Reshuffling at XBOX

Started by Legend, Mar 09, 2015, 08:10 PM

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Legend

http://news.xbox.com/2015/03/xbox-kudo-xbox-announcement?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

QuoteKudos leading new Xbox teams, in UK (Rare, LH, PP) and Twisted Pixel plus working with other partner studios like Remedy (Quantum Break), Platinum (Scalebound), Cloudgine (Crackdown)
Hanno Lemke of Black Tusk moving to London to be GM of UK studios and PressPlay
Mentions Lionheads new IP, I think.
John Needham who is the head of Lionhead moving back to Redmond to head Hololens development and other new IP
Wil Mozell of Big Park now head of MS Studios Canada (Black Tusk and BigPark)
"Gears new soon"
Talks about not making core products for Kinect which they will do for Hololens and PC

Summary from gaf

kitler53

can you summarize the summary?   i need talking points here.
         

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DerNebel

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Geez, if that Kudo Tsunoda guy ever loses his job at MS he could easily teach a class on how to look like a slimy douchebag, take of those stupid sunglasses man.

Edit: God dang, he has an eye condition, I'm an idiot.

kitler53

read gaf thread.   lol at all the sunglass wearing remarks.
         

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kitler53

Quote from: DerNebel on Mar 09, 2015, 08:21 PM
Geez, if that Kudo Tsunoda guy ever loses his job at MS he could easily teach a class on how to look like a slimy douchebag, take of those stupid sunglasses man.

haha,.. apparently he has an eye condition that makes him sensitive to light.  i don't know if that's true but i read it on the internet.
         

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DerNebel

Quote from: kitler53 on Mar 09, 2015, 08:29 PM
haha,.. apparently he has an eye condition that makes him sensitive to light.  i don't know if that's true but i read it on the internet.
Yeah just read it as well. Now I feel bad.

Mmm_fish_tacos

He could pick some better sunglasses?

Dr. Pezus


Raven

Okay so I'm not clear on what exactly just happened. Did Phil Spencer lose control of a lot of Microsoft's studios or is he now just less directly involved with them?

Legend

Quote from: Raven on Mar 09, 2015, 11:58 PM
Okay so I'm not clear on what exactly just happened. Did Phil Spencer lose control of a lot of Microsoft's studios or is he now just less directly involved with them?
When he was promoted,no one filled in his old place. Now those roles are being filled.

Or at least someone on gaf said that.

darkknightkryta

Quote from: Legend on Mar 10, 2015, 12:09 AM
When he was promoted,no one filled in his old place. Now those roles are being filled.

Or at least someone on gaf said that.
So what's he doing now?

Legend

Quote from: darkknightkryta on Mar 10, 2015, 02:33 AM
So what's he doing now?

He's the top dog of xbox as a whole.

In terms of Sony, he went from Yoshida to Andrew House.