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Microsoft scraps Microsoft Gaming, revives Xbox brand

Microsoft Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announces the end of the Microsoft Gaming division name, reverting to Xbox as the gaming identity. The change emphasizes fan focus amid recent strategic reversals like Game Pass adjustments.

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Microsoft scraps Microsoft Gaming and revives Xbox as its gaming division's identity, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announces in an internal town hall. The shift aligns with her promise to prioritize fans and correct past errors, including this week's reversal on adding future Call of Duty titles to Game Pass.

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announces in an internal town hall that Microsoft is scrapping Microsoft Gaming and returning to Xbox as the identity for its gaming division. Sources familiar with the meeting tell The Verge that Sharma stated, “Xbox needs to be our identity,” noting Microsoft Gaming marked a departure from that.

Microsoft adopted the Microsoft Gaming name in 2022 alongside its Activision Blizzard acquisition plans, promoting Phil Spencer to CEO to position gaming across Xbox, PC, mobile, and cloud.

Sharma's move aligns with her "return of Xbox" promise to prioritize fans and fix past errors, including this week's reversal on adding future Call of Duty titles to Xbox Game Pass—a decision fiercely debated internally.

The company now displays "return of Xbox," "great games," and "future of play" slogans on Xbox office walls, echoing Sharma's February memo to employees. A new, less flat Xbox logo with glass effects appears on Microsoft's campus and in internal Project Helix materials, ahead of the June Xbox showcase.
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