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March 2023 Microsoft Game Development Kit (GDK) release notes

Introduction

Welcome to the March 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 March 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.

March 2023 GDK update 5

Issue fixes

Xbox services

Fixed an issue where XblCleanupAsync would never complete when called without any ongoing requests. [45364143]

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. [45264919]

March 2023 GDK update 1

Notifications

Lighting

As of the March 2023 recovery, the GDK Lighting API only supports the following devices on console. Support for additional devices will be added in future recovery releases.

  • Razer Turret for Xbox One (keyboard and mouse)
  • Razer BlackWidow Tournament Edition Chroma V2

Issue fixes

Packaging

Fixed an issue where makepkg pack would not create a package if the source files were read-only.

Xbox service

PlayFab Party titles that use peer-to-peer (P2P) for connectivity will now fall back to relayed connectivity if P2P connectivity is disrupted and unrecoverable.

March 2023 GDK

Breaking changes

If you're updating from a GDK version earlier than October 2022 GDK Update 2, check the release notes for previous releases for additional breaking changes that might affect you.

Notifications

Visual Studio

Side-by-side GDK uninstall issues

A bug in Visual Studio Installer version 17.4 can cause GDK components in Visual Studio 2019 and Visual Studio 2022 to work incorrectly after installing multiple GDK versions side-by-side on the same PC. The installer can also cause GDK uninstall failures.

This bug is fixed in Visual Studio Installer versions 17.4.6, 17.5.3 and 17.6.

Release notes

GDK Tools

Fixed a known issue where using the Visual Studio 2022 Debug Quick Resume option could result in a failure to launch the title error message.

Input

Improved support for Japanese keyboard layouts in GameInput.

Xbox services

Live Trace Analyzer (LTA)

Added checks to the LTA tool to detect if an Azure PlayFab title is using a known sample titleid. The tool now returns a red failure that indicates that a sample titleid is being used and must be configured to use a non-sample titleid prior to being shipped to retail.

PlayFab

Added the PlayFab SDK Unreal Marketplace Plugin and GitHub Source to the ongoing official GDK compatibility matrix. Both releases were tested and are compatible with the March 2023 GDK and later.

Documentation

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

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