Phil Spencer retires after decades at Microsoft, with developers praising his leadership and saying he left Xbox in strong ...

Phil Spencer, the Xbox leader who spent 38 years at Microsoft and helped reshape the gaming industry through big acquisitions and a bet on cloud gaming, is retiring from the company. He will be ...

Longtime Xbox head and Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer is retiring. We broke this news earlier this afternoon, alongside the news that Xbox president Sarah Bond is also departing the company, with ...

Microsoft on Friday put out word that Xbox stalwart Phil Spencer is retiring, in a shakeup of leadership at the tech titan's video game unit. Former Instacart chief operating officer Asha Sharma will ...

Microsoft has announced a sweeping reorganization of its gaming division as longtime Xbox leader Phil Spencer retires after nearly four decades at the company. In a pair of internal emails shared ...

Long-time Xbox head Phil Spencer is officially retiring. IGN first reported the news, but now Xbox and Spencer himself have released statements making this a done deal. President Sarah Bond has also ...

Phil Spencer, Microsoft’s executive vice president and chief executive of gaming, is set to retire from the company after 38 years, a run during which he built the company up as a videogames ...

The Phil Spencer era at Xbox has come to an end. On February 23, 2026, the longtime executive stepped down as CEO of Microsoft Gaming, closing a 38-year chapter with the company and a 12-year tenure ...

Now, with the departure of Phil Spencer from Xbox, a huge chapter of the video game industry has come to a close. Phil Spencer retires after 39 years, marking the end of a gaming leadership era.

Microsoft executive VP of gaming Phil Spencer is retiring after 38 years with the firm and 12 years leading its games division. Spencer stepped into the top job following the departure of Don Mattrick ...