Iron Galaxy's 2D fighting game Divekick is coming to Xbox One, as are Shoot Many Robots , SpyParty, and a ton of other games from notable developers both small and large. "And let me emphasize," said Microsoft's Chris Charla , "this is just a sampling of the many developers who are part of the program."

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Ryse: Son of Rome and Crysis developer Crytek (which recently employed God of War's Todd Papy ) is pursuing self-publishing on Xbox One via Microsoft's ID@Xbox program , and Drinkbox Studios (of Gucamelee fame) is currently developing an Xbox One game.Xbox One will soon welcome games from Double Fine, Team 17, Ninja Bee, Zen Studios, Panic Button, Definition 6, Zeboyd Games, Signal Studios, Half-Brick, Inis, Comcept, Behaviour Interactive, Team Colorblind, Double Eleven, Slightly Mad Studios, High Voltage Software, Gaijin Games, The Men Who Wear Many Hats, Way Forward, Other Ocean, Jackbox Games, Hidden Path, Happion Labs, Capy, The Odd Gentlemen, and Nicalis.Based on that enormous list, it's possible this means we'll see The Broken Age, Mighty No. 9, Guacamelee, Super TIME Force, Warhammer 40K: The Eternal Crusade, Worms, Zen Pinball, The Collectibles, Cosmic Star Heroine, and other known quantities coming to the next-gen console, in addition to other unannounced projects. These development teams will bring their games to Xbox One in "early 2014," Charla said.Microsoft and Unity recently joined forces to make Unity free for Xbox One developers in 2014.

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