Phil Spencer of Microsoft at GDC 2015.
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Microsoft to launch new tools that enable cross-platform play across Windows, Xbox, and mobile devices

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Phil Spencer, Microsoft’s head of games, said at the Game Developers Conference that the company continues to invest in a cross-platform ecosystem that allows people to play titles across Windows 10 PC, Xbox console, and Microsoft mobile devices.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.