Tag: Phil Spencer
News Phil Spencer Gives Special Shoutout To Upcoming Xbox Game Pass Indie
It's called "Mixtape", and the Xbox boss LOVES the soundtrack
We saw a lot of upcoming Xbox Game Pass titles during the summer showcase season this year, and one that perhaps flew under the radar a bit was Mixtape - a title that was featured during the Summer Game Fest 2025 livestream. This is an upcoming 2025 adv
News Phil Spencer Hypes Up Clockwork Revolution Following Xbox Games Showcase Reveal
"I knew it would be one of the real standouts"
InXile Entertainment's Clockwork Revolution wasn't announced for the first time at the Xbox Games Showcase this past weekend, but we did get a proper gameplay reveal that seemed to attract unanimous praise from Xbox fans. And, in an interview following the event, Xbox boss Phil Spencer hyped up the...
News Phil Spencer Says 2026 Is Going To Be 'A Really Special Year' For Xbox
He also explains why some big games are skipping 2025
Towards the end of Xbox's big summer showcase this year, boss Phil Spencer came out to introduce Call Of Duty: Black Ops 7 - but not before he championed the ROG Xbox Ally and
News Xbox & Windows Worked 'As One Development Team' To Make The ROG Xbox Ally
"This is the tightest collaboration I've seen"
Since the Xbox Games Showcase wrapped up this past weekend, you've probably seen lots of PX content on the ROG Xbox Ally — because we're incredibly excited about it — and now Xbox boss Phil Spencer has chimed in on just how much work went into making the ASUS handheld a reality. Talking on a fresh...
News It Sure Sounds Like We're Getting A New Halo Game In 2026
Is this what Phil was talking about?
Towards the end of the Xbox Games Showcase 2025, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer mentioned how a new Fable, Gears, Forza and the "return of a classic" would be releasing in 2026 - as we've highlighted elsewhere on Pure Xbox: <related ids="183609"> A lot of people took that "return of a classic" mention...
News Phil Spencer Teases Four Massive Xbox Games For 2026, Including A New Forza
Maybe new Halo as well?!
In a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment at the end of the Xbox Games Showcase today, Xbox boss Phil Spencer teased four massive Xbox games coming out in 2026, including two that we've never heard about before! Phil listed the new Fable, Gears of War: E-Day, a new Forza game (!) and an unknown "return of a classic": "I'm...
News Phil Spencer Teases 'Surprises You Won't Want To Miss' For Sunday's Xbox Showcase
Bring it on, Phil
We haven't heard much from Xbox boss Phil Spencer recently, but he's suddenly made a surprise appearance on Twitter ahead of Sunday's Xbox Games Showcase 2025, and he's certainly hyping up the big event! In his post, he advised that he's been "sworn to secrecy" about what'll be featured in the Xbox Showcase this year, but it's...
News Xbox Boss Teases Even More 'Unannounced' Games In The Pipeline For 2025
"I'm making sure I don't leak anything"
Xbox's release slate for 2025 is looking pretty strong already, with the likes of Avowed and South of Midnight already shipping, and then DOOM: The Dark Ages and The Outer Worlds 2 to come - but Xbox boss Phil Spencer also sounds pretty excited about what's not been announced for this year yet. Talking in a...
News Xbox Boss Says Microsoft Remains Committed To Developing New IP
"We can do new IP. We can do new games"
In a fairly wide-ranging interview with outlet Variety this week, Xbox boss Phil Spencer was asked plenty of questions about the Microsoft Gaming business, including how Xbox Game Pass is faring these days. However, when posed a question about
News Phil Spencer Discusses Why Xbox Game Pass Isn't For Everyone These Days
"I look at Game Pass as a healthy option for certain people"
Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass service has been a huge part of its gaming plans in recent years, with much of the team's marketing involving Xbox Game Pass availability in some fashion. However, Team Xbox has begun broadening its horizons lately by releasing titles on platforms that don't...
