Please support Game Informer. Print magazine subscriptions are less than $2 per issue
news
Microsoft Reorganization Includes A New Xbox President And Studios Leader
Hot off the heels of officially acquiring Activision Blizzard earlier this month for a colossal $69 billion, Microsoft is reorganizing some of its top leadership in its gaming division. This news comes from a new report at The Verge, which writes that Microsoft head of studios and corporate vice president Matt Booty has been promoted to president of game content and studios, and that Microsoft corporate vice president Sarah Bond has been promoted to Xbox president. She will oversee all Xbox platform responsibilities.
The Verge also reports that after 32 years, chief marketing officer Chris Capossela is stepping down from Microsoft.
In Booty's new position, he will "lead an expanded organization inside Microsoft Gaming that now includes ZeniMax and Bethesda," according to the publication. In an internal memo obtained by The Verge, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer says, "ZeniMax will continue to operate as a limited integration entity led by Jamie Leder, President and CEO, reporting to Matt."
Matt Booty
Spencer's memo speaks more to this "expanded organization" inside Microsoft Gaming, noting that an organization that enables Xbox Game Studios and ZeniMax's teams to collaborate effectively will ultimately "empower those world-class studios to do their best work in growing our portfolio of games players love." Spencer also writes that Bond will lead a team meant to "manage the platform of today, and build the platform of tomorrow" in an effort to bring together "Devices, Player & Creator Experiences, Platform Engineering, Strategy, Business Planning, Data & Analytics, and Business Development."
Sarah Bond
With Capossela stepping down, Microsoft executive vice president and commercial chief marketing officer Takeshi Numoto now holds the chief marketing officer role at the company.
Elsewhere in the report, The Verge writes that Microsoft corporate vice president and consumer chief marketing officer Yusuf Mehdi will now work as Microsoft executive vice president and consumer chief marketing officer. And finally, the publication reports that Microsoft is moving its consumer sales organization to Spencer's Microsoft Gaming team, it will be led by Ami Silverman.
For more, be sure to read The Verge's full report here. In the meantime, read about how Microsoft has officially acquired Activision Blizzard and then check out this list of every Activision Blizzard franchise Xbox now owns.
[Source: The Verge]
How do you feel about these Xbox and Microsoft leadership changes? Let us know in the comments below!
On
On
Off
Off
Products In This Article
I’d like to ask you to support Game Informer’s continued coverage of games with a subscription. For less than two dollars per issue, we mail you a full year of 10 print magazines, each with cover stories and preview features filled with exclusive details about the most exciting upcoming games. We profile and interview game creators. We look back on the rich history of gaming, and we celebrate what’s next.
Here on the website, we offer much of our content for free, including game reviews, daily news, videos, event coverage, and more – all with minimal ads.
We do so with a small editorial team, alongside contributing paid writers from around the world – over 65 individuals from 9 countries around the world, just in the last couple of years.
It’s not possible without support.
In a time when game makers and games coverage have faced hard struggles and layoffs, the future of this 30+ year magazine and community is at risk. Our new standalone magazine subscription is the number one way you can keep us alive – and we believe you’ll get a pretty fantastic gaming magazine in your mailbox every few weeks for your trouble.
Thank you.
