Rare's Craig Duncan to become head of Xbox Game Studios

[John Elden Ring]

The head of Xbox Game Studios Alan Hartman will retire from the company at the end of November, with Rare boss Craig Duncan taking over.


Hartman is best known for leading Turn 10 and the Forza franchise since 2005, and stepped up to lead Xbox Game Studios last year. He's also worked on hit Microsoft franchises including Age of Empires and Fable.

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[ethomaz]

Do you mean that Craig?

 

[Boswollox]

I hope this guy, seething after 15 years of Microsoft screwing over rare, goes absolutely mentally and starts pumping out Rare games for fun.
Fingers crossed he diverts all resources away from (now) crap like Forza, Halo, Gears and fable and starts churning out some old school classics that Rare used to be known for.

Viva pinata 3, more conker, more fun!

 

[voke]

what even is XGS at this point.

 

[shrike0fth0rns]

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So the guy who runs the studio that has a game stuck in development hell and releases games with no content gets promoted. Nice! Xbox is probably the best publisher to work for if you want to fail upwards. Phil, Matt, Aaron and this guy smh

 

[Fenton]

 

[Bryank75]

Where is Booty now?

 

[Entropi]

I think that’s a good move.

 

[Bryank75]

I think that’s a good move.

Agree, Rare have one of the more dependable parts of xgs

 

[Dick Jones]

Where is Booty now?

Still mismanaging in Xbox Studios.

Booty is higher than this lad. Booty is over Xbox Game Studios, Bethesda and ABK.

 

[CrackmanNL]

For a min I thought they were finally doing something and Booty got fired but yeah he got promoted lol.
Then realised it's the Rare boss which is fitting since here is 0 sign of Everwild since its announcement.

 

[Dick Jones]

For a min I thought they were finally doing something and Booty got fired but yeah he got promoted lol.
Then realised it's the Rare boss which is fitting since here is 0 sign of Everwild since its announcement.

It's like musical chairs but they add a nicer chair after each round and take none away.

 

[Yurinka]

I wish Craig good luck

 

[Hatefield]

They gave booty the boot