News Phil Spencer 'Very Excited' About Xbox Handheld Plans For 2025
"We've teased and talked..."
With ASUS seemingly teasing an Xbox handheld last week, there's been a lot of talk about the device in the days ever since, and Xbox boss Phil Spencer has also teased something to do with handhelds happening in 2025. In an interview with iJustine, Spencer mentioned that his team have "teased and talked" about handheld...
Video Phil Spencer Shows Off 'Secret Xbox Lab' For Next-Gen Hardware
"Where the next generation of Xbox is being crafted"
Microsoft is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the company, and as part of those celebrations, "Today" has provided an exclusive look at what it's calling a "secret Xbox lab" where the next generation of Xbox is being made. Now, annoyingly, we can't embed the video in here at the time of...
News Xbox's Phil Spencer On Film & TV Shows: We're Gaining Confidence, We're Going To Do More
"We’re learning and growing through this process"
We've seen Xbox delving into the TV and Film realm quite a few times over the past few years, and according to Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer, there will be more examples as the team continues to learn and gain confidence. Speaking to Variety this week, Spencer acknowledged that there may be...
News Phil Spencer 'Excited' About Xbox Copilot, An AI Tool That Helps Players Finish Games
"This experience puts players at the centre"
Microsoft has today announced that its AI Copilot software will be usable on games in the near future - with Xbox Insiders getting "an early preview on mobile soon". Copilot for Gaming, as it's being introduced, is an "AI-driven sidekick designed to be your personalised gaming companion, helping you get...
News Xbox Will Be 'Honest & Transparent' About Platforms In Future Showcases, Says Phil Spencer
"I just want to be transparent with people"
So far, Xbox's move towards putting games out on other platforms has felt hesitant at times, but that should change in future - according to Microsoft Gaming's CEO. In a recent interview with Phil Spencer himself, the Xbox boss mentioned that Team Green will be "honest and transparent" about the platforms...
News Phil Spencer Says Xbox Is Done Trying To Convince PS5 & Switch Players To Move Over
"I’m not trying to move them all over"
Over the weekend, a fresh Phil Spencer interview dropped where the Xbox boss talked lots about the future of Microsoft's gaming business - including what's next for the team and its desire to release games wherever players want to play. When asked about 'becoming SEGA' and effectively going third-party, Phil...
Talking Point It's Been A Year Since Phil Spencer Announced The 'Xbox Business Update' Event
What followed was a turning point for Xbox
As we move further and further into 2025, Xbox's multiplatform approach is now a very tangible reality, but at one time it seemed like an unbelievable change of course for a console platform holder. That time, funnily enough, was exactly one year ago today - when boss Phil Spencer ended rampant speculation...
News Phil Spencer's Recent Gears Activity Has Nothing To Do With Rumoured Remasters
He's simply been training the rook
A week or so ago, Gears fans with a keen eye spotted Xbox boss Phil Spencer revisiting the old Xbox 360 games for the first time in over a decade - prompting fresh discussion about a potential 'Marcus Fenix Collection', as has long been rumoured. While the boss has neither confirmed nor de
News Xbox's Phil Spencer Had A Big Role To Play In The Creation Of Ninja Gaiden 4
"We were having difficulty deciding on a plan"
Ninja Gaiden 4 was the big surprise of the Xbox Developer Direct last week, and many were surprised to see Xbox publishing a PlatinumGames / Team NINJA (Koei Tecmo) title in the first place - which is down to Phil Spencer! In an interview with Game Watch re
News Phil Spencer Shares His Aspirations For Xbox Before He Reaches Retirement
"Let's stay willing to take risks..."
It's been over 10 years now since Phil Spencer became the head honcho of Xbox, and in another ten years, he will have reached retirement age in the United States. Sorry Phil, we swear we're not trying to make you sound old! With this in mind, he was asked by interviewer Destin Legarie over the weekend about his...
