
XInput
XInput is an API that allows applications to receive input from the Xbox Controller for Windows.
9 Alternatives To XInput

Amazon GameLift
Amazon Gamelift is a dedicated server platform for online video gaming. Notable customers include High Horse Entertainment, Wargaming Mobile, Gearbox Software, Aon Interactive and Proletariat, Inc… read more.

AppGameKit
AppGameKit is a game development platform for mobile devices.
BINK
RAD Game Tools’ web page.

Beast
Music creation and sound synthesis.
FMOD
FMOD Studio is an audio middleware solution and engine for games.
GameAnalytics
Free n’ Fast Game Analytics

OpenAL
OpenAL is a cross-platform 3D audio API appropriate for use with gaming applications and many other types of audio applications.
The library models a collection of audio sources moving in a 3D space that are heard by a single listener somewhere in that space.
PathEngine
PathEngine is a middleware toolkit for the implementation of intelligent agent movement, built around and implementation of points-of-visibility pathfinding on 3D ground surfaces.

Wwise
Game audio engine, designed to give artists more control and save programmers’ time.