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Xbox One throws small indie creators a bone
All ye lamenting the death of fart simulators, lament no more. Project Spark for the Xbox One, the formerly PC-only game-maker project aimed at amateur developers, looks to remedy the problem of the walled garden Microsoft created when they got rid of Xbox LIVE Indie Games. As you may recall, the Indie Games service was a free-for-all that allowed anyone and eveyone to publish a game on console, no matter how crappy. So when Microsoft opted to forgo it on Xbox One, replacing it with their new “ID@Xbox” program, which requires devs to receive an exclusive invite to be part…