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Xbox's First COO Helen Chiang Exits After Three Months - What the Empty Seat Means for the Reset
Xbox's first standalone COO, Helen Chiang, left Microsoft on 23 October 2026 after roughly three months in the job, with no successor named as Asha Sharma's reset continues.
Xbox's Reset Isn't Over: Reportedly Planned Layoffs Through January and an À La Carte Game Pass Overhaul
October 2026 was already circled on Xbox's internal calendar. According to a report from Fortune's Sebastian Herrera published October 20, it is one of three months in which the company's leadership...
Xbox's Restructuring Isn't Over: Reportedly Three More Layoff Waves Planned Through January
When Matt Booty addressed Xbox staff on September 22, the message in his "Continuing Our Reset" memo was one of nearing the finish line. The actions taken since July, he wrote, had brought the...
Next-Gen Xbox "Project Helix" Could Cost Up to $1,800: What the New Report Actually Says
A $1,800 console sounds like a typo. According to a new Fortune report , however, that is a number Microsoft has reportedly modeled internally for its next-generation Xbox, codename Project Helix. To...
Former Black Ops Dev Calls Out Xbox's PlayStation Port Windfall: "It's Hard to Watch"
Former Black Ops Dev Calls Out Activision's PlayStation Port Windfall: "It's Hard to Watch" Two Call of Duty titles old enough to have voted in a general election quietly arrived on PlayStation in...
House House's Xbox Boycott: Why Big Walk Is Skipping Microsoft on Principle
When Big Walk launched on August 4, 2026, it did so without an Xbox version. The omission might have read as a scheduling quirk, the kind of platform gap independent releases sometimes carry for a...
Forza Horizon 6 Comes to PS5 on January 26, 2027 - And It's Bringing an Expansion With It
Forza Horizon 6 Hits PS5 in January 2027, With an Expansion in Tow Forza Horizon 6 has been available on Xbox Series X|S and PC since May 2026. Now, PlayStation 5 owners reportedly have a date:...
Xbox's XP Division: Inside the Company's Second Big Bet on Hollywood
Xbox wants to be "the number one entertainment company in the world." Xbox has made this promise before, and it lasted two years. In 2012, the company launched Xbox Entertainment Studios with a...
Gears of War: E-Day Review - A Franchise Triumph Launching Into Xbox's Darkest Hour
There is a particular kind of tragedy in watching something good arrive at the worst possible moment. Gears of War: E-Day is precisely that: a critically praised, technically stunning return to form...
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma Says Xbox Is 'Not for Sale' - But the Restructuring Tells a More Complicated Story
"Xbox is not for sale." Four words, delivered to The New York Times in a profile published September 30, 2026, and designed to end months of speculation that Microsoft was preparing to offload its...