Xbox Australia showcases one of the world’s largest ID@Xbox line-ups for PAX AU 2014

Xbox Australia has detailed their plans for PAX Australia this weekend for their ID@Xbox program.

This year, attendees can also join Chris Charla, global head of ID@Xbox, who will be leading a discussion with Australian industry experts on how to build great games for Xbox One and the best ways to get into Aussie game development. Travis Plane, Director of Publishing at Surprise Attack Games, Seon Rosenblum from 3 Sprockets and Benjamin Lee from Blowfish Studios will add their voice to the panel and share their experiences to date with the programme. The panel is open to all PAX guests and will run from 3pm-4pm on Friday 31st October in the Drop Bear Theatre at PAX AU expo.

“It’s great to be able to come to Australia to meet the innovative and cutting edge developers here who are bringing amazing games to the Xbox One,” said Chris Charla, Global head of ID@Xbox. “We’re really excited to be hosting a number of titles from Australian developers at PAX Australia 2014 and allowing attendees to experience the games for themselves.”

Some of the titles on display are listed below

#IDARB - Other Ocean

Aztez - Team Colorblind

Fenix Rage - Reverb Triple XP & Green Lava Games

Gunscape - Blowfish Studios

Hyper Light Drifter - Heart Machine

Knight Squad - Chainsawesome Games

Lifeless Planet - Stage 2 Studios

Lovers In A Dangerous Spacetime - Asteroid Base

Never Alone - E-Line Media & Upper One Games

No Time To Explain - tinyBuild Games

Siegecraft Commander - Blowfish Studios

SlashDash - Nevernaut Games

Spectra - Gateway Interactive

Threes! - Hidden Variable & Sirvo

Unmechanical Advanced Edition - Grip Digital

Volgarr the Viking - Crazy Viking Studios

Chariot - Frima Studio

Screencheat -  Surprise Attack Games & Samurai Punk

Overruled – Team 17

The Escapists – Team 17

If you noticed Screencheat in that list, you would be right. The locally made couch focused shooter is coming to Xbox One.

“Bringing our games to Xbox One is a massive priority for us and we’re delighted to have Screencheat at the Xbox One booth at PAX,” said Chris Wright, Managing Director at Surprise Attack Games. “The support we’ve received from the ID@Xbox team to date has been fantastic. The programme removes so many of the barriers that talented independent teams face in making games for console.”

Be sure to stop by the Xbox Booth to check out the games.