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Microsoft’s gaming leadership has flipped the script this week: a senior AI executive is now running Xbox, the longtime face of the division is stepping aside, and the new leaders are promising a “Return to Xbox” that explicitly starts with hardware, culture, and a resistance to what they call...

Microsoft’s Xbox division entered a decisive new chapter this week as longtime leader Phil Spencer stepped back after a 38‑year Microsoft career and Asha Sharma — until recently an executive in Microsoft’s CoreAI organization — assumed the top job at Microsoft Gaming amid the simultaneous exit...

Phil Spencer’s decision to step away from Microsoft Gaming and the elevation of Asha Sharma to CEO is not just a personnel change — it’s a structural pivot that tests whether Xbox remains a company that serves players or one that primarily serves corporate scale and platform calculus. Background...

Microsoft’s gaming leadership has changed hands in a dramatic reset: Asha Sharma, a senior Microsoft AI executive with a background at Meta and Instacart, will lead Xbox and the broader Microsoft Gaming organization as Phil Spencer retires, Xbox president Sarah Bond departs, and Matt Booty is...

Phil Spencer’s decision to step away from Microsoft Gaming marks more than an executive shuffle — it signals a deliberate pivot in strategy, leadership DNA, and the role of artificial intelligence in the future of Xbox and the broader gaming ecosystem. rview Phil Spencer’s retirement after...

The switch at the top of Microsoft’s gaming empire — with longtime leader Phil Spencer retiring and Asha Sharma stepping in as Executive Vice President and CEO of Microsoft Gaming — has set off one of the loudest, most polarized moments in Xbox history: a mix of cautious optimism inside the...

Microsoft’s gaming arm turned a page this week as long‑time Xbox leader Phil Spencer stepped away and Microsoft moved an artificial‑intelligence product executive, Asha Sharma, into the top job — a change that immediately signals a strategic reset for Xbox, a renewed emphasis on console players...

Microsoft’s cloud and AI engines — the same infrastructure the company says it polices through terms of service — are now the focus of a renewed debate over corporate responsibility after leaked documents showed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) dramatically expanded its Azure...

Phil Spencer’s decision to step away from Microsoft marks the end of a defining chapter for Xbox and the broader gaming business he helped build, and it ushers in an abrupt leadership reset that places an AI executive at the head of a highly creative, performance‑sensitive industry. After nearly...

Microsoft’s gaming business entered a new chapter on February 20, 2026, when Satya Nadella tapped Asha Sharma, a senior Microsoft AI executive, to lead Xbox and the broader Microsoft Gaming organization—while long‑time leader Phil Spencer announced his retirement and Xbox president Sarah Bond...

Tim Stuart, long-serving finance chief for Microsoft Gaming, is set to move from his role as Xbox CFO to become chief operating officer of ZeniMax Media in January 2026, while Xavier Pokorzynsk will assume the CFO duties for Microsoft Gaming — a change that tightens financial leadership across...