Commissar SFLUFAN Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 Microsoft reorgs its Xbox and marketing teams to prepare for an AI and gaming future - The Verge WWW.THEVERGE.COM A big shake-up ready for Activision Blizzard and the future of AI. Quote Microsoft is reorganizing its Xbox gaming and marketing leadership, less than two weeks after acquiring Activision Blizzard. Microsoft is promoting Matt Booty to president of game content and studios, including the new responsibility of ZeniMax, and Sarah Bond to Xbox president, overseeing all Xbox platform and hardware work. On the marketing side, chief marketing officer Chris Capossela is stepping down after 32 years at Microsoft. The Xbox changes mean Booty will now lead an expanded organization inside Microsoft Gaming that now includes ZeniMax and Bethesda. “ZeniMax will continue to operate as a limited integration entity led by Jamie Leder, President and CEO, reporting to Matt,” explains Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer in an internal memo obtained by The Verge. Booty’s expanded role should help Microsoft Gaming avoid scenarios like Redfall in the future, with Microsoft clearly focusing on better collaboration between the teams it acquired with the ZeniMax / Bethesda acquisition. The memo from Phil can be found here: Read Phil Spencer’s full Microsoft memo on the new Xbox leadership changes - The Verge WWW.THEVERGE.COM The Xbox chief details the key gaming leadership changes at Microsoft. Quote Microsoft announced some big changes to its Xbox and marketing leadership today. Sarah Bond is being promoted to Xbox president, leading all Xbox platform and hardware work. Matt Booty is now the president of game content and studios, including overseeing Bethesda and ZeniMax studios. Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer sent an internal memo to Xbox employees today, detailing all the key changes. The Verge has obtained Spencer’s memo, and you can read it in full below: The new organizational structure: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 Matt Booty is ass. He hasn’t done a great job with Microsoft studios but sure give him more to fuck with. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 30 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: Microsoft reorgs its Xbox and marketing teams to prepare for an AI and gaming future - The Verge WWW.THEVERGE.COM A big shake-up ready for Activision Blizzard and the future of AI. The memo from Phil can be found here: Read Phil Spencer’s full Microsoft memo on the new Xbox leadership changes - The Verge WWW.THEVERGE.COM The Xbox chief details the key gaming leadership changes at Microsoft. The new organizational structure: Looking at "Stuart" and "Silverman" makes me wonder if this was generated by AI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 Sarah Bond promotion is nice though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dodger Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 Wonder who replaces Kotick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 6 minutes ago, Dodger said: Wonder who replaces Kotick. ME Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 13 minutes ago, Dodger said: Wonder who replaces Kotick. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy4000 Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 The staff numbers are hugely telling about what type of operation Microsoft is running now. No one should have any illusions about them being disadvantaged anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercury33 Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 MS sure loves its buzz words. If only they loved making games as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 Microsoft shares rise as Wall Street heralds ‘strong execution,’ wider AI rollout WWW.GOOGLE.COM Analysts praised Microsoft's results and expressed optimism about the company's product pipeline, including Microsoft 365 Copilot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 8 hours ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: Microsoft reorgs its Xbox and marketing teams to prepare for an AI and gaming future - The Verge WWW.THEVERGE.COM A big shake-up ready for Activision Blizzard and the future of AI. The memo from Phil can be found here: Read Phil Spencer’s full Microsoft memo on the new Xbox leadership changes - The Verge WWW.THEVERGE.COM The Xbox chief details the key gaming leadership changes at Microsoft. The new organizational structure: I hope this is like when Facebook renamed itself Meta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPCyric Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 18 hours ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: I suspect we see Call of Duty move to an every two year release schedule and some of those developers get to work on other IP's to avoid CoD consumer burnout (and also because they won't have to release the non-CoD games on other systems). Would be great if they got the license to release the High Moon Transformer games on Gamepass and for fucks sakes let Vicarious Visions do their own thing again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy4000 Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 35 minutes ago, DPCyric said: Would be great if they got the license to release the High Moon Transformer games on Gamepass and for fucks sakes let Vicarious Visions do their own thing again. You mean Blizzard Albany? The Blizzard support studio? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPCyric Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 2 hours ago, crispy4000 said: You mean Blizzard Albany? The Blizzard support studio? Yes free them from their shackles! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkStar189 Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 3 hours ago, DPCyric said: I suspect we see Call of Duty move to an every two year release schedule and some of those developers get to work on other IP's to avoid CoD consumer burnout (and also because they won't have to release the non-CoD games on other systems). Would be great if they got the license to release the High Moon Transformer games on Gamepass and for fucks sakes let Vicarious Visions do their own thing again. It would be nice if they would. I’ve been on an every two year thing with CoD for a while now. I need that year break between each one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 If they didn't have a COD every year people wouldn't know what to do. Talk to any casual person and the only game they know is COD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 Microsoft is bringing AI characters to Xbox - The Verge WWW.THEVERGE.COM Xbox developer tools are on the way for AI NPCs and more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 From Star Wars to Starfield, voice actors hit out at Microsoft's AI decision: "If you want to start a voice-acting career, don't bother" | GamesRadar+ WWW.GAMESRADAR.COM Microsoft's recent announcement has made the industry's future look bleak for voice actors Quote Elias Toufexis, who is mainly known for their role as Adam Jensen in the Deus Ex series and Sam Coe in Starfield, has tweeted their frustration over Microsoft's announcement, saying: "I've said it for years now. If you want to start a voice-acting career, don't bother." The actor continues: "All those jobs of nameless background NPCs that gave us all our start in the industry… they're all going away. I'm already bitter." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted November 7, 2023 Author Share Posted November 7, 2023 6 minutes ago, Remarkableriots said: From Star Wars to Starfield, voice actors hit out at Microsoft's AI decision: "If you want to start a voice-acting career, don't bother" | GamesRadar+ WWW.GAMESRADAR.COM Microsoft's recent announcement has made the industry's future look bleak for voice actors As I mentioned in @CastletonSnob's thread about the Inworld AI deal, with this technology, the interactions with the NPCs in future Bethesda RPGs are gonna be truly something "special" in the future 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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