Thursday, September 10, 2015

News::Microsoft is closing its Xbox Live Indie Games program

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After nine years, Microsoft has decided to call time on its Xbox Live Indie Games service. In an email to developers, the company says it has begun "the sunsetting process" for the program, which encourages anyone without a studio or dedicated business to create games for the Xbox 360, by locking down new signups ahead of a late-2017 shutdown. What does that mean for you? Well, developers have been told they have exactly a year to get their games ready for publishing. You'll then get an extra year after that to enjoy their projects (as well as the ones already published), before the indie store is closed forever. You will still be able to download and play the games you've bought in the past, though.

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Via: Gamasutra

Source: Xbox Forums

Tags: microsoft, xbox, xbox 360, Xbox Live Indie Games. indie, xbox360



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