Microsoft has announced 65 new developers have joined the ID@Xbox indie developer program and confirmed that the first game to be processed through the self-publishing initiative are currently in the certification process.
The new developers join 50 previously revealed studios who have signed up for the program which included Ryse creator Crytek, Broken Age developer Double Fine, and Ridiculous Fishing producer Vlambeer. Microsoft's director of ID@Xbox, Chris Carla, has commented that the first games to be released as part of the program should be released around March.
Addressing the new announcements on the Xbox Wire, Carla said, "ID@Xbox is a global program and we’re committed to bringing the best from around the world to Xbox One. The first ID@Xbox games are in certification now and, as always, we continue to look for ways to improve the creation process for our ID@Xbox partners with new processes and tools. Stay tuned for updates on both soon!"
Successful applicants to the ID@Xbox program receive two free Xbox One developer kits as well as a Unity Pro license. The new developers announced by Microsoft are:
- 4gency
- A Crowd of Monster
- Alientrap Games
- The Behemoth
- BetaDwarf
- Big Ant Studios
- Bloober Team
- Blowfish Studios
- Brain in a Jar
- Brushfire Games
- Cherry Pop Games Ltd
- Codeglue
- Code-Monkeys
- Compulsion Games
- Crunching Koalas
- Deco Digital
- Empty Clip Studios
- Escalation Studios
- EXOR Studios
- FarSight Studios
- Fatshark
- Flix Interactive
- Four Door Lemon Ltd
- Frambosa Frima
- Glass Bottom Games
- HB Studios
- Headup Games
- Heart Machine
- Holmade Games
- Humble Hearts LLC
- I Fight Bears
- Implausible Industries
- Iridium Studios
- iSquared Games Ltd
- Larian Studios
- Mediatonic
- MeinMein Mighty
- Rabbit Studios
- Mimimi Productions
- nDreams Ltd
- NeocoreGames
- No Goblin
- n-Space
- Piwot
- Pixel Balloon
- Playdead
- Rebellion
- Relentless Software
- RetroCoders
- Ripstone
- Robomodo
- Ska Studios
- Smudged Cat Games Ltd
- Snowrunner
- Spry Fox
- Tiny Castle Studios
- Toxic Games
- Vector Unit
- Vertigo Games BV
- VooFoo Studios
- Warhorse Studios
- WaterMelon
- Xona Games
- Zoë Mode