Internal memo: Xbox hires game industry analyst Matthew Ball as chief strategy officer, and names Scott Van Vliet, who led Azure AI infrastructure, as Xbox CTO
The second major Xbox leadership changes this month. … Microsoft has recruited game industry analyst Matthew Ball as Xbox chief strategy officer.
The Verge Tom Warren
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@timsweeneyepic
Tim Sweeney
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That's quite a world class team being assembled and foreshadows serious dedication to the future of gaming for Windows, Xbox, Minecraft, Call of Duty, and the many world class studios in the Microsoft family.
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Tae Kim
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This hire is a literal game changer. Matthew Ball @ballmatthew knows gaming and what needs to be done. This news makes me the most bullish I've been on XBOX in SEVEN years.
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@timsweeneyepic
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Matthew Ball, author of the famous 2020 essay (and later book) on the evolution of gaming toward the metaverse, has joined Microsoft as Chief Strategy Officer for gaming. https://www.matthewball.co/...
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Tae Kim
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HOLY CRAP. Brilliant hire. Microsoft took my advice! Congrats to @ballmatthew CSO of XBOX!!! “Hey @ballmatthew, they should have just hired you and me to take over. We would have done a better job.”
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Paris Marx
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microsoft is getting back on the metaverse train
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Xbox expands leadership team with two new major hires. — Matthew Ball is joining as Chief Strategy Officer and Scott Van Vliet joins as Chief Technology Officer. — www.thegamebusiness.com/p/xbox- expan... [image]
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