Rumours that Phil Spencer is about to retire from his place as the pinnacle of Xbox are unfaithful.
That is in accordance with Xbox comms boss Kari Perez, who instructed The Verge that the exec was not stepping down as the pinnacle of Microsoft’s video games enterprise “any time quickly”.
Phrase that Spencer was on the best way out got here by way of Name of Obligation leaker GhostofHope who took to Twitter to announce the Xbox boss’ departure. They added that Xbox president Sarah Bond could be changing Spencer as the pinnacle of Microsoft Gaming.
Responding to a information story on the matter, Microsoft comms boss Frank Shaw replied saying that the information was totally “made up” on Twitter.
Phrase of Spencer’s departure comes amid a malestrom of dangerous information for Microsoft’s video games enterprise. The Xbox division has been hit with its fourth spherical of layoffs in 18 months whereas initiatives – together with Everwild and Excellent Darkish – have been closed. In the meantime, the corporate’s The Initiative studio is being shut down, too.
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