Devs are asking for Xbox Early Access program, ID@Xbox boss says

A Steam-style Early Access programme is a common request amongst ID@Xbox developers, the platform holder’s Chris Charla has told Develop.

Reports have been bubbling for some time about a similar program for PS4 and Charla told Develop in an interview last week that it’s a talking point at Xbox as well.

"It’s something developers have been asking for, and we are listening really closely to developers, but I don’t have anything to announce on that right now," he said. "There’s a lot of heavy deep thinkers, experts, PhDs working on these problems at Xbox every day."

Develop has more details.

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