The company has changed the app age rating submission process

Sep 25, 2013 23:46 GMT  ·  By

The Redmond-based tech giant Microsoft has just announced that developers are now provided with an easier way to submit app age ratings to the Windows Store, which should contribute to a streamlined process of getting more Modern software on the platform.

From now one, users can simply upload the GDF XML file on the age rating and rating certificates page in the developer dashboard, instead of including an age rating in every created app using the GDFMaker tool.

“This new process dramatically reduces the number of steps required to add third-party age ratings to your app, and removes the possibility of making an error when adding GDF files to your app packages,” Microsoft says in a blog post.

Basically, Microsoft hopes that making it easier for devs to get their apps in the Store would significantly increase the number of those who port software to Windows 8.

The lack of apps was one of the major setbacks of the new OS, ever since October 2012 when Windows 8 came to life, so Microsoft is trying to fix this ahead of the 8.1 launch.