The former boss of Forza studio Turn 10, Alan Hartman, has been promoted to head of Xbox Game Studios.
The industry vet revealed the news in a post on LinkedIn, in which he expressed his excitement about his new position.
Hartman is taking over from Matt Booty, who has been promoted to president of game content and studios. This role involves heading up both Xbox Game Studios and ZeniMax.
Hartman's career in games started back in 1995, where he spent two years as an executive producer at Dreamworks Interactive. In 2001, he became studio manager at Digital Anvil before being hired by Microsoft's Turn10 studio five years later. He spent over 16-and-a-half years as studio head, before being promoted to CVP of Forza and Fable at the end of 2021.
"Thrilled to be representing such an elite set of game creators in my new role leading Xbox Game Studios," he wrote.
The recent restructuring at Microsoft's games business saw Sarah Bond promoted to Xbox president.
mcj on November 13rd, 2023 at 15:40 UTC »
Took me until now to realize that Xbox has been having a rough go of it and the dude who was running the show's name is Booty.
BillySlang on November 13rd, 2023 at 12:54 UTC »
Afaik there hasn't been a Forza with launch issues or one that didn't entirely utilize the system it was running on. You don't have to be a racing game fan to appreciate his history of well made and received titles. I think Alan is a good choice for XGS.
marukori on November 13rd, 2023 at 09:54 UTC »
Nintendo: we have a doug bowser Xbox: we have forza vet hartman What next? Kratos as head of Sony?