Microsoft's newly appointed gaming boss Asha Sharma has made more leadership changes at Xbox, this time hiring a handful of executives to help lead the company that include an industry analyst who said games were losing the attention war to gambling, porn and crypto . …
… Via GamesIndustry.biz , we've learned the developer is expanding its leadership "as it transitions to a multi-project structure" which currently has the studio working on two first-party single-player horror games "plus five more in co-development." Following the Nintendo Switch 2 version of Layers… …
… More legal trouble brewed, as lawyers representing Unknown worlds leadership alleged that the release date was "intentionally leaked" by Krafton . …
… There's also talk of a new Discord partnership , and all this comes as Xbox leadership shares an open to letter about its future , acknowledging, "We have to be honest about where we are; we're a challenger". …
… In addition to Xbox's leadership reshuffle, Sharma also announced another major change within the company: the end of its unpopular AI tool, Copilot. …
… That said, it's unclear what all this means for the support studios that had been working on the game as well." Ubisoft Montréal had been developing the title for "nearly three years" under the leadership of creative director Patrick Redding a Splinter Cell and Far Cry veteran and lead producer Fab… …
… The developer said a transition plan is "underway", and "further updates will be shared as new leadership is finalised". …
… Some internal push happened to get leadership to share the decision with more people, but plans didn't change. …
… I think there's a real rise of creativity that comes from removing some of the tedious tasks about development." Miele's positive comments follow a report by Business Insider last October claiming EA leadership had spent the year "urging its nearly 15,000 employees to use AI for just about everythi… …
… Meanwhile, the anti-DRM distribution platform GOG is seeking to expand its operation under new leadership. …