Xbox Xbox Series X Thread

[blueharvest]

Xbox Has Paid $5 Billion To Indie Developers Via ID@Xbox Program

The indie game program ID@Xbox has paid billions to indie game developers around the world in just over a decade.

insider-gaming.com

 

[blueharvest]

Crafting a Blockbuster: How ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Brought the Wacky, Cubic Video Game to Life

"A Minecraft Movie" from Warner Bros., Legendary and Microsoft brings the bestselling video game to life — will the risk pay off?

variety.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Is Xbox getting Steam integration?!

Microsoft just "leaked" an Xbox interface mock up which has Steam game integration.

www.windowscentral.com

One of the futures of Xbox is an emulator that lets you run Xbox games on Microsoft Windows PCs.

Microsoft is working hard to integrate Xbox and Windows game development more closely into the future. Windows Central understands that traditional Win32 will be the preferred development environment for the next mainline Xbox consoles, with Xbox One/Series X|S "ERA" environment gradually phased out. Where that leaves our existing library of Xbox ERA games remains to be seen, but it seems emulation is one avenue Microsoft is exploring for backward compatibility and game preservation.

I suppose they could also do recompilation like the fan recent port of Sonic Unleashed from Xbox360 to PC. But that requires a specific case-by-case, title-by-title, one-at-a-time approach.

Full Xbox 360 recompilation for PC debuts with Sonic Unleashed Recompiled

After many years, fans finally took porting Sonic Unleashed to PC into their own hands — and opened the floodgates behind them.

www.tomshardware.com

 

[XtremelyBaneful]

The next gen multiplatform strategy won't work for Microsoft if this is true

Sony may block PlayStation Steam games on new Xbox console, dashing hopes for a cross-platform system

A popular insider is arguing that Sony won't allow PC ports on future Xbox consoles. Many gamers disagree since any Windows-based system should support Steam. Microsoft may soon release an Xbox handheld that could act as a test case for booting PlayStation's cross-platform games.

www.notebookcheck.net

 

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