Xbox's new CEO Asha Sharma just got back from the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco earlier this month, where she seemingly made the rounds among both high-level executives and indie ...

IT consultant and services provider Accenture has agreed to buy Speedtest and Downdetector owner Ookla from Ziff Davis for $1.2 billion in cash. Accenture plans to integrate Ookla’s data products into ...

Jasmine Sharma, a playwright and performer who was recently a finalist for the prestigious Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, has signed with WME for representation. She will be repped by Lizzy Weingold in ...

Former Xbox executive Peter Moore has weighed in on the big news recently that Asha Sharma has been named the new CEO of Microsoft Gaming. Speaking to GamesBeat, Moore said Sharma "just needs to ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Outside of a flurry of Twitter posts and replies when she was announced as the new Microsoft ...

“And the thing about games is, if you get good at one game, you can be good at any game. … They’re all hand-eye coordination and observing patterns.” That’s a line from Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and ...

Last week’s surprise departure of Phil Spencer from Microsoft led to the promotion of Asha Sharma, who comes to head Microsoft’s gaming division after two years as president of the company’s CoreAI ...

After the shock resignation of Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond from Xbox last week, the gaming world is attempting to piece together exactly what will happen next to Microsoft’s gaming brand, especially ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet. Late Friday, Microsoft announced an enormous shakeup of ...

Microsoft announced on February 20, 2026, that longtime CEO of Xbox and Microsoft Gaming Phil Spencer has stepped down and will be replaced by Asha Sharma from the Company’s AI Division. Asha Sharma ...

Freshly minted Microsoft Gaming CEO Asha Sharma has kicked off the newest era of Xbox leadership with an open thread on Elon Musk’s social media platform. Coming from Microsoft’s AI division, the ...

It’s the dawn of a new era for Xbox. On Friday, Microsoft Gaming announced longtime leader Phil Spencer would be retiring as CEO and that Asha Sharma, Microsoft CoreAI’s head of product development, ...