IGDA Foundation appoints Shannon Loftis as new chair
The International Game Developers Association Foundation (IGDA-F) has appointed former Microsoft exec Shannon Loftis as the new chair of its board of directors. She...
Age of Empires studio leader Shannon Loftis retires after 29 years at Microsoft
Shannon Loftis, a longtime game leader at Microsoft, is retiring from the company’s Age of Empires studio after 29 years at Microsoft. Loftis is...
GamesBeat Summit speakers: Randy Pitchford, Shannon Loftis, and Mitch Lasky
GamesBeat Summit 2020 will focus on the latest trends in the gaming ecosystem, and today we’re introducing a trio of speakers who are known...
Why Microsoft knows it needs to beef up its Xbox leadership
Microsoft announced today that Phil Spencer has appointed a new boss of games to handle the role that the executive had previously handled as...
Microsoft game chief Phil Spencer on openness, HoloLens, and Xbox 1.5
Microsoft has had its fair share of criticism about its platform strategy. Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games, recently blasted Microsoft’s commitment to an open...
How Microsoft enlisted a Native American tribe to design a Killer Instinct character
SEATTLE — When Microsoft announced a few years ago it would reboot the Killer Instinct fighting game, fans were ecstatic. The original game came...
The DeanBeat: 22 industry leaders sound off on gaming
Here are the best quotes from the movers and shakers of the game business.
How HoloLens and backward compatibility fit into Xbox’s grand strategy
Microsoft head of publishing Shannon Loftis answers post-event questions in a one-on-one at E3 2015.