<s>
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Indie	I-Device
Games	I-Device
(	O
XBLIG	B-Device
;	O
previously	O
called	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Community	I-Device
Games	I-Device
;	O
XBLCG	B-Device
)	O
are	O
video	O
games	O
created	O
by	O
individual	O
developers	O
or	O
small	O
teams	O
of	O
developers	O
released	O
on	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	O
Marketplace	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
games	O
were	O
developed	O
using	O
Microsoft	B-Device
XNA	I-Device
,	O
and	O
developed	O
by	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
independent	O
developers	O
that	O
are	O
registered	O
with	O
App	O
Hub	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Arcade	I-Device
titles	O
,	O
these	O
were	O
generally	O
only	O
tested	O
within	O
the	O
local	O
creator	O
community	O
,	O
had	O
much	O
lower	O
costs	O
of	O
production	O
,	O
and	O
generally	O
were	O
less	O
expensive	O
to	O
purchase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
was	O
released	O
to	O
widespread	O
use	O
alongside	O
the	O
New	O
Xbox	B-Device
Experience	O
,	O
and	O
,	O
over	O
3,300	O
games	O
had	O
been	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
service	O
,	O
many	O
receiving	O
media	O
attention	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
Indie	O
Games	O
currently	O
require	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
be	O
logged	O
into	O
their	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	O
account	O
to	O
initiate	O
the	O
start-up	O
of	O
each	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Indie	I-Device
Games	I-Device
program	O
did	O
not	O
continue	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	B-Device
Xbox	I-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
and	O
the	O
marketplace	O
for	O
these	O
games	O
was	O
shuttered	O
on	O
October	O
7	O
,	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initial	O
tools	O
for	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
games	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
platform	O
were	O
bundled	O
in	O
the	O
XNA	B-Device
Game	I-Device
Studio	I-Device
Express	O
1.0	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
December	O
2006	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
means	O
of	O
introducing	O
newer	O
programmers	O
to	O
the	O
steps	O
in	O
game	O
programming	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additional	O
releases	O
of	O
the	O
XNA	B-Device
Game	I-Device
Studio	I-Device
added	O
further	O
features	O
with	O
the	O
core	O
software	O
libraries	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
created	O
games	O
were	O
limited	O
to	O
the	O
developer	O
's	O
own	O
console	O
unit	O
and	O
could	O
not	O
be	O
shared	O
with	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
Game	O
Developers	O
Conference	O
in	O
February	O
2008	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
bringing	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Community	I-Device
Games	I-Device
service	O
to	O
Marketplace	O
,	O
allowing	O
these	O
games	O
to	O
be	O
shared	O
with	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
David	O
Edery	O
,	O
portfolio	O
planner	O
for	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Arcade	I-Device
's	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
envisioned	O
the	O
Community	O
Games	O
as	O
a	O
way	O
for	O
programmers	O
to	O
bring	O
niche	O
experimental	O
games	O
to	O
wider	O
attention	O
without	O
justifying	O
the	O
cost	O
of	O
a	O
full	O
Arcade	O
title	O
with	O
only	O
a	O
limited	O
audience	O
,	O
while	O
still	O
potentially	O
earning	O
some	O
money	O
for	O
the	O
effort	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
closed	O
beta	O
of	O
Community	O
Games	O
was	O
introduced	O
on	O
May	O
21	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
limited	O
to	O
Premium	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
XNA	B-Device
Creators	O
 '	O
Club	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Community	O
Games	O
were	O
introduced	O
with	O
the	O
New	O
Xbox	B-Device
Experience	O
on	O
November	O
19	O
,	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
XNA	B-Device
3.1	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
changed	O
the	O
games	O
to	O
"	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Indie	I-Device
Games	I-Device
"	O
with	O
hopes	O
that	O
it	O
will	O
help	O
increase	O
the	O
"	O
understanding	O
and	O
discoverability	O
"	O
of	O
user-created	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
fourth	O
quarter	O
Dashboard	O
update	O
in	O
2010	O
,	O
the	O
Indie	O
Games	O
tab	O
on	O
the	O
Marketplace	O
was	O
moved	O
to	O
the	O
"	O
Specialty	O
Shops	O
"	O
section	O
of	O
the	O
dashboard	O
,	O
away	O
from	O
where	O
regular	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Arcade	I-Device
titles	O
would	O
be	O
shown	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
,	O
the	O
most	O
successful	O
game	O
on	O
XBLIG	B-Device
is	O
DigitalDNA	O
Games	O
 '	O
CastleMiner	B-Application
Z	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
title	O
on	O
the	O
service	O
to	O
reach	O
one	O
million	O
paid	O
downloads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Indie	I-Device
Games	I-Device
were	O
developed	O
under	O
certain	O
distribution	O
restrictions	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
XBLIG	B-Device
titles	O
lack	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
features	O
found	O
in	O
XBLA	B-Device
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XBLIG	B-Device
games	O
do	O
not	O
have	O
achievements	O
or	O
leaderboards	O
,	O
nor	O
are	O
they	O
listed	O
on	O
a	O
player	O
's	O
"	O
Gamer	O
Card	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
such	O
games	O
can	O
be	O
integrated	O
with	O
other	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	O
Experience	O
,	O
including	O
using	O
multiplayer	O
support	O
,	O
game	O
invitations	O
,	O
and	O
game	O
information	O
on	O
friend	O
lists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XNA	B-Device
also	O
includes	O
support	O
for	O
party	O
