Xbox Live Creators Program launches today with self-published indie games

Microsoft is officially launching its Xbox Live Creators Program today, to let developers directly publish games to the Xbox One or Windows 10 PCs. The first games are available today from a special section in the Xbox Store named “Creators collection.” Only nine games are available right now, but the hope is that indie developers will publish basic titles that can be played across PCs and Xbox One consoles.

Microsoft has simplified the certification process for Creators collection games and no concept approval is required, making it even more open than the existing ID@Xbox program. That does mean that Creators collection games won’t be the usual standard found from ID@Xbox or regular Xbox games, and developers will be able to publish...

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