Sarah Bond, Xbox president, has revealed a number of attention-grabbing particulars in a brand new e mail despatched to staff. Bond is establishing a brand new workforce devoted to sport preservation. This workforce is tasked with ensuring that the present Xbox sport library stays accessible sooner or later for gamers amid the ever-evolving local weather of technological and {hardware} leaps.
Bond wrote within the firm e mail (as reported by Home windows Central), “We now have fashioned a brand new workforce devoted to sport preservation, vital to all of us at Xbox and the trade itself.”
Microsoft additionally confirmed to Home windows Central that the contents of the e-mail had been real, therefore confirming the institution of the sport preservation workforce. It has additionally been reported that Microsoft will converse extra about this on the Xbox Showcase, which can happen on June 9, 2024 (as reported by The Verge).
Govt Kareem Choudhry leaves Xbox
Home windows Central additionally reported the departure of Xbox government Kareem Choudhry who’s leaving Microsoft after over 26 years of service. At Microsoft, Choudhry was engaged on Microsoft’s AI plans for Xbox together with the brand new Xbox AI chatbot. He was additionally an vital a part of Xbox’s efforts to allow backward compatibility help and was a key member within the introduction of Xbox Cloud Gaming in 2019.
Xbox will observe Sea of Thieves’ efficiency on PS5
The Verge’s Tom Warren has mentioned that Sea of Thieves will probably be a “key take a look at for whether or not different video games would possibly make their solution to PS5 or Nintendo Swap.” Sea of Thieves will be part of PlayStation on April 30. The once-exclusive Xbox sport will probably be becoming a member of Pentiment (launched on February 22), Hello-Fi Rush (March 19), and Grounded (set to launch on April 16).
“Sources acquainted with Microsoft’s plans inform me that the corporate continues to guage different Xbox-exclusive video games coming to PS5,” mentioned Warren.