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Jul 2025
1h 28m

Former Xbox Exec on the Past, Present, a...

IGN & Geek Media
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Former Xbox executive Greg Canessa – creator of Xbox Live Arcade – joins us for our 700th episode to share some awesome inside-baseball stories from his days at Xbox. He also talks about his perspective on Xbox today from the business side of things (including his thoughts on the Activision-Blizzard acquisition), as well as how he feels about Xbox's future. ... Show More
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