Discreet announced that it is teaming with Microsoft to make its extensive suite of 3D tools available to participants in the Xbox Incubator Program. Starting immediately, Incubator Program members will receive -- at no charge, and for the full term of their membership -- a fully functioning license of 3ds max 4, character studio, and the newly announced reactor physics-simulation extension.

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The Xbox Incubator Program is available to game developers who want to commit resources to developing an Xbox game using an official Xbox Development Kit before securing relationships with major publishers. Only games created with the Xbox Development Kit and distributed by licensed publishers will be available as commercial products.