Fez 2 Not Coming To Xbox Live

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Fez 2 Not Coming To Xbox Live

Microsoft may have gone back on most of their policies, but it seems Microsoft is still unwilling to let indie developers self-publish their games on Xbox Live. This news comes after Fez 2 was announced last week. Now, according to the game’s developer, Phil Fish, it won’t be coming to Xbox Live. This means that Fez 2 will not be available on either Xbox 360 or the Xbox One, when it’s finally released.

 

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Fish told Polygon that Microsoft’s inability to let indie developers self-publish their games was the main reason he decided not to release the game on Xbox Live. In a series of Tweets later Fish continued to explain his reasoning to some clearly upset Xbox users who were unhappy about Fez 2 not being released on Xbox Live.

He replied to a tweet asking why Fez 2 won’t be coming to Xbox live, to which he said “I’m independent and I don’t have a publisher. I can’t release games on xbone”. He later reiterated what he already said Tweeting “Id love to release my games on every platform, but Microsoft is making it impossible for me to release on theirs. It’s a shame”