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"It was really hard to publish on Xbox. It was our job to make it easier" - inside Xbox's increasingly vital indie publishing operation


How Xbox runs its indie publishing division and what benefits the chosen few games get from being under Xbox's wing.

The platform holder finds itself in choppy waters: first-party studio layoffs, second-party game cancellations, botched rescue deals and boycott calls fuelled by the actions of Xbox's parent company. From smaller truly independent studios to start-ups with a little external investment and support, the word tends to be pretty universal, too: those who have had the opportunity to ply Xbox's resources have found it invaluable. In that case, the studio had put together a demo and had been showing it off to various potential partners, which included a submission to the Xbox team via a developer-focused website and form entry.

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