ID@Xbox has been serving to deliver wonderful indie video games to Xbox players for a decade now, and we’ve at all times strived to search out new methods to focus on our favorites. We’ve sponsored our personal devoted showcases, we’ve featured rad video games and creators in our E3 Briefings and Xbox Video games Showcases, we have now an superior ID@Xbox neighborhood crew, and we run month-to-month ID@Xbox theme gross sales.
To construct on that legacy we’re excited to announce that we’ve discovered a brand new option to deliver consideration to a few of the high indie video games on Xbox by way of our new “Indie Selects” program, which launches as we speak!
Indie Selects features a curated, devoted assortment within the Xbox Retailer that includes indie video games chosen by the ID@Xbox crew – together with assist on our social and neighborhood channels, and even proper right here on the Xbox Wire. Within the Video games part of the Xbox sprint, we now have a everlasting hub that showcases indie video games we’re enthusiastic about. A brand new assortment, that includes numerous channels and rotating themes, will go dwell each Wednesday.
The primary channel, which we’re calling merely “Featured Indies,” consists of current indie video games that the ID@Xbox crew recommends. These are video games we’ve performed and preferred, and we really feel constructive indie recreation followers will get pleasure from too. Word that we’re not together with titles which are in Sport Go right here even when they’re improbable, just because they’re featured recurrently within the Sport Go hub.
Our second channel incorporates a rotating number of video games that match with a weekly theme. On the lookout for “Video games to Play With Your Cat,” or “Video games that Want a Chortle Monitor,” or “Video games for Evil Villains”? You’ll discover them right here. We’re engaged on a bunch of various, enjoyable concepts for themes proper now to roll out over the approaching months, and we’ll at all times take solutions for brand spanking new themes (or video games to incorporate in current themes) from gamers by way of our social channels.
Different channels will embrace themes to focus on video games from all over the world, video games from new creators and voices, our ID@Xbox theme gross sales, and choose video games accessible for pre-order. Lastly, we now have a channel to function upcoming indie video games that may be added to a gamer’s wishlist – one in all our indie devs’ most extremely requested options.
And now one of the best half: as soon as a month – the final week of the month – we’ll showcase our selections for six titles to be designated our ID@Xbox “Indie Selects” of the month. The entire ID@Xbox crew will vote to pick their favorites and these are the six video games that we really feel assured you’ll love. These are video games that we need to put our stamp of approval on. Not solely will the Indie Selects be featured in a particular assortment for that week, we’ll additionally launch a month-to-month spotlight reel on our social channels, and publish an Xbox Wire article to dig extra deeply into which video games have been chosen, and why we like them. As well as, the builders will obtain a digital award that includes the Indie Selects brand that they’ll exhibit on their very own channels (instance above).
So why are we doing this? The quick reply: we love video games made by unbiased builders, and we would like extra folks to find them, purchase them, and play them! We all know there are a whole lot of video games on the market proper now, and it may be troublesome for distinctive titles to search out an viewers in crowded marketplaces. With a devoted, everlasting, curated assortment within the Xbox Retailer, we’ll be capable to deliver extra consideration to video games that we really feel are notably particular – every little thing from present favorites, to older gems, to video games from new creators from all over the world.
Make sure that to take a look at the gathering, up to date every Wednesday, with our Indie Selects being featured the final Wednesday of every month. You’ll find the gathering on the Xbox sprint by going to the shop after which deciding on Video games from the menu on the left. From the entire ID crew, thanks, as at all times, for supporting indie video games!
