Tools and middleware providers - XBOX Game Development Documentation

Date updated: April 14, 2026 Access to middleware and tools for development on the Microsoft Game Development Kit (GDK) requires confirmation of your licensed developer status. Please use the following automated form to request access to the products listed below. If you already have a provider that you require to create your XBOX game title, and if that provider is not included in the list that follows, then please send mail to xbmw@microsoft.com. We will do our best to work with all providers you specify in your request.

Company	Tools	URL
AccelByte Inc.	AccelByte Gaming Services	accelbyte.io
atmoky	trueSpatial	atmoky.com
Audiokinetic	Wwise	audiokinetic.com
Babelflux LLC	NavPower	navpower.com
Backtrace I/O	Backtrace	backtrace.io
BugSplat	BugSplat	bugsplat.com
Coherent Labs	Coherent Gameface Coherent Prysm	coherent-labs.com
Confetti Interactive Inc.	Aura - Dynamic Global Illumination Ephemeris - Dynamic Skydome System PixelPuzzle - Post-Processing Pipeline	theforge.dev/products/
CRI Middleware	CRI ADX CRI Sofdec	criware.com/en/
Crytek GmbH	CRYENGINE	crytek.com
Discord	Discord Social SDK	discord.com/developers/social-sdk
Dolby	Dolby Atmos Dolby Vision	games.dolby.com
Elias Software	Elias 4	eliassoftware.com
EmbodyVR	Immerse Personalized Spatial Audio Middleware Plugins	embody.co/gamedev
Epic Games	Unreal Engine Epic Online Services (EOS)	unrealengine.com
Firelight Technologies	FMOD	fmod.com
Gallant Games	InControl	gallantgames.com/pages/incontrol-introduction
Games2Gether SASU	games2gether	games2gether.com
Guavaman Enterprises	Rewired	guavaman.com/projects/rewired/
Havok	Havok Physics Havok Cloth Havok AI	havok.com
JetBrains	Rider	jetbrains.com/rider
MIRAISENS, Inc.	AMPTIX™	miraisens.com/amptix
mod.io	mod.io SDK and plugins	mod.io
Molecular Matters	Live++	liveplusplus.tech
Moon Collider	Kythera AI	kythera.ai
Noesis Technologies	NoesisGUI	noesisengine.com
Nvidia	PhysX SDK	developer.nvidia.com/gameworks-physx-overview
OC3 Entertainment, Inc.	FaceFX	facefx.com
Open 3D Engine	Open 3D Engine (O3DE)	o3de.org
Overwolf	CurseForge for Studios	studios.curseforge.com
Persistant Studios	PopcornFX	popcornfx.com
Pixel Crushers	Dialogue System	pixelcrushers.com/dialogue-system
Pragma	Backend Game Engine	pragma.gg
RAD Game Tools, Inc.	Bink Video Miles Sound System and Studio Telemetry Performance Visualization System Oodle	radgametools.com
Redpoint Games	EOS Online Subsystem	redpoint.games
ReadSpeaker	ReadSpeaker	readspeaker.ai
Sauce Labs	Sauce Labs - Error Reporting	saucelabs.com/products/error-reporting
Sentry	Sentry (sentry.io)	sentry.io
Sickhead Studios	MonoGame for XBOX	monogame.net
Simul Software Ltd.	trueSKY	simul.co
High Horse Entertainment	SnapNet	snapnet.dev
Spark Creative	Spark Gear	spark-group.jp/gear/
Speech Graphics	Speech Graphics Real-time SDK	speech-graphics.com
Superluminal	Superluminal	superluminal.eu
Toolchefs	Atoms Realtime for Unreal Engine	atoms.toolchefs.com
Unity Technologies	Unity Voice and Text Chat (Vivox) Unity Gaming Services - Authentication SpeedTree	unity.com/games unity.com/products/vivox-voice-chat docs.unity.com/en-us/authentications unity.com/products/speedtree
W4 Games	Godot	w4games.com
YoYo Games	GameMaker	gamemaker.io