Five ID@Xbox games to look out for in 2018

By Emma Boyle

Launched almost five year ago, not long after the Xbox One itself, Microsoft’s ID@Xbox program has proven to be a big success for the company and has gone some way to improving its reputation with indie developers.

At a recent event, ID@Xbox’s European chief Agostino Simonetta told TechRadar that almost 800 titles have launched across Xbox and Window 10 from 477 developers across the globe and that games released through the program have now garnered more than $1 billion in revenue.

That’s a lot of games and a lot of money earned but by far one of the best additions to the program in recent years has been Game Preview, somewhat similar to Steam Early Access. This program has allowed developers to start communicating with players during the development of their titles to help them make considered and successful changes to their work.

As a result, we’re starting to see developers beginning to bring their Steam Early Access titles over to Xbox Game Preview in order to break into consoles and hopefully reach a wider audience.

This year there are some exciting indie titles coming to both Game Preview and the Xbox Store through the ID program. We’ve recently had …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Gaming