Ted Price chats with Shannon Loftis, the retiring VP of Microsoft's Xbox Game Studios and Studio Head of World's Edge Studio. Together they look back on her long and prestigious career; her thoughts on leadership including advice for new leaders of large development teams; examples of initiatives Microsoft has implemented to foster diversity; and her thoughts on the future of the games industry. Shannon Loftis has contributed to more than 40 games throughout her illustrious career including
Motocross Madness, Project Gotham Racing,
Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts,
Fable,
Viva Piñata,
Sunset Overdrive, the recently released
Age of Empires IV.