Rare boss Craig Duncan promoted to Xbox Game Studios chief

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Microsoft is promoting Rare workplace pb Craig Duncan to the caput of Xbox Game Studios, pursuing the status of Alan Hartman. The alteration of enactment comes little than a twelvemonth aft Hartman took on the caput of Xbox Game Studios relation aft Matt Booty was promoted to an expanded president of crippled contented and studios position.

In an email to Xbox employees today, seen by The Verge, Booty shared that Hartman is retiring astatine the extremity of November aft much than 30 years astatine Microsoft. Hartman primitively started astatine Microsoft wrong the CD-ROM radical successful 1988, earlier moving connected Age of Empires, Brute Force, and workplace caput of Digital Anvil. He besides helped recovered Turn 10, the location of Forza Motorsport.

Rare workplace main Craig Duncan volition instrumentality implicit the relation of caput of Xbox Game Studios shortly, with Joe Neate and Jim Horth taking implicit arsenic co-leads of Rare arsenic the squad continues to enactment connected Sea of Thieves and the upcoming Everwild action-adventure game. “In his caller role, Craig volition proceed to absorption connected helping our studios present high-quality, differentiated crippled experiences that tin turn into palmy franchises and scope much players by investing successful caller IP,” says Booty.

Here’s the afloat memo from Matt Booty:

Today I americium sharing quality regarding enactment changes wrong our team. After much than 30 years astatine Microsoft, Alan Hartman is retiring astatine the extremity of November.

Alan’s vocation has been marked by innovation, dedication, and an unwavering passionateness for gaming. Starting arsenic a contractor astatine Microsoft successful the fledgling CD-ROM radical successful 1988, Alan has worked connected a assortment of projects successful his clip here, from Age of Empires, to Brute Force arsenic the workplace caput of Digital Anvil, to the founding of Turn 10. Over the years, Alan, Turn 10 and Playground Games delivered 13 Forza Motorsport and Forza Horizon games, gathering Forza into 1 of the apical racing franchises successful the satellite and regularly pushing the capabilities of our hardware. His enactment to beforehand accessibility successful gaming has acceptable a benchmark for the manufacture and nether his leadership, Xbox Game Studios has shipped aggregate critically acclaimed titles this twelvemonth and acceptable the signifier for highly anticipated games similar Avowed, South of Midnight, Fable, and more.

When seeking our adjacent person to navigate the complexities of our concern and foster the creativity needed for our games to thrive, we collaborated with HR to measure some outer and interior candidates, considering the unsocial demands of the XGS role.

I americium pleased to denote that Craig Duncan volition presume the relation of Head of Xbox Game Studios. Craig brings a wealthiness of acquisition from his tenure astatine Codemasters, Midway Games, and Sumo Digital earlier joining Xbox successful 2011 to pb Rare. During this time, Rare has achieved sustained concern occurrence and developed caller IP, astir notably the ever-evolving Sea of Thieves, a cross-platform franchise with implicit 40 cardinal players.

In his caller role, Craig volition proceed to absorption connected helping our studios present high-quality, differentiated crippled experiences that tin turn into palmy franchises and scope much players by investing successful caller IP. Craig volition study to maine and articulation the Game Content and Studios enactment team, moving intimately with Alan during the transition. The existing XGS enactment squad Alan established volition stay intact and study to Craig.

I americium besides pleased to denote that Joe Neate and Jim Horth volition instrumentality implicit arsenic co-leads of Rare. Their enactment has played a important relation successful Rare’s growth, and I americium assured they volition elevate the workplace and its games to adjacent greater heights.

Please articulation maine successful congratulating Alan connected his status and welcoming Craig, Joe, and Jim into their caller roles.

Matt

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