Help save the world with Xbox 360 Games for Change Challenge

You know what, there’s really a cool way that video games can be used to catalyze social change, especially with our worsening problem with global warming. Microsoft just teamed up with the organization Games for Change (G4C) to do just that. It was announced during the fourth annual Games for Change Festival at Parsons The New School for Design in New York.

Accordingly, a video game design competition will be held this summer for participants in more than 100 countries. It’s open to all college students, and the objective is to come up with games based on the theme of global warming using XNA Game Studio Express.

The winners will receive cash prizes which can be used to further the winners’ education. Quite interestingly, the winners will also be invited by Microsoft to present their games to the MS Games Management team for possible inclusion as a download in the Xbox Live Arcade service.

The overall winner will be invited to have an apprenticeship with Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment Business as part of its internship program.

You know what, there’s really a cool way that video games can be used to catalyze social change, especially with our worsening problem with global warming. Microsoft just teamed up with the organization Games for Change (G4C) to do just that. It was announced during the fourth annual Games for Change Festival at Parsons The New School for Design in New York.

Accordingly, a video game design competition will be held this summer for participants in more than 100 countries. It’s open to all college students, and the objective is to come up with games based on the theme of global warming using XNA Game Studio Express.

The winners will receive cash prizes which can be used to further the winners’ education. Quite interestingly, the winners will also be invited by Microsoft to present their games to the MS Games Management team for possible inclusion as a download in the Xbox Live Arcade service.

The overall winner will be invited to have an apprenticeship with Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment Business as part of its internship program.