SEATTLE, WA – Microsoft has named Asha Sharma Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft Gaming, the company announced in messages to employees on February 19. Sharma will ...

Java Development Kit (JDK) 26, a planned update to standard Java due March 17, 2026, has reached its second release candidate (RC) stage. The RC is open for critical bug fixes, with the feature set ...

Not even a full day into her tenure as the head of Microsoft Gaming, Asha Sharma has been posting up a storm on X, sharing her Xbox username and her favorite games. As her previous role at Microsoft ...

“And the thing about games is, if you get good at one game, you can be good at any game. … They’re all hand-eye coordination and observing patterns.” That’s a line from Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and ...

Last week’s surprise departure of Phil Spencer from Microsoft led to the promotion of Asha Sharma, who comes to head Microsoft’s gaming division after two years as president of the company’s CoreAI ...

Asha Sharma has "no tolerance for bad AI" as she takes on the role of Microsoft Gaming CEO and EVP. Speaking to Variety, Sharma said she is "coming into gaming as a platform builder" and that she ...

After the shock resignation of Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond from Xbox last week, the gaming world is attempting to piece together exactly what will happen next to Microsoft’s gaming brand, especially ...

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Friday’s news of a major shake-up at Microsoft’s Xbox division caught the gaming world by surprise. Phil Spencer, who has run Xbox for almost 12 years, announced his retirement, effective ...

To the surprise of absolutely nobody at all, the gaming community reacted with hostility when Phil Spencer retired from Microsoft Gaming and previous CoreAI president Asha Sharma took his place as CEO ...

Over the last few years, Microsoft has been bringing its big exclusive franchises to rival platforms like PlayStation and Switch. Satya Nadella even said he wanted to “get rid of” console exclusives — ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet. Late Friday, Microsoft announced an enormous shakeup of ...