14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft is putting a lot of effort in order to sway the Xbox-resistant market of Japan in favor of its next-gen console, the Xbox One, and the company now boasts yet more unannounced games are coming to its platform.
The Redmond-based company is organizing hands-on events and promising new games at launch, in addition to the already solid line-up, some of which are especially tailored to the Japanese gamer preferences.
Platinum's Scalebound is one of the high profile Xbox One exclusives coming to the Land of the Rising Sun, but Microsoft has also announced a ton of smaller games coming to Japan this year.
ID@Xbox, the self-publishing program for indie developers, has already secured the presence of Keiji Inafune's Mega Man successor, the crowdfunded Mighty No. 9, and the initiative's director Chris Charla has confirmed that more games are on the way, but has said that he can't disclose anything yet, as it's up to the creators to do that when they're ready.
The appeal of ID@Xbox is not limited to Japan by any means, and Charla adds that the amazing games that indie devs have created and will continue to create are not limited by geography.
"If I showed you a map with all the locations we've had applications from, it's almost every country on Earth. Where great games are getting made is around the world. Japan, the US, China, Belgium - there are amazing developers all over the world. It's pretty cool to see all those games on the way for ID@Xbox," Charla told TotalXbox.