Developer Information

With a broad range of products and services, Microsoft Casual Games offers numerous opportunities for developers to get their games into the hands of gamers. Technical requirements and submission methods vary by platfom, so please see the links below for specifics on each platfom.

MSN Games, a leading casual games portal, offers free ad-supported gameplay, downloadable "try 'n buy", subscription, and skill-based games. All methods, including ad-supported games, offer opportunity for developer revenue. See the MSN Games developer page for technical requirements and submission methods.

Xbox LIVE Arcade is the ground-breaking digital distribution services for small downloadable games on Xbox 360. The Xbox LIVE Arcade page gives an overview of the submission procedure and materials to help developers get started.

Windows Live Messenger is perhaps the easiest multiplayer games platform on which games can be developed and distributed, and likely the easiest way to get your game in front of over 200 million users in 30 countries. Information on developing for and distributing on this platform appears on the Windows Live Messenger page.

Xbox LIVE Community Games is the revolutionary mechanism where independent developers, hobbyists, and students can submit and deploy games that can be played by the over 10 million Xbox LIVE users. The beta program will kick off in the US during springtime 2008, with more countries supported at the time of the initial release during the holiday 2008 season. Click on the link to see more details in the FAQ, which will be updated as more information is available.

Developer resources
A library of documentation is now available on our Developer Resource Documents page.

Developer events
A list of upcoming and past conferences and trade shows is now available on our Developer Events page.

Developer Program registration
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