XBOX Game Dev

🌟 XBOX Godot Sample - a public, source-only reference on @github.com We’re making it easier to build for XBOX on PC with @godotengine.org. Check out our new sample that helps you integrate Microsoft GDK, XBOX Services, and PlayFab directly into Godot: developer.microsoft.com/en-us/games/...

Today @ 11 AM PDT 🎮 Game Dev Office Hours Anna Waismeyer from the Gaming For Everyone team will join us to chat about the importance of accessibility and share guidance on reaching the broadest audience. 👉 discord.com/invite/xboxg...

No handheld? Still need to test your game? We break down Game Package Manager + Game Profiles updates, plus a Q&A on practical handheld testing approaches. 👉 Check out the recap: developer.microsoft.com/games/articl... #GameDev, #IndieDev

The Microsoft GDK plug-ins for Unreal Engine are now public in UE 5.8 🎮 Build, package, and ship your game for Xbox on PC—without leaving your Win64 workflow. Less friction. Faster onboarding. More dev time where it matters. 👉 Start building: developer.microsoft.com/games/articl...

Here's to History Studio for launching @tellersduty.bsky.social 👏🏻 An indie team in Indonesia, started by four students back in 2018, shipped their first game on XBOX 💚 Great seeing their vision supported through @idatxbox.bsky.social's Developers Acceleration Program. youtu.be/p0uMb2KBsPIs...

Fable's team hand-crafted 1000+ NPCs, each with their own routines, relationships, and lives. Lead Game Designer from Playground Games breaks down the Living Population and where it all began. news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0...

XBOX @ Unreal Fest | June 16–18 Our DevRel, @ID_XBOX, tools, platform, and publishing teams will be there to connect and chat about building for XBOX with @UnrealEngine. If you’re attending, tell us what you’re working on 👀 Schedule: developer.microsoft.com/en-us/games/...

Wondering how XBOX Insider flights work? Brad Rossetti from the team sat down with us to share how started, how to get your title into a flight, and how it can shape your game. Learn more: developer.microsoft.com/en-us/games/...

Expanded Advanced Shader Delivery (ASD) support Using shader preloading, ASD can cut launch times by up to 95%, reduce stutter, and help improve battery life. We’re expanding ASD beyond XBOX handheld to more AMD devices. Details: developer.microsoft.com/en-us/games/...

Game Dev Office Hours - This Friday @ 11 AM PDT The team who built the XBOX Godot sample will be sharing an overview, followed by a community Q&A. discord.com/invite/xboxg...

Two best friends from Germany founded @thirdshift.studio and are building their debut title ⛰️ Forever Ago 🚐 a beautiful story of life. Can't wait to see more 💫 #indiedev

Meet @milktooth.bsky.social 🐦 A new indie studio formed by an artist, designer, and developer who came together around the ambition: “to make you laugh before breaking your heart.” Bad Magpie started as a casual conversation back in 2019... great seeing it come to life 💫 #indiedev

Thanks for spending your Sunday with us 💚 Great games with talented teams behind them. Congrats to all the devs who showcased their work today. 👏 If you missed it, here’s a recap: news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0...

Can’t wait to share what developers have been working on 💚 See you soon! 🎮

One of the best parts of the XBOX Game Dev community is hearing directly from developers 💚 We chatted with solo dev Willem Willemse of Idle Not Idle Games about his journey, building systems, storytelling, and growing as a developer. See what he’s learned: developer.microsoft.com/en-us/games/...

This Friday 🌟 11 AM PDT Bradley Rossetti joins us to break down how XBOX Insiders can help developers connect with players, gather feedback & improve the player experience. If you're building your first game or growing your studio, come hang out and bring your questions. discord.gg/xboxgamedev

Shining a spotlight on the teams behind this month’s Indie Selects 🎮💫

A huge thank you to ID@Xbox, Presenting Sponsor of the Latin American Games Showcase - Summer Game Fest Edition. They're bringing a special selection of Latin American highlights to this year's show. 💚 Join us live and see what the region is building on Xbox.

Counting down to Sunday! 🎮🌟 news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0...

🌟 PlayFab May Feature Updates If you’re working on player auth and account management, May’s updates can help with: – Simplifying user management – Enhanced security – Authentication using Microsoft Entra ID See what’s new: developer.microsoft.com/en-us/games/...

Friday @ 11 AM PDT 🌟 Learn how to work with influencers, build your community, and make the most of industry events Join us for Office Hours as @idatxbox.bsky.social Community Manager Keith Muelas walks through his approach. Invite: discord.com/invite/msftg... #indiedev

The Seattle studio behind Another Crab’s Treasure 🦀 @aggrocrabgames.bsky.social just shipped Crashout Crew on Game Pass 🔥 A Play Anywhere title for everyone 🎮🖥️📺📱 It started as a game jam idea, then came together by combining two pitches, and kept going. Their story: www.youtube.com/shorts/nuvhG...

The Seattle studio behind Another Crab’s Treasure 🦀 @aggrocrabgames.bsky.social just shipped Crashout Crew on Game Pass 🔥 A Play Anywhere title for everyone 🎮🖥️📺📱 It started as a game jam idea, came together by combining two pitches, and just kept going. Their story: www.youtube.com/shorts/nuvhG...

Building a C#/.NET game and want faster debugging? In this episode, the @dotnet team walks through integrating Dear ImGui so you can build in‑game debug tools and inspect state while your game is running.

