Microsoft launched the Xbox Live Creators Program, which lets anyone publish Xbox Live-enabled games for Xbox One and Windows 10.
“With the Creators Program, anyone can integrate Xbox Live sign-in, presence, and social features into their UWP games, then publish their game to Xbox One and Windows 10,” Microsoft’s Chris Charla writes. “This means their title can see exposure to every Xbox One owner across the Xbox One family of devices, including Project Scorpio this holiday, as well as hundreds of millions of Windows 10 PCs, and millions of folks using the Xbox app on mobile platforms.”
program members can use Xbox Live features like sign-in, presence, and leaderboards. Their games can also support other Xbox features like multiplayer, Game DVR, Kinect, in-game transactions, updates, DLC, SmartGlass,.Developers can pick between various game engines such as Construct 2, MonoGame, Unity, and Xenko, with more coming soon.
Microsoft says it will added a curated Store experience, called Creator games, in the Xbox Store for these titles.
You can learn more about the Xbox Live Creators Program on the Xbox website.
