Tag: Matt Booty
News Four Key Priorities For Xbox's Future Outlined By CEO Asha Sharma & EVP Matt Booty
"We will execute this through four priorities"
We mentioned today as part of our coverage of the massive statement from Xbox leadership on the brand's future that Asha Sharma and Matt Booty had outlined four main priorities for the future, so let's dive deeper into each of those! The first of these priorities is hardware, which encompasses a few...
News Xbox Is Officially 'Reevaluating' What To Do About Exclusivity
Update: Asha Sharma shares more details
There have been rumbles for a while that Xbox might be considering a change to its plans around exclusivity following the arrival of new boss Asha Sharma, and now it's been officially confirmed that this will be "reevaluated". In the massi
News Xbox Leadership Issues Massive Statement On The Future Of The Brand
"We have work to do"
This might be one of the most important messages we've ever seen in the 25 years of Xbox! New boss Asha Sharma and EVP Matt Booty have issued a massive statement to employees (and subsequently the public) today about the future of the brand, outlining how Xbox needs to evolve in the years ahead. It starts off by mentioning that...
Feature Five Things We Want To See From Xbox's New Leadership Team In 2026
In the midst of a massive year for the brand
What a year this is turning out to be already for Team Xbox! We thought it was going to busy with the 25th anniversary celebrations and the releases of Fable, Forza Horizon 6, Gears of War: E-Day and Halo: Campaign Evolved, but we never considered that Phil Spencer would retire and Asha Sharma
News Xbox Won't Back Away From First-Party And Become 'Just A Publisher', Insists EVP Matt Booty
Good to know!
Ever since Xbox started putting its games on other platforms (particularly PS5), there's been speculation about whether the brand could ultimately end up going the way of SEGA during the Dreamcast days and become "just a publisher". Xbox EVP and CCO Matt Booty actually addressed this during yesterday's Windows Central interview,...
News 'We Have Good Reasons To Believe In What's Ahead', Insists New Xbox Chief Content Officer
Matt Booty says navigating change is nothing new for Microsoft
We've already covered the statements from Phil Spencer, Asha Sharma and Satya Nadella following last night's major leadership shakeup at Xbox, but what about
News Xbox Has More Competition From TikTok Than PlayStation, Claims Microsoft Exec
"Our biggest competition isn’t another console"
In the wake of Microsoft's announcement of Halo: Campaign Evolved heading over to PS5 next year, Xbox executive Matt Booty reckons that the platform has more competition from the likes of TikTok than another gaming console these days. Speaking in a new interview with The New York Times, Booty talked...
News Xbox's Matt Booty Talks PS5 Ports, Explains How The Scheduling Works
Specifically in the case of Indiana Jones
Matt Booty, president of game content and studios at Microsoft, has been doing the rounds with media recently to promote Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, and as you'd expect, he's been asked about its upcoming PS5 port. In an interview with Variety, Booty reiterated that Xbox is still making every...
News Xbox Exec Talks 'Honouring Our Craft' As They're Named In Variety's Gaming Leaders List
Matt Booty was recently promoted at Xbox
American magazine Variety has highlighted ten '2024 Gaming Entertainment Leaders' in the past week or so, and Xbox executive Matt Booty has made the list this time around. Booty was recently promoted within Microsoft's new gaming leadership structure - the longtime exec is now President of Game Content and...
News Xbox Exec Provides Reasoning Behind Bethesda Studio Closures
"I’m sharing changes we are making to our Bethesda teams"
We're all somewhat in shock by today's news surrounding the closure of four Bethesda development studios, including the teams behind the likes of Hi-Fi RUSH and Redfall. While it's hard to wrap your head around why Xbox would go out and buy these studios only to shut them down a few years...
News Xbox Is Employing 'A More Focused Strategy' After Merging With Activision Blizzard
"Together we will continue to create amazing games"
Following the Microsoft and Blizzard layoff news posted earlier today, Xbox's Matt Booty has also made a lengthy statement on the company's reasoning behind such a huge round of job losses. Coming by wa
News Xbox's Internal Teams Are No Longer Making Games For Xbox One, Confirms Exec
”We’ve moved on"
It's been clear for quite some time now that the teams at Xbox Game Studios have been focusing on the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S for development on new titles such as Redfall, Starfield, Forza Motorsport and many others — although the likes of Minecraf
News Next-Gen Features Like Ray Tracing Aren't Helping With Delays, Says Xbox Exec
Workload increased
In the wake of COVID-19, we're starting to see a number of notable game delays. Truth be told, development troubles started earlier on in the pandemic, but it feels like it's beginning to come to a head in 2022 with multiple AAA titles moving to next year. In a recent PAX West panel, Xbox's Matt Booty was asked about this very...
News Xbox Exec Claims Crunch At Bethesda Is A Thing Of The Past
"We do not have a situation where people are crunching"
In a new Kotaku report, the outlet has shared details of a recent all-hands meeting featuring Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty. He touched on various aspects of the Xbox business, including the continued handling of its studios and how the company is working on integration with the likes of...