29 @ID_XBOX games launched last week 🎮 Hats off to the devs 💚

Getting good LODs is only half the job, knowing when to switch is just as important. In our latest blog, we show how to control LOD transitions in #UE5 with Simplygon. simplygon.com/posts/dd1091... #GameDev

Forza Horizon 6 sets a new bar for scale and visual richness. Huge congrats to Playground Games on an incredible achievement! Proud that Simplygon helped power the optimization behind the scenes. Now it’s time to hit the road at full speed forza.net/forzahorizon6

Office Hours Recap 🖥️ XBOX PC Remote Tools If you missed our session with the XBOX PC Remote Tools team, here’s a walkthrough, demo, and answers to questions from the community on deploying, debugging, and iterating across Windows devices and handhelds: developer.microsoft.com/en-us/games/...

To improve accessibility options, we've updated the XBOX Adaptive Thumbstick Toppers: 🥅 Highly requested "goal post" topper option 🎮 Improved topper attachment design for extra stability Learn more here: xbx.lv/3RFs67b

🌟 GameInput 3.4 rolling out this week! This release adds new capability for low-level device access, significant motion and gyro improvements, plus a set of targeted compatibility and reliability fixes. See what’s new: developer.microsoft.com/en-us/games/... #gamedev

This week on #GameMakersNotebook, @adamorth.bsky.social chats with Johnny Galvatron about his new game, 'Mixtape' including the origins of the idea, how they selected the music first and built the story around the soundtrack, building a "horizontal slice" rather than a "vertical slice", and more!

Xbox Game Camp is heading to Arizona 🌟 May 29 - 31 We've teamed up with Endless Games, Learning Lab, GitHub, and Arizona State University, so you can design and build your own game from concept to playable prototype. 🎮 Details: developer.microsoft.com/en-us/games/... #gamedev

ICYMI: Meet the devs from Playground Games as they share how they brought Japan to life in Forza Horizon 6 🗺️🗼🚗💨 📺 youtu.be/D5RIjzpGetg?...

Ever wonder what it takes to keep live games thriving for over a decade? At GDC, Eva Ryott (King), Ryan Cooper (Mojang), and Romain Jemma (King) talked through how live games evolve into ecosystems and what it takes to stay successful long term. Recap: developer.microsoft.com/en-us/games/...

Office Hours 🌟 Friday @ 11 AM PDT Join us tomorrow as we kick off our Dev Spotlight with Willem from Not Idle Games. He'll share his dev journey and how it all came together. Stop by, ask questions, and chat with the team. discord.com/invite/msftg... #indiedev

Indie devs - if you have 40 min, this is worth watching The @dot.net team walks through setup, best practices, and a hands-on demo, building a playable Unity prototype from prompts using Unity, .NET, and GitHub Copilot.

ICYMI: Murray & Rothio of Patattie Games launched their debut game @waxheadsgame.bsky.social 👏 An illustrator and a former Dev Support Engineer teaming up to build a personal project 🎶   Love this accessibility touch: you can grab a second controller and combine your inputs with someone else's.

This blog shows how to generate vertex weights from skinning data and drive reduction using bones - no vertex painting required. simplygon.com/posts/f58715... #gamedev

Looking to optimize your strategy game? Learn how @simplygon.com can help with triangle reduction, visibility culling for top-down cameras, and keeping meshes together at low poly counts. Details: developer.microsoft.com/en-us/games/... #gamedev

Today at 11 AM PDT 🌟 Game Dev Office Hours Got questions about bringing your game to Xbox? Clint from our Developer Relations (DevRel) team will be there to help. Invite: discord.com/invite/msftg...

🎮 Looking for a game dev podcast? 🎧 The @dot.net team kicks one off tomorrow!

Happy launch day to Luqui & Saiki of @regularstudio.bsky.social 🥳 Two brothers from Brazil shipping their second game together - Motorslice 🪚 that you can play anywhere on Game Pass! If you haven't played their first game, Togges, check that one out too. Here's to game dev families 🤝🎮 💚

💫 ICYMI: The latest PlayFab feature updates Native ARM64 support for the PlayFab Unified SDK, community statistics with group-level aggregation, bulk user role management, and a new API access policy experience. Details: developer.microsoft.com/en-us/games/...

🌟 We're improving Default Game Profile support for ROG Xbox Ally handhelds Default Game Profiles help balance performance and battery life. Today we added over two dozen games that support it! 🎮💫 Details: developer.microsoft.com/en-us/games/...

Today at 11 AM PT 🌟 Game Dev Office Hours Got questions about bringing your game to Xbox? Clint from our Developer Relations (DevRel) team will be there to help. Join our community: discord.com/invite/msftg...

🔥 Xbox Game Dev Update | Spring '26 🌟 May 7 Join us for a closer look at Project Helix with Jason Ronald (VP, Next Generation) & Chris Charla (GM, Portfolio & Programs), and what it means for devs. + Updates from GDC speakers, and more. Details: developer.microsoft.com/en-us/games/... #gamedev

🌟 Office Hours with AMD If you missed our session, learn from AMD’s engineers about handheld power efficiency, APU memory allocation, crash debugging with Radeon tools, and a few tips that could cut down your development time. Recap: developer.microsoft.com/en-us/games/... #gamedev

🔥 We're making publishing easier with Game Package Manager Game Package Manager starts rolling out this week for all Xbox developers configuring or adding new products to publish to Xbox. It's a new foundation to improve publishing workflows 💫 Details: developer.microsoft.com/en-us/games/...