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June 2023 Microsoft Game Development Kit (GDK) release notes

Introduction

Welcome to the June 2023 Microsoft Game Development Kit release. You can use the GDK to develop games that can be certified and approved for release on Windows 11 PCs and Windows 10 PCs.

About this document

We have organized this document into the following sections.

What's new in the June 2023 Microsoft Game Development Kit

  • The GDK is released in two types: Major (focused on features, three times a year) and Updates (focused on fixes, as often as needed).
  • To view the full What's New section, see the online version of What's New.

June 2023 GDK Update 1

Issue fixes

GDK tools

Fixed an issue that caused the Microsoft Game Config editor to scale incorrectly when the PC was set to a non-English language.

Services

Fixed an issue where XblCleanupAsync would never complete when called without any ongoing requests.

June 2023 GDK

Breaking changes

If you're updating from a GDK version earlier than March 2023 GDK Update 3, check the release notes for previous releases for additional breaking changes that might affect you.

Services

Microsoft Azure PlayFab APIs that previously took XToken in the request structure now take XUserHandle.
The following requests are affected.

  • PFInventoryRedeemMicrosoftStoreInventoryItemsRequest
  • PFFriendsClientGetFriendsListRequest
  • PFAccountManagementClientLinkXboxAccountRequest

A compile error now occurs when XToken is used in these APIs.

Notifications

Xbox services

Multiplayer Session Directory and SmartMatch features deprecation timeline

We're announcing a deprecation timeline for new titles that use the MPSD and SmartMatch features in the GDK. These features will be deprecated by March 2024 and will be replaced with Microsoft Azure PlayFab Lobby and PlayFab Matchmaking. Titles should use Multiplayer Activity (MPA) for XR compliance. Developers can continue to use their own in-house or third-party multiplayer services in combination with MPA. We'll begin warning on API usage in the October 2023 GDK.

New titles will lose access to these features in March 2024. There will be a process for applying for exceptions after March 2024. Existing titles will continue to have access to the GDK APIs past that date. However, new titles will be prevented from access in Partner Center to configure SmartMatch Hoppers or MPSD Session Templates unless these titles are given an exception. For more information, members of a managed program can see MPSD deprecation on the GDK forums.

Issue fixes

Services

Fixed an issue where Xbox Services API (XSAPI) real-time event callbacks weren't invoked on XTaskQueue that was provided to XSAPI during initialization.

Fixed a rare crash in Achievement manager that was caused by retrieving un-cached achievements during a Real-Time Activity service resync.

Documentation

You can view the documentation online at Game Development Kit (GDK) documentation.

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