{"id":33446,"date":"2025-07-02T20:12:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T20:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/33446\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T20:12:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T20:12:10","slug":"phil-spencer-isnt-retiring-as-the-chief-of-xbox-anytime-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/33446\/","title":{"rendered":"Phil Spencer isn\u2019t retiring as the chief of Xbox \u2018anytime soon\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Microsoft says that Phil Spencer, Microsoft Gaming CEO and the head of Xbox, isn\u2019t retiring \u201canytime soon.\u201d The company has responded to rumors of Spencer\u2019s retirement, which have spread online today following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/693535\/microsoft-layoffs-july-2025-xbox\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Microsoft\u2019s major layoffs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">\u201cPhil is not retiring anytime soon,\u201d says Kari Perez, head of Xbox communications, in a statement to The Verge. The denial comes after Call of Duty leaker <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheGhostOfHope\/status\/1940460596995961190\">GhostOfHope claimed<\/a> \u201cPhil Spencer will be retiring from his role as CEO of Microsoft Gaming after the launch of the next generation Xbox\u201d and that Xbox president Sarah Bond would be taking over as CEO of Microsoft Gaming.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">While Microsoft\u2019s comment doesn\u2019t address the rumor fully, it makes it clear Spencer isn\u2019t retiring imminently. Separately, Microsoft communications chief, Frank Shaw, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/fxshaw\/status\/1940481184649433246\">took to X<\/a> to claim that at least part of the rumor was made up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Spencer originally assumed leadership of the Xbox division <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/2014\/3\/31\/5566186\/phil-spencer-head-microsoft-xbox-division\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in 2014<\/a>, a promotion from his role as the boss of Microsoft Studios. As the boss of Xbox, he\u2019s overseen many big initiatives, including the launch of the Xbox Series X \/ S, a huge push into Xbox Game Pass, acquisitions of major companies like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/10\/13\/23791235\/microsoft-activision-blizzard-acquisition-complete-finalized\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Activision Blizzard<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/3\/9\/22319124\/microsoft-bethesda-acquisition-complete-finalized\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ZeniMax Media<\/a>, bringing more Xbox games to platforms like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/661814\/xbox-best-selling-games-ps5-oblivion-minecraft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PlayStation<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/2\/15\/24073691\/microsoft-xbox-games-ps5-nintendo-switch-exclusivity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nintendo Switch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">While Spencer isn\u2019t retiring anytime soon, Microsoft is continuing its big cuts today that have affected Xbox studios and employees. Perfect Dark and Everwild <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/696877\/xbox-perfect-dark-everwild-cancelled-the-initiative-layoffs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">have been cancelled<\/a>, while Forza Motorsport developer Turn 10 Studios will be letting go of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/696676\/microsoft-forza-motorsport-turn-10-studios-layoffs-xbox-cuts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more than 70 staffers<\/a>. Zenimax Online Studios also reportedly canceled a new MMORPG codenamed Blackbird that had been in the works since 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Microsoft says that Phil Spencer, Microsoft Gaming CEO and the head of Xbox, isn\u2019t retiring \u201canytime soon.\u201d The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":33447,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[171,393,252,50,242,158,67,132,68,3768],"class_list":{"0":"post-33446","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-gaming","10":"tag-microsoft","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-tech","13":"tag-technology","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-xbox"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114785469866572325","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}