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26 of the games confirmed as coming first on console to Xbox One are named in a new video from Microsoft. Titles include Coffee Stain’s delightfully absurd Goat Simulator, Team 17’s The Escapists, crowdfunding hit Superhot, successive iOS puzzler Threes and new MOBA title Smite. Here’s the list (courtesy of …

Microsoft shows off latest wave of indie games heading to Xbox One

Microsoft has announced a slew of indie games coming first on console to Xbox platforms, including bizarre PC parody Goat Simulator. Chris Charla, director of Microsoft’s ID@Xbox division, introduced the games on-stage at Microsoft’s Gamescom presentation. Several of the games had trailers shown, including time-bending puzzle shooter game Superhot and …

And Xbox is listening really closely to those developers

Xbox One’s latest update adds the ability to download a title’s demo and subsequently unlock the full version of the game from the same file. In an interview with Eurogamer, Microsoft’s ID@Xbox head Chris Charla stated the feature arrived as part of the console’s latest update – adding that he …

Microsoft open to indie section on Xbox One marketplace

The next game from Limbo developers Playdead is leading Microsoft’s 2015 line-up. It’s called Inside and is a stylish side-scrolling puzzle platformer, that looks to take place amidst some sort of oppressive society. It will be released first on Xbox One and will arrive early next year. Also on the …

Danish developer has been working on puzzle-platformer for four years

While Microsoft is enjoying great success with its renewed Xbox One indie focus, the chances of its parity policy being rescinded look slim. Although there have been examples of flexibility, Microsoft still requires that indie games published on Xbox Live release at the same time or before they launch on …

More than 250 developers have signed to self-publishing scheme