News Xbox Boss Dismisses Idea Of Removing The Series S Parity Clause
"I think about it in almost exactly the opposite way"
Ever since the Xbox Series S was first released back in 2020, we've heard very occasionally from developers who have had a tough time getting their games onto it - Baldur's Gate 3 was the most high-profile example to date. In fact, during that saga, it was mentioned that Xbox had parity clauses...
News Xbox Fans Hoping For 'Marcus Fenix Collection' News After Phil Spencer Revisits Gears Classics
Update: Phil shuts down the speculation
Remember a few years ago when some sort of Gears of War remastered collection seemed to be constantly churning away in the rumour mill? Well, those rumours have died down quite a lot over the last year or so - but Xbox boss Phil Spencer's recent gaming activity is getting people's hopes up once again...
News Phil Spencer Shares His Xbox 'Year In Review', And He's Been Very Busy In 2024
"So many fun games this year"
Earlier this week, Microsoft launched its 'Xbox Year in Review' tool for 2024, and of course - we've all been checking and comparing our personal stats here at PX HQ. However, we're also curious about what other folks have getting up to on Xbox this year - and following on from Snoop Dogg's reveal yesterday, Phil...
News Xbox Boss Phil Spencer Congratulates Departing PlayStation Exec On Their 'Amazing Career'
"Congrats on an amazing career at PlayStation"
Longtime Sony executive Shuhei Yoshida has announced their departure from PlayStation this week, and Xbox boss Phil Spencer has sent the exec a warm message - as he prepares to leave one of Microsoft's biggest competitors in the gaming space. Taking to Twitter early this morning, Phil sent his...
News Xbox's Phil Spencer Knows How Annoying The Forza Horizon 4 Situation Is
He says he's "very careful" about taking on licenses
All the way back in June, it was announced that Forza Horizon 4 would be getting delisted on the Xbox Store beginning December 15th, and unfortunately we'd been expecting it for a while - it always happens with Forza games! Why? Well, there are licensing deals attached to these titles (think of...
News Xbox Boss Provides Multiple Reasons Why A 'PS5 Pro' Competitor Isn't Necessary
Phil doesn't see the need for it
Xbox boss and Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has talked on a couple of occasions about why he doesn't really feel the need for a PS5 Pro competitor, but this is the first time he's talked about since the console actually came out. His view hasn't changed though. Speaking to Rolling Stone this week, Spencer told...
News Phil Spencer Explains Why 'This Is An Xbox' Will Be Beneficial To Console Owners
"We’ll definitely do more consoles..."
The whole "This is an Xbox" campaign that Microsoft unveiled yesterday really spelled out a key new message - that Microsoft is trying to consider every single gaming device as something that you can play Xbox games on. We knew it'd prove controversial, and it has been. The main source of controversy comes...
News Phil Spencer Thinks Stalker 2 Could Be An Xbox Game Of The Year Contender
"The quality has really come a long way"
It's official, folks, we're less than a week away from Stalker 2 hitting Xbox Game Pass - and Microsoft's gaming boss thinks that the open-world shooter could be a real GOTY contender in 2024. Speaking with Game File, Phil Spencer was asked about the upcoming title and its
News Phil Spencer: I Can't Talk About Black Myth: Wukong's Xbox Status
"I can't announce that"
It's been a weird Xbox journey for Black Myth: Wukong so far. The game was originally expected to launch on Microsoft's consoles alongside the PS5 release, but then was suddenly delayed back in June for Xbox specifically. Why? Well, the developer advised that it was for "quality standards" reasons, but rumours suggested that...
News Is Xbox Successful Right Now? Phil Spencer Shares His Thoughts
"We need to be creative and adaptive..."
