It’s on again, the annual XNA game creation competition, Dream Build Play was announced for 2009 at GDC in San Francisco.

DBP is a competition where individuals or teams compete against each other to create the best game they possibly can for the Xbox 360 using XNA Game Studio. This year the competition will open registration on the 6th of April, and the submission period will start in June, with the final deadline in August.

Prizes for the 2009 edition of DBP have not been announced yet (check back on the 6th), however based off previous years, they will most likely be hefty cash prizes for the top 3, including some nice PCs, numerous Creators Club memberships for the team or whoever you want, as well as Xbox 360 Elites, and to top it all off, the best game will most likely get a full Xbox Live Arcade offer, to finish the game (with achievements!) and sell it on XBLA.

Plus, just to help you out (although students don’t need it), every registration will get a free 12 month Creators Club trial membership, so the game can be tested on an Xbox 360. (Requires Xbox Live Gold to test multiplayer)

Remember that Imagine Cup also has a Game Design category, so if you can think of an idea that satisfies the entry requirements for Imagine Cup 2010, you can enter your game into both competitions, so watch out for more information about entries for Imagine Cup 2010 on this blog if you are interested.

So start forming your teams, think of an innovative idea, and get development rolling. (You can start before the registration date)