From dust 'til dawn

I just saw an awesome trailer for the upcoming 2D action-platformer Dust: An Elysian Tail. What makes this title so cool, though, is the system we'll be playing it on. Believe it or not, Dust will soon be making it's way to the Xbox 360 Community Games Channel, as it was the winner of Microsoft's XNA Dream-Build-Play contest.

I haven't really spent much time talking about the Community Channel. In fact, it's been so long since the last time I mentioned it that it isn't even called the Community Games Channel anymore, but rather the Indie Games Channel. So far, Microsoft haven't done a good job of promoting any of the available titles, but if this is an indication of what's in store for the future, the IGC could become a great selling point for the 360, especially as the games only cost a few bucks. The trailer also shows us that the XNA Creators Club Studio is more powerful than we thought, and could be used to produce some really professional looking titles, if put in the right hands.

So here it is for you to check out. We don't have any more info yet, such as price or release date, but with all the buzz Dust seems to be generating, I'm sure we'll find these out before long.