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Microsoft wants you to know that it is serious about indie development on Xbox One. With its new "Independent Developers @ Xbox" program (ID@Xbox), the company plans on courting talent by offering free devkits, a support team, and access to exclusive events.
Microsoft has phased out its Family Gold packs, and will be converting existing ones to individual Gold subscriptions.
Microsoft has laid out its policies for digital game sharing on Xbox One. And, it isn't too different from what's available now on Xbox 360 and PS4.
As with Xbox 360, certain features on Xbox One will be exclusive to Live Gold members. One of those features is "game DVR," which enables users to record and share up to five minutes of gameplay footage.
Microsoft has announced Xbox Enforcement United, a new program that uses the Xbox Live community to help determine appropriate content for Xbox Live.
Microsoft wants to make Xbox Live on Xbox One a better place. Following the reveal of Xbox One, the company promised an updated Reputation system--one that promises to track player behavior and attempt to separate hostile players from the more sportsman gamers. But how exactly will it work?
Xbox Live Gold members will be able to download Crackdown and Dead Rising 2 in August.
It appears The New Microsoft--the one that loves indies and self-publishing--plans on introducing self-publishing not only on Xbox One, but Xbox 360 as well.
Speaking to Shacknews, Marc Whitten, corporate VP of Xbox Live, told us that their indie vision is based on the following idea: "our goal is that everybody can decide to stop playing and start creating." And key to that strategy is that "the box you get at retail can be a dev kit, period."
Xbox One will let users play games, even if they're only partially downloaded. The feature is similar to what Sony proposed during PS4's reveal event in February.
