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A group called H4LT has managed to leak the official Xbox One developer SDK, potentially opening the door for homebrew applications as well as giving unapproved developers the ability to create unofficial software for the system. The leak was announced via H4LT's Twitter account, the group also provided screenshots of the SDK's files.
This doesn't mean that any knowledgeable programmer can suddenly start releasing games for the Xbox One though, developers aiming to get on to the Xbox Store have to register and be approved by Microsoft. However, with the SDK now being public, it does mean that modifications could be made to the console over time.
H4LT has said that there is no definite exploit at the moment that would allow developers to run homebrew applications, but the group does hope that someone familiar with the inner workings of Windows 8 will be able to dig through the files and find something.
The group is claiming that the reason behind the leak is to allow the community get creative. Microsoft has yet to officially comment on this but it will likely want to try and bury the leak.
This comes just ahead of Microsoft's upcoming Windows 10 event, where the new Xbox PC application will be revealed.
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KitGuru Says: Developers still need a license to launch games on the Xbox Store but with this SDK now being public, it is only a matter of time before someone figures out how to modify the system to run unsigned code, thus opening the doors for homebrew apps. It will be interesting to see how Microsoft responds. That said, part of the company's original vision was to turn every single Xbox One in to an SDK. What do you guys think Microsoft will do?
Do you reckon this will spawn the possibility for an Xbox One emulator?
That’s a very good point. Although, does and Xbox use a custom BIOS?
i think it will more likely let us crack xbox and run every game we want with Dark Xbox Live 😀 just need a host for those multiplayer servers
note sure, but we do know it used everyday PC components so there is hope
And that during E3 befor The Xbone lunch they used PC’s with Titans for all the Demos 😛
Another negative from this is all the multiplayer hacking that will probably arise. Remember what happened to call of duty (mostly MW2) on the previous gen consoles?
2 first i was excited then i realized i can emulate anything (almost) on my phone… I see no need to bother with emulation on this gen moving forward. Look @ the back catalog of games we have, you can play forever for free if you really tried. 🙂
Xbox One uses 3 different OS’s at the same time, so I’ve read at least.
Sounds thoroughly retarded.
You can just do backwards engineering too. This not happening would’ve just prolonged the current “grace period”. Not that they aren’t already hacking.
Hue.
Doesn’t matter, Mac computers also have a custom BIOS and that’s emulated. You can now build your own Hackintosh using off the shelf parts, and for the most part everything works perfectly as if it were a real Mac.