chat	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Avatars	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
XBLIG	B-Device
developers	O
were	O
only	O
allowed	O
to	O
publish	O
up	O
to	O
eight	O
titles	O
,	O
but	O
as	O
of	O
January	O
4	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
limit	O
has	O
been	O
raised	O
to	O
twenty	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Indie	O
Games	O
were	O
created	O
and	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	O
service	O
by	O
a	O
four-step	O
process	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Create	O
–	O
Games	O
are	O
written	O
in	O
C#	B-Application
or	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
.NET	I-Language
using	O
the	O
XNA	B-Device
Game	I-Device
Studio	I-Device
framework	O
,	O
allowing	O
the	O
developers	O
to	O
debug	O
and	O
test	O
their	O
game	O
internally	O
before	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
an	O
August	O
11	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
update	O
to	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	O
system	O
,	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Indie	I-Device
Games	I-Device
supported	O
user	O
ratings	O
,	O
a	O
feature	O
which	O
was	O
also	O
applied	O
to	O
other	O
content	O
in	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	O
Marketplace	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
XBLIG	B-Device
games	O
had	O
been	O
developed	O
by	O
students	O
or	O
hobbyist	O
developers	O
,	O
who	O
have	O
invested	O
a	O
minimal	O
amount	O
of	O
money	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
yearly	O
fee	O
for	O
the	O
App	O
Hub	O
membership	O
,	O
to	O
develop	O
their	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
at	O
least	O
one	O
game	O
has	O
incurred	O
much	O
larger	O
development	O
costs	O
:	O
Biology	B-Application
Battle	I-Application
by	O
Novaleaf	O
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Novaleaf	O
Software	O
,	O
took	O
eleven	O
months	O
to	O
complete	O
the	O
game	O
with	O
development	O
costs	O
just	O
under	O
$	O
100,000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
originally	O
planned	O
as	O
a	O
standard	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Arcade	I-Device
title	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
rejected	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
about	O
seven	O
months	O
into	O
the	O
project	O
;	O
Novaleaf	O
decided	O
to	O
press	O
forward	O
and	O
release	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
an	O
Indie	O
Game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
game	O
,	O
Techno	B-Application
Kitten	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
,	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
a	O
smaller	O
developer	O
,	O
XMONOX	O
,	O
who	O
then	O
partnered	O
with	O
design	O
studio	O
Elite	B-Application
Gudz	I-Application
to	O
relaunch	O
the	O
game	O
with	O
gameplay	O
improvements	O
and	O
ports	O
to	O
mobile	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
distributing	O
for	O
XBLIG	B-Device
was	O
relatively	O
easy	O
,	O
games	O
on	O
the	O
platform	O
often	O
made	O
very	O
small	O
earnings	O
,	O
compared	O
to	O
other	O
platforms	O
,	O
prompting	O
many	O
indie	O
developers	O
to	O
move	O
on	O
from	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zeboyd	O
Games	O
,	O
who	O
developed	O
Breath	O
of	O
Death	O
VII	O
and	O
Cthulhu	O
Saves	O
the	O
World	O
for	O
XBLIG	B-Device
,	O
ported	O
the	O
games	O
to	O
Microsoft	O
Windows	O
about	O
a	O
year	O
and	O
a	O
half	O
later	O
;	O
within	O
six	O
days	O
of	O
their	O
release	O
on	O
the	O
Steam	B-Application
platform	I-Application
,	O
the	O
Windows-version	O
sales	O
,	O
roughly	O
$100	O
,	O
000	O
,	O
had	O
surpassed	O
the	O
previous	O
year-and-a-half	O
sales	O
from	O
XBLIG	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developers	O
had	O
come	O
together	O
to	O
promote	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Indie	I-Device
Games	I-Device
with	O
community	O
driven	O
promotions	O
featuring	O
select	O
games	O
,	O
called	O
the	O
Indie	B-Device
Games	I-Device
Uprising	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
had	O
been	O
four	O
"	O
uprisings	O
"	O
,	O
the	O
"	O
Indie	B-Device
Games	I-Device
Winter	I-Device
Uprising	I-Device
"	O
,	O
which	O
took	O
place	O
during	O
December	O
2010	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
"	O
Indie	B-Device
Games	I-Device
Summer	I-Device
Uprising	I-Device
"	O
which	O
took	O
place	O
during	O
August	O
2011	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
"	O
Indie	B-Device
Games	I-Device
Uprising	I-Device
III	I-Device
"	O
which	O
took	O
place	O
during	O
September	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
28	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
Uprising	O
returned	O
with	O
a	O
tribute	O
page	O
showcasing	O
developers	O
that	O
got	O
their	O
start	O
on	O
XBLIG	B-Device
and	O
are	O
now	O
working	O
on	O
projects	O
for	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
thanks	O
to	O
the	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
Microsoft	O
transitioned	O
from	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
to	O
the	B-Device
Xbox	I-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Indie	I-Device
Games	I-Device
program	O
was	O
not	O
brought	O
over	O
to	O
the	O
new	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
XNA	B-Device
software	O
was	O
discontinued	O
in	O
2013	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
September	O
2015	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
emailed	O
developers	O
outlining	O
the	O
end-of-life	O
of	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Indie	I-Device
Games	I-Device
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
has	O
stated	O
they	O
are	O
interested	O
in	O
helping	O
to	O
bring	O
more	O
successful	O
titles	O
from	O
the	O
program	O
into	O
their	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	O
Creators	O
Program	O
,	O
part	O
of	O
their	O
ID	B-Device
@Xbox	I-Device
indie	O
game	O
initiative	O
,	O
to	O
help	O
preserve	O
these	O
titles	O
.	O
</s>
