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The XDS Advisory Committee is made up of industry leaders who play a key role in supporting the advancement of external development within the games industry. One of our newest members, Nikki Roth, shares some of her industry experience, and...Read More

We are incredibly excited to release this year's Industry Insights Report on External Development. The report is packed with invaluable info including: TOP FACTORS considered when developers select partners Annual AVERAGE SPEND on external development The #1 place service providers...Read More

In our latest video release, Ciaran Daly and Stephen Broadley from Sony London share how they developed tools and workflows to support fully scalable, high volume and integrated development teams across the world, including for their upcoming title Blood &...Read More

In our recent video post, Max Belanger of Eidos Montreal and Richard Turek of Virtuos Games reveal how they structured collaborative development around a series of core principles to create an environment where creativity could flourish in the making of Shadow...Read More

Monolith Producer Philip Dennison shares his XDS Ignite 2018 presentation and spreadsheet in which he calculates the conditions under which engaging an external team for long-term work, even when you can’t be sure they’ll always be fully busy, can be...Read More

Wondering what the top tools are for external development?  Want to know the top ten reasons developers engage service providers? Curious about the outlook for AR/VR in external development? You can discover this and more in our highly anticipated 3rd...Read More