Xbox says indies have ‘never been more important’ ahead of Project Helix

We likely won’t know that answer for a long time as Asha Sharma settles into her new role as CEO of Microsoft Gaming, but ID@Xbox is continuing to move ahead at full speed for now. At this year’s Game Developers Conference, Xbox hosted an indie event showcasing demos for 13 games, made by developers from eight different countries. During that event, Polygon sat down with Guy Richards, global director of ID@Xbox, to discuss how the program fits into Sharma’s new vision of Xbox and the upcoming Project Helix. Richards is optimistic that indies will still be core to both of those things, though it’s not quite clear if he’s had direct discussions with Sharma yet on the topic.