Boyd was drawn, the founder of Xbox Live and creator of the XNA platform, is leaving Microsoft. The developer, who was in charge of the development of the operating system that is now on the Xbox One running, choose a new challenge.
Via Twitter made was drawn up, his departure from Microsoft to the outside is known. The developer gave up on the social platform that he already knows what he will do, but still can’t or can say what that is. Have made the Xbox-veteran clearly that he in his new work every day code will write.
Was drawn up, began in 1994 to work for Microsoft and was since 1997 in service as a full-time employee. He joined when the Xbox team, which some years later would be responsible for the release of the first Xbox. Within that team had was drawn up, the leadership on the development of the networking capabilities of the console. In november 2002, was drawn up, and his team of Xbox Live for the first Xbox. The online platform grew to be a great success and now has more than 46 million subscribers.
After the introduction of Xbox Live founded was drawn to the development of a tool that the programmers are easier to make to develop games for the Xbox. Was drawn in 2006 with the XNA framework, that small developers are enabled to independently develop games for various Microsoft platforms, including the then newly introduced Xbox 360. Was drawn up, be there, in an article about him on the official website of Microsoft, that he is still in daily developers speaks that their career started with XNA. The support of XNA by Microsoft was in the spring of 2014 ended, but through, among other Monogamous, the framework is still available.
Multerers most recent contribution to the portfolio of Microsoft was the operating system that runs on the Xbox One. His task was to ensure that the system as well as Xbox games and Windows apps could run. The OS was developed from the vision that the Xbox One is the central device in the living room had to be more than just a game console. With was drawn up, however, it seems the latest trailer of that vision are gone. Previously left Mark Whitten and Ben Smith, Microsoft all. They were two important champions of Xbox TV. Under the direction Phil Spencer grew the console in 2014 more and more into a classic gaming console, and less to what was drawn, Whitten, and Smith during the development of the device had in mind.