Xbox Game Studios executives leave amid shakeup

Xbox Game Studios boss Craig Duncan steps down. Chief of staff Louise O’Connor also departs www.thegamebusiness.com/p/xbox-game-...

Microsoft’s head of Xbox Game Studios, Craig Duncan, and the Xbox Game Studios chief of staff, Louise O’Connor are both leaving the company. Microsoft is also reportedly planning to shut down Compulsion Games, the studio behind South of Midnight www.theverge.com/games/949964...

I've been saying since mid-2022: The Activision buyout, specifically the regulatory response that led to Microsoft reading the $100b tab they'd racked up buying Xbox studios the prior 5y, will go down as one of the most catastrophic in game history. Nobody wins, especially not consumers.

I'ma really need high level game folk to start holding these people accountable. Some of y'all went to Summer Game Fest and acted like everything was fine with Xbox and the other studios and then acted surprised when those same people announced they're closing studios and having layoffs. Like..

in one week, Xbox went from hosting a fan festival, giving interviews, and announcing games to layoffs, sudden pivots, and now potentially closing or spinning off studios, including one that announced a game the week prior. in case you needed more reason to not take their statements at face value.

Former Rare Studio Head Craig Duncan, who had been promoted to head of Xbox Game Studios, is stepping down from his role and leaving the company alongside Xbox Chief of Staff (and former Rare stalwart) Louise O'Connor.

Looking back at this list from the 2021 era and it's hard not to be sad at this fumble of talent and potential. Xbox could have laid a solid foundation to build a diverse lineup that any other publisher would be envious of. Instead they got layoffs, closures, or survivor's guilt and an escape plan.

Xbox Game Studios boss Craig Duncan has announced he's leaving the company, 18 months after taking on the job. Former Everwild producer Louise O'Connor is also leaving her role as Xbox chief of staff. vgc.news/news/xbox-st...

Microsoft's Xbox Game Studios boss steps down after less than two years, amid major changes for the platform www.eurogamer.net/xbox-game-st...

The head of Xbox Games Studios has stepped down along with the Chief of Staff, following the CEO's statement of a need to "reset the business". The firm's internal studios will report to Matt Booty until a replacement is found. www.gamesindustry.biz/xbox-game-st...

Several Microsoft studios are now reportedly in negotiations to spin off or close, including Ninja Theory, which just announced a new game at the Xbox Showcase.

xbox: “all the ppl we hand picked as management from the studios we bought are fleeing and we’re planning on closing (another) studio that made our most interesting game in years please look forward to halo/forza/gears and our next gen $1000 console that may not may not include a controller”

Xbox likes to talk a big game about its prestigious studios and a robust portfolio it manages - but actions state something else entirely.

xbox is becoming synonymous with game studios under its umbrella not being safe from closure regardless of if games produced by the studio win an award or not, and that's not good

The shutdown of Compulsion Studios JUST after South of Midnight is complete and utter bullshit. And yeah, it’s racism. The amount of hate this game got was asinine. Microsoft is genuinely useless because this is EXACTLY WHY XBOX IS A DYING SECTION OF GAMING. WE AINT HAD A GOOD XBOX ERA SINCE ??????