Today at GDC, Microsoft announced the Xbox Live Creators Program, a new initiative that provides a "totally open way" for developers to get their games published on Xbox Live.
Chris Charla, the director of ID@Xbox, outlined the program in a post on Xbox Wire, saying it "empowers anyone to rapidly publish Xbox Live-enabled games on Xbox One and Windows 10 PCs, in a totally open way."
Through the Xbox Live Creators Program, anyone will be able to "integrate Xbox Live sign-in, presence, and social features into their UWP games, then publish their game to Xbox One and Windows 10." In addition to Xbox One and Windows 10 PCs, the program will also enable creators to bring their titles to Project Scorpio when it launches later this year.
No development kit is necessary, as retail Xbox One consoles support the program. It's is currently in preview and will initially be available to a select group of developers. Publishing submissions will be open to everyone sometime in the near future.
Earlier this week, Microsoft announced Xbox Game Pass, a new on-demand service that will provide subscribers unlimited access to over 100 Xbox One and Xbox 360 games for $9.99/£7.99 a month. The service, which won't affect Xbox Games With Gold, will come to Xbox One consoles "late Spring 2017." There are no plans to bring the service to Windows 10 PCs.
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