ID@Xbox has been serving to deliver superb indie video games to Xbox avid gamers for a decade now, and we’ve at all times strived to seek out new methods to spotlight 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’ve an superior ID@Xbox group staff, 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 technique to deliver consideration to among the prime indie video games on Xbox via our new “Indie Selects” program, which launches right now!
Indie Selects features a curated, devoted assortment within the Xbox Retailer that includes indie video games chosen by the ID@Xbox staff – together with assist on our social and group 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 keen about. A brand new assortment, that includes numerous channels and rotating themes, will go reside each Wednesday.
The primary channel, which we’re calling merely “Featured Indies,” contains latest indie video games that the ID@Xbox staff recommends. These are video games we’ve performed and favored, and we really feel constructive indie sport followers will take pleasure in too. Word that we’re not together with titles which can be in Sport Go right here even when they’re unbelievable, just because they’re featured recurrently within the Sport Go hub.
Our second channel includes a rotating collection 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 Snort Observe,” 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 strategies for brand new themes (or video games to incorporate in current themes) from gamers via our social channels.
Different channels will embrace themes to spotlight video games from world wide, 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 – considered one of our indie devs’ most extremely requested options.
And now the most effective half: as soon as a month – the final week of the month – we’ll showcase our decisions for six titles to be designated our ID@Xbox “Indie Selects” of the month. The entire ID@Xbox staff will vote to pick out 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 had 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 will exhibit on their very own channels (instance above).
So why are we doing this? The quick reply: we love video games made by impartial builders, and we would like extra individuals to find them, purchase them, and play them! We all know there are a variety of video games on the market proper now, and it may be tough for distinctive titles to seek out an viewers in crowded marketplaces. With a devoted, everlasting, curated assortment within the Xbox Retailer, we’ll have the ability to deliver extra consideration to video games that we really feel are notably particular – all the pieces from present favorites, to older gems, to video games from new creators from world wide.
Ensure 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 will discover the gathering on the Xbox sprint by going to the shop after which choosing Video games from the menu on the left. From the entire ID staff, thanks, as at all times, for supporting indie video games!
