Xbox 360 And Live Authoring Submission Tool

The (often abbreviated as LAST, though rarely used) was a desktop application bundled with the XNA Game Studio 3.1 and later versions (4.0). Its sole purpose was to bridge the gap between a developer’s PC and Microsoft’s Xbox Live indie ecosystem.

This was the commercial "submission tool." For an annual subscription fee (roughly $99), developers gained access to the . This membership provided the "keys" needed to unlock a retail Xbox 360 for development use. It allowed the console to connect to the PC, receive binary code, and execute it. Xbox 360 and live authoring submission tool