… The new appointments are as follows: Jared Palmer former CoreAI VP of product – VP of Xbox engineering Tim Allen former CoreAI president of design – CVP of Xbox Design Jonathan McKay former CoreAI head of growth – Xbox head of growth Evan Chaki former CoreAI general manager of AI innovation – Xbox … …
For Xbox, the changes have been coming in thick and fast. Under new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma, Microsoft's gaming division has already made a flurry of pro-consumer changes to the platform. …
… While showing this slide off during his keynote presentation, Microsoft's VP of Xbox gaming devices & ecosystem Jason Ronald noted the interfaces have small differences "because we think about things like screen size, or things like input modalities." Still, it's the goal of Ronald and the Xbox tea… …
… A unified Xbox–PC platform changes that equation. Studios can focus on a strong PC build that scales across desktops, handheld PCs such as Steam Deck, and Xbox hardware. Xbox becomes another endpoint for a PC-native game, rather than a separate technical target. …
… I'm also curious about how Xbox as an ecosystem interacts with Windows 11. Assuming the Xbox interface stands alone from Windows 11, what happens if the Xbox app on Windows plays a different version of the same game? …
… The company is dropping the Microsoft Gaming identity and returning fully to Xbox branding, while outlining a vision that spans console, PC, cloud, and mobile as a single connected ecosystem. …
… In addition to these new leaders, Sharma is also elevating a handful of long-time Xbox veterans into new positions within her organization: Jason Ronald: Ronald is a long-time veteran of both Microsoft and Xbox, beginning as a senior lead program manager for Microsoft Game Studios back in 2006 and … …
… As part of this new Xbox shake-up, Roanne Sones, corporate vice president of Xbox devices and ecosystem, will be “taking a leave of absence after this summer and will be staying on as an advisor.” Sones previously reported up to Bond, and helped lead the launch of the Xbox Ally devices. …
… Jason Ronald, the vice president of Xbox’s gaming devices and ecosystem, responded, saying that Project Helix “will be available as a 1st party Xbox console.” Project Helix will be available as a 1st party Xbox console. — Jason Ronald @jronald April 21, 2026 Ronald doesn’t dispute the speculation t… …