Xbox Live is shutting down its Indie Games program for the Xbox 360, Microsoft told indie developers in an email today.

Effective today, developers cannot purchase or renew annual memberships in the program, though active developers may continue building their games until a year from now, Sept. 9, 2016. On that date, all publishing to the Indie Games Marketplace on Xbox 360 will cease.

For consumers, games on the Indie Marketplace still will be available for purchase until it closes "around September 2017." Then, "around November 2017," Microsoft will issue a final payment to all indie game participants for their wares, whether they meet the $150 minimum payment threshold or not.