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Xbox Indie Games To Close At The End Of September

Xbox Indie Games will be shutting up shop at the end of month, two years after the announcement of closure was released to the public.

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Xbox Indie Games Coming to an End

After ten years, Xbox Indie Games is shutting down at the end of September. The program helped indie games were not a mainstream to find success.  It allowed developers who were using Microsoft XNA development tools to upload games onto the Xbox Marketplace as a way to show off their skills and make some money off it. Xbox held events such as Indie Game Uprising to promote games released through the Indie Games service. The process of shutting down Xbox Indie Games has been a slow process. Kotaku reports that two years ago, Xbox warned developers using the marketplace to “finish up any games that were working on” and services were closing down. ID@Xbox released a tweet on September 11th, 2017 to confirm the date of the closure to be the 29th September 2017. Any games bought through the marketplace were still re downloadable after closure. The games themselves have cited as “interesting” by many critics. Games such as Try Not to Fart and Baby Maker Extreme gained a cult fandom. The service did experience a slew of low-quality games which tarnished the reputation of the service. The marketplace did produce some memorable titles. I Made a Game With Zombies In It is the most popular Xbox Indie Game to date. Selling over 300,000 copies within a year when released back in August 2009. Xbox Live Creators will continue the legacy of Indie Games. Xbox will be rolling out the first wave of titles made through the service last month. This service offers a more simplified way for developers to release their games onto Xbox or Window 1o as a way to shine a spotlight on up and coming developers.

 

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