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Microsoft’s new Xbox chief starts making her mark

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23 Apr
‘We Are Xbox’: read the memo defining Microsoft’s gaming future

Microsoft's new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has laid out a new strategy for what she describes as a "return of Xbox." In a joint memo with Xbox Chief Content Officer Matt Booty, Sharma

REPORT · WHO · The Verge TechOPEN STORY
1 Jul
Xbox’s ‘reset’: all the news about Microsoft’s looming layoffs and studio closures

Xbox is making some big changes — again. On June 10th, a few months after Asha Sharma took over as CEO, she and newly-promoted chief content officer Matt Booty sent a memo to

REPORT · WHO · The Verge TechOPEN STORY
12 Jun
In a recent message sent to employees, Microsoft Gaming CEO Asha Sharma and Xbox Studios chief Matt Booty laid out a brutal self-assessment that they say necessitates a wholesale “Xbox reset.”

In a recent message sent to employees, Microsoft Gaming CEO Asha Sharma and Xbox Studios chief Matt Booty laid out a brutal self-assessment that they say necessitates a wholesale

OPINION · WHO · Ars TechnicaOPEN STORY
5 May
Microsoft’s new Xbox shake-up is all about platform changes

Microsoft's new Xbox chief, Asha Sharma, has spent the past couple of months making her mark on the Xbox organization. After focusing on highly requested Xbox console features,

REPORT · WHO · The Verge TechOPEN STORY
20 Oct
Xbox CEO is reportedly planning three more rounds of layoffs

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma is planning new rounds of layoffs for sometime this month, November, and January, according to Fortune. In July, as part of an organizational "reset," Sharma

REPORT · WHO · The Verge TechOPEN STORY
23 Apr
Microsoft’s new Xbox chief is ‘reevaluating’ exclusive games

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma held an all-hands meeting this morning and laid out her strategy for a "return of Xbox" with employees. While rebranding Microsoft Gaming back to Xbox was

REPORT · WHO · The Verge TechOPEN STORY
7 May
During a roughly 40-minute all-hands, sources tell @tomwarren.co.uk that Sharma laid out a four-point action plan for Xbox employees, focusing on several areas in turn: hardware, games, platform, and

During a roughly 40-minute all-hands, sources tell @tomwarren.co.uk that Sharma laid out a four-point action plan for Xbox employees, focusing on several areas in turn: hardware,

OPINION · WHAT · The VergeOPEN STORY
16 Apr
Microsoft’s new Xbox chief starts making her mark

Microsoft’s new Xbox chief starts making her mark

OPINION · WHO · The VergeOPEN STORY
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