Published Apr 23, 2026, 5:33 PM EDT Microsoft Gaming is dead, long live Xbox? New Xbox CEO says Microsoft will 'reevaluate our approach to exclusivity' Image: Halo Studios/Xbox Game Studios Xbox 's new leadership is rapidly making changes to Microsoft's gaming division. That starts with the end of "Microsoft Gaming" and a reevaluation of the Xbox team's "approach to exclusivity, windowing, and AI," Chief Content Officer Matt Booty and CEO Asha Sharma said in a memo to employees on Thursday. That letter to employees was later published publicly on Xbox Wire , and it offers some insight into the new way of thinking at Xbox following the departure of former leaders Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond . "'Microsoft Gaming' describes our structure but it does not describe our ambition. So, we are going back to where we started and changing our team’s name," Booty and Sharma said in the memo.…