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Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond Retiring from Xbox, Replaced by President of Microsoft's AI Group
The monkey paw curls another finger.
IGN has an exclusive report that says Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer will retire on Monday, February 23. This is according to "sources familiar with the matter who are not authorized to speak publicly." IGN has obtained emails announcing Spencer's retirement along with several other key changes about to hit Microsoft's Xbox division.
Sarah Bond, the current president of Xbox, has also resigned. Bond was "long thought...
New OD Trailer: Kojima & Peele's New Horror Game Revealed
OD and PT are both two letters. Think about it.
Hideo Kojima revealed the first trailer for OD, the upcoming horror game being worked on for Xbox Game Studios. The new trailer was shared during the Kojima Productions: Beyond the Strand event.
As previously announced, the game will star Sophia Lillis. The trailer shows as as Lillis' character navigating a creepy house and attempting to light candles before someone comes knocking.
Microsoft Makes Massive Cuts to Xbox - 9,000 Employees Laid Off, Perfect Dark and Everwild Cancelled
Phil Spencer's legacy continues to grow.
Microsoft has confirmed that they are laying off upwards of 9,100 employees. This accounts for roughly 4% of its total workforce. This is also the third round of layoffs made at the company over the past few months.
Microsoft's Xbox division and slew of owned development studios, collectively known as Microsoft Gaming, are hit the hardest. Several games, both announced and not announced yet, were cancelled.
Microsoft Really wants to Release Games on Switch 2 Too
Xbox? Never heard of it.
Phil Spencer seems to be super keen on releasing a number of Microsoft developed games on Nintendo's upcoming Switch 2 console. On the latest episode of the Gamertag Radio podcast, Spencer says that Microsoft is "really looking forward to supporting [Nintendo] with the games that we have."
Microsoft is already no stranger when it comes to multi-platform game releases. Titles such as Grounded and Pentiment were already released on the...
Xbox Confirms PlayStation 5 Releases, Diablo 4 on Game Pass, and Future Hardware Plans
No, Starfield and Indiana Jones are not going multi-platform any time soon.
The heads of Xbox stayed true to their word and were indeed a part of a special edition of the Official Xbox Podcast. During today's pre-recorded podcast and subsequent blog post, head of Xbox Phil Spencer stated that four Xbox exclusives are going to be multi-platform releases. Is it Starfield? Indiana Jones? Gears of War? Halo?!
No, no, no, and no.
Though Spencer did not specify what those four titles ...
Heads of Xbox to Discuss the Future of Xbox Business on Special Thursday Podcast
This week, on a very special episode of the Official Xbox Podcast...
That whole "vision for the future of Xbox" is happening this week. Specifically, it looks like it will happen on Thursday, February 15 at 3PM (ET) during a special edition of the Official Xbox Podcast.
Xbox took to at least one of their social media channels to announce that this special Official Xbox Podcast will include Phil Spencer, Sarah Bond, and Matt Booty. These three are the Head of...
Xbox to Outline Their 'Vision for the Future of Xbox' Next Week
This might have something to do with the recent Xbox multi-platform rumors.
Over the weekend several stories came out suggesting that Microsoft was about to reveal their plans to bring select first-party Xbox titles to platforms such as PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch. In those recent reports, sources have claimed that Microsoft may bring some first-party offerings such as Starfield, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Hi-Fi Rush, and even Gears of War to non-Xbox platforms....
Microsoft Lays Off 1,900 People from Gaming Divisions
Impacted teams include Activision Blizzard, Xbox, and ZeniMax.
Layoffs are happening again within Microsoft as roughly 1,900 employees are being let go. The initial report comes from an IGN report that says the layoffs hit Microsoft owned Activision Blizzard, Xbox, and ZeniMax.
Xbox lead Phil Spencer sent out a memo to staff which announced these layoffs. In the memo, Spencer says that as Microsoft is "committed to aligning on a strategy and an execution plan with...
It's Finally Over - Activision Blizzard Joins Xbox
As it turns out, this corporate version of Mr. Bones' Wild Ride does actually end.
Activision Blizzard King are now officially a part of Team Xbox. As of today, all Activision Blizzard studios and their teams are a part of the Xbox division at Microsoft. This also means that Activision Blizzard IPs such as Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Candy Crush Saga, and hundreds more are now owned by Microsoft.
This entire saga of a tale began back on January 18, 2022...
Xbox's Phil Spencer Really Wanted to Buy Nintendo, Valve, WB Games
Spencer says Nintendo's future "exists off of their own hardware."
More information has come from the leaked documents in the court battle between the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Microsoft over the proposed purchase of Activision Blizzard. First was the mid-gen refresh for Series X|S, then came the leaked schedule for Bethesda's games, then we learned about the next-gen Xbox hardware. Now, we learn that head of Xbox Phil Spencer really, really wanted to purchase Nintendo....
Microsoft Makes Concession to Get Baldur's Gate 3 Out on Xbox in 2023
Phil Spencer pulled some strings to help get the game out this year.
Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian Studios announce that they have found a way to bring Baldur's Gate 3 to Xbox Series X|S this year. This news came after Larian founder Swen Vincke had a meeting with Xbox's head honcho Phil Spencer.
Vincke says that after the meeting with Spencer they have "found a solution that allows us to bring Baldur's Gate 3 to Xbox players this year." Remember that the...
Bloomberg Reports on What Led to Redfall's Downfall
Development so troubled that developers hoped it would just get cancelled.
It may come as no surprise to you to hear that the development of Redfall from Arkane Austin was plagued with issues at all levels. This includes a lack of oversight from Xbox management, staffing issues, and an ever changing design basis for the game itself. When Redfall launched last month, it was met with plenty of poor review scores from critics and players. It was filled with a myriad of technical bugs,...
Redfall's Disastrous Release is Phil Spencer's Fault
The Head of Xbox assumes "full responsibility."
Blame Phil. Really, he said it's ok to blame him. For what? For the overwhelmingly negative response to the recent release of Redfall. And, which Phil are we blaming? Phil Spencer, of course. The Head of Xbox himself says that he takes "full responsibility" for that game and the everything that's wrong with it.
Spencer's noble self-sacrifice here was shared during a lengthy interview on the Kinda Funny...
Microsoft Agrees to 10-Year Xbox Game Commitment with Nintendo and Nvidia
The deal will bring some titles to Nintendo platforms and Nvidia's streaming services.
Microsoft has agreed to a 10-year deal that will bring Xbox titles to Nvidia's cloud streaming services and to Nintendo platforms. This is being done in an effort to appease antitrust regulators that still feel as though Microsoft's $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard would lead to anti-competitive behavior or even a monopoly.
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