1 ($6.25) and a promo video to sell you on Map Pack 1 (free)
- Lost Planet multiplayer map pack #3 ($5)
- Another Alien Hominid HD PDA Pack ($1.88) and some picture packs ($1.25)
- Demos for Surf's Up and Project Sylpheed (free)
- Videos for Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction and FlatOut UC Carnage (free)
- More anime themes ($1.88 each) and picture packs ($1 each)
- Transformers movie marketing videos (free)
- Hell Holes TV show episode (free)
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