
Interested creators can check out the program for more information.Įnabling creators of all shapes and sizes to create high quality games is core to our team. Access to publish on the Xbox ecosystem of stores is still private, following common industry licensing practices. Completing the journey to publish a game to the Xbox store on Windows – directly or through the Game Pass program – involves applying to qualify for an Xbox partners program, signing a license agreement, and configuring gaming services. The GDK is the same base development kit used by hundreds of game creators today and was previously only available to approved partners building for the Xbox ecosystem. The GDK contains the common tools, libraries, and documentation needed for developers, it's the future of the Xbox ecosystem across all platforms-PC, cloud, mobile, and console.īy using the GDK, creators will get a head start on their game development based on a technical foundation that will also allow them to unlock functionalities to integrate with the Xbox ecosystem like commerce, achievements, multiplayer and more.

And, to help with that we've made the Microsoft Game Development Kit (GDK) available on GitHub, free of charge!

We want to enable any creator, anywhere on the planet, to make games for our ecosystem. They are limited only by creators' imagination and their ability to translate that vision to reality through technology. Games have always been one of the most technically complex forms of media created.
