Duncan was also directly involved in the recent return of GoldenEye 007, published on Nintendo Switch Online, and also as a standalone game on Xbox Series X|S. In this interview, Duncan revealed that he was in the middle of negotiating the rights for the game to enable a rerelease, including Nintendo, MGM, Xbox, and no doubt the Broccoli heirs.

Xbox Game Studios is having a major shift in philosophy via its focus on going multiplatform, and its head praises the move.

Some of the games we already know that are on the way in the near future include South of Midnight and DOOM: The Dark Ages, with other projects like Perfect Dark and State of Decay 3 also part of Xbox's future plans.

Microsoft is shaking things up of late by bringing more of its first-party games to rival platforms like PS5 and Nintendo Switch. This multiplatform release strategy is good for people who like games and helps Microsoft's own studios by extending any given game's reach, according to Head of Xbox Game Studios Craig Duncan.

As part of February’s Xbox update, more titles have joined the stream your own game collection. Recently added titles include Blasphemous 2, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, Slime Rancher 2, Subnautica, Subnautica: