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Microsoft says ID@Xbox has paid $5B to date to indie game devs

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Microsoft said its ID@Xbox indie gaming label has paid out $5 billion to date to independent game developers. Now that’s a real game economy.

In a blog post during the Game Developers Conference, Guy Richards, director of ID@Xbox, said ID@Xbox has launched over 1,000 games in the past year. The titles include fan favorites like Balatro, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, and Phasmophobia, bringing new experiences to console and PC
communities.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.