Intellivision taps Xbox veteran J Allard as global managing director Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 14, 2020 7 min Intellivision Entertainment has hired Xbox veteran J Allard as its global managing director. Allard will report to Intellivision CEO Tommy Tallarico, and he will... Continue Reading 7 min
Game of X captures the making of Microsoft’s Xbox and its Windows gaming business Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 31, 2017 4 min Rusel DeMaria is interested in the history of games, and he doesn’t want it to slip away from us. DeMaria wrote High Score! The... Continue Reading 4 min
A decade later, the former chief Xbox officer revisits his critical decisions Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 27, 2015 19 min Microsoft lost $5 billion to $7 billion on the original Xbox, launched in 2001. And it made billions of dollars on the Xbox 360.... Continue Reading 19 min
The making of the Xbox: Microsoft’s journey to the next generation (part 2) Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 15, 2011 45 min Update: Don’t like page breaks? This two-part series is now available as an e-book for the Amazon Kindle. Editor’s note: This story is the... Continue Reading 45 min