It's been a weird year for Xbox, right? There have been plenty of successes (and hopefully more to come with the likes of Stalker 2, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and Indiana Jones on the way), but a few negative moments as well. We've seen jobs that have been lost,
News Xbox Boss Says Everything Is On The Table When It Comes To PS5 Ports
"I do not see sort of red lines in our portfolio"
Ever since Microsoft started releasing some of its titles on Sony's PS5, there've been rumours that certain franchises won't ever move over - but Xbox boss Phil Spencer has thrown that notion out of the window in a new interview. Chatting with Bloomberg, the Microsoft Gaming CEO said that there ar
News Xbox's Phil Spencer Confirms Handheld Plans, But Don't Expect One Anytime Soon
"We want to be informed by learning"
Xbox boss and Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has been talking again today about the rumoured Xbox handheld that's said to be in the works, with Spencer confirming that plans are in the works to (hopefully) create one. However, in his interview with Bloomberg, he made sure to point out that it's a longer-term...
News Xbox Boss Namedrops Marvel's Blade & Everwild Following Recent Studio Visits
Phil has been busy!
As of late, the Xbox exec team have been a bit quieter on social media, especially in the wake of Microsoft's recent studio closures and developer layoffs. However, Phil Spencer has been breaking that trend recently with a return to the Threads platform - and the boss has delivered some interesting Xbox Game Studios updates over...
News Xbox's Phil Spencer Is Clearly Loving Metaphor: ReFantazio Right Now
How about you?
Metaphor: ReFantazio has been out for a week now on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, and we can confidently say it's one of our top games of 2024. It's so good that we even gave it an "Outstanding" 10/10 review here at Pure Xbox! Xbox boss Phil Spencer has clearly been loving his time with the game as well, as he took to the social...
News Xbox Japan Takes Us Through A Tokyo Game Show Journey, Featuring Phil Spencer
The boss got busy playing Xbox in Japan
Earlier this week, we spotted Phil Spencer re-emerging on social media with a bunch of TGS 2024 content, and now Xbox Japan has pulled back the curtain on the Xbox boss's trip to the Japanese gaming convention. Posting on Xbox Wire, the Japanese arm of the site has shared an inside look at what Phil,...
News Xbox Boss Phil Spencer Gets Busy Meeting Loads Of Japanese Devs At TGS 2024
Square Enix, Konami, Capcom and more!
It was a busy old Tokyo Game Show for Xbox, with the team delivering a jam-packed showcase full of new reveals from Japanese studios last week. However, TGS is also a bit of an industry get together in the region, and boss Phil Spencer has been making good use of his time over in Tokyo. Posting out to Instagram...
News New Tango Gameworks Publisher Praises Xbox Boss, Reveals More On Hi-Fi RUSH 2
"He has been incredibly accommodating"
It's been just over a month since the former Xbox-owned studio Tango Gameworks was acquired by South Korean publisher Krafton, and the head of corporate development (Maria Park) has been speaking about the move this week. Park touched on a number of topics during the interview, including how "incredibly...
News Phil Spencer Congratulates Tokyo Game Show Host On Doing 'An Amazing Job' For Xbox
"Thanks for being on our show, you were so good!"
We've got to admit, we thoroughly enjoyed Xbox's Tokyo Game Show livestream last week. We got tons of great reveals during the broadcast — including a huge shadow drop from publisher Square Enix — and all-in-all it was a well-executed show from Microsoft. And, it looks like we weren't the only...
Random Xbox Extends Phil Spencer's PS5 Controller Joke
"This is where the X button goes"
In case you missed it, Xbox boss Phil Spencer recently made a light-hearted joke about the button placement on Sony's PlayStation 5 controller, noting how the 'X' button (known as a cross on PlayStation's gamepads) is in
News Phil Spencer Says 2024 Is Xbox's Best Year In Asia 'Across All Devices'
Steady growth
Tokyo Game Show 2024 is a wrap, at least in terms of Xbox's big livestream, with Microsoft delivering some pretty fantastic reveals across a roughly 45-minute show. Phil kicked things off with the surprise StarCraft announcement,
News Xbox's Sarah Bond Initially 'Clashed' With Phil Spencer When Working Together
"I’m not being paid to do what he says"
Xbox President Sarah Bond has been working at Microsoft HQ for a few years now, and while the current leadership team featuring Sarah is likely more settled these days in terms of working with one another, it sounds like it wasn't always plain sailing at first. In a huge new Bloomberg profile on Xbox's...
News Phil Spencer Invites Xbox Fans To Tune Into Tokyo Games Show 2024 Broadcast
"We hope you enjoy the show"
Earlier this month, Microsoft announced that it would be hosting a Tokyo Games Show broadcast for the 2024 event, and now Xbox boss Phil Spencer has a short message for fans ahead of the big show. Posted out to YouTube and available up above, Phil invites "players in Japan, across Asia and around the world" to tune into...
News Xbox Boss Phil Spencer Spotted Online Enjoying Some Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2
P3 hitting up some SM2 co-op
With everything going on at Xbox right now we'd expect boss Phil Spencer to be rather busy, but as it turns out, he's not too busy to miss out on some Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 with the squad. Yep, as posted on Twitter, Phil (AKA P3) has been hitting up some Space Marine 2 this week, along with fellow Xbox exec...
News Xbox Is Cutting 650 More Jobs, Confirms Phil Spencer In Letter To Employees
"I know that this is difficult news to hear"
It's been confirmed today by Xbox boss Phil Spencer that the Microsoft Gaming division will be cutting 650 jobs across "mostly corporate and supporting functions" to ensure the business is sufficiently organised for long-term success. This was first reported by Stephen Totilo at Game File, who shared...
News Phil Spencer Talks About Two Activision Games That Xbox Missed Out On Signing
"I've made some of the worst game choice decisions"
During PAX West 2024, Xbox boss Phil Spencer hosted a 'Story Time' chat about the gaming industry, discussing many different aspects of the business - including some of Xbox's history. In that chat, Phil was asked about some of the biggest games that Microsoft 'missed out' on signing up, and the...
News Phil Spencer On Game Exclusivity: 'We Have To Anticipate There's Going To Be More Change'
The Xbox boss weighs in
Yesterday, head of Xbox Phil Spencer responded to Tuesday night's massive news about Indiana Jones hitting PS5 next year, but that's not all the boss had to say. Following on from his comments about building a stronger Xbox, Phil talked about the industry at large; specifically game exclusivity and how that will contin
News Xbox Boss Phil Spencer Comments On Indiana Jones PS5, And Microsoft's Plan Moving Forward
"It's just going to be a strategy that works for us"
Head of Xbox Phil Spencer has made an appearance at Gamescom 2024 - effectively kicking off Microsoft's daily livestream schedule that's planned for the next few days. Of course, with the huge Indiana Jones news last night, Phil was quickly asked about the team's PS5 annou
News Former Xbox Exec Defends Phil Spencer's Recent Decisions As Head Of Xbox
"He's running a business"
In the aftermath of rumours about Indiana Jones and the Great Circle coming to PS5 next year, former Xbox exec Major Nelson has defended Microsoft's Phil Spencer on the recent strategy change over at Xbox. With Indiana Jones potentially being the next big Xbox-developed game to launch on other console platforms, fans have...
News Xbox's Phil Spencer Seems Interested In Microsoft's New AI Upscaling Technology
"Boosts frame rates while maintaining detailed visuals"
A couple of months ago, Microsoft officially revealed something called Automatic Super Resolution (Auto SR), which is an AI-upscaling technology that's being implemented in the latest CoPilot+ PCs featuring Snapdragon X processors. The idea behind Auto SR is to render "existing" games at a...
Talking Point Xbox Fans, How Do You Feel About The Future Of The Brand In 2024?
Has the June showcase turned things around?
It's no secret that 2024 has been a bit of a wild time to be an Xbox fan. We started out the year with rumours and speculation leading to a special business update podcast, while the last few months have brought numerous PS5 ports and s
