Xbox Live Productions

Xbox Live Productions

Infobox_Company
company_name = Xbox LIVE Productions
company_
type = Video game developer
company_slogan =
foundation = 2008
location = Redmond, Washington, U.S.
key_people =
num_employees =
industry = Computer and video game industry
homepage =
products =
owner =
parent = Microsoft

Xbox LIVE Productions is a Redmond, Washington-based video game developer created internally by Microsoft Game Studios in 2008 in order to create "high quality digital content" for Xbox Live.cite web| author=Joe Keiser|publisher=Next-Gen.biz|date=2008-05-22|accessdate=2008-08-14|title=EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: MS to Delist XBLA Titles|url=http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10620&Itemid=2 ] cite web| author=|publisher=Microsoft|work=Xbox.com|date=2008-07-14|accessdate=2008-08-14|title=Xbox.com - XBLA Round Up|url=http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/e3-2008/xbox-live-arcade.htm ]

History

On January 30, 2008 Microsoft began hiring for Xbox Live Digitally Distributed Games (DDG) team, described as "a newly formed organization focused on digital distribution of games via Xbox Live Marketplace".cite web| author=David Edery|publisher=Game Tycoon|date=2008-01-30|accessdate=2008-08-14|title=Game Tycoon Blog Archive: Xbox Live Arcade is Looking for Producers|url=http://www.edery.org/2008/01/xbox-live-arcade-is-looking-for-producers/ ] cite web| author=|publisher=Microsoft|date=2008-01-25|accessdate=2008-08-14|title=Job Details - Microsoft Careers|url=http://members.microsoft.com/careers/search/details.aspx?JobID=864B2388-452E-4E01-93DA-D865D009DDCC ] Shortly after, internal studio Carbonated Games was disbanded on March 27, 2008, with some employees being folded into this new group.

General manager of Xbox Live, Marc Whitten, officially announced the studio on May 22, 2008. The first game to be released under the new label was "Fable II Pub Games" on August 13, 2008.cite web|url=http://gamerscoreblog.com/team/archive/2008/08/07/560488.aspx|title=Fable II : Pub Games - August 13th|author=Sara Nicholson|work=Gamerscore Blog|publisher=Microsoft|date=2008-08-07|accessdate=2008-08-14]

Games

*"South Park (working title)" — Xbox 360 (2009, in development)
*"Fable II Pub Games" — Xbox 360 (2008)

Video content

Xbox Live Productions will also produce exclusive video content for Xbox Live.

Announced at Comic-Con 2008, the first original programming will be a series of free comedic short films, each less than ten minutes in length.cite web| author=|publisher=The Dallas Morning News|date=2008-07-26|accessdate=2008-08-14|title=Microsoft to distribute films on Xbox Live; Sony studies options for PlayStation Network|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/stories/DN-xboxlive_0726gl.ART.State.Edition1.4e1e5bd.html ] The pilots will be directed by established horror film directors including James Wan, David Slade, James Gunn, Lucky McKee, and Marcus Nispel.cite press release | title=So Funny, It’s Scary: Hollywood’s Top Horror Directors to Bring Original Comedy Pilots to Xbox 360 This Fall|publisher=Microsoft|date=2008-07-23|url=http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2008/jul08/07-23ComicConXboxLivePR.mspx|accessdate=2008-08-14] The pilots will also be distributed via MSN and Zune Marketplace.

References

External links

* [http://www.microsoftcasualgames.msn.com/ Official website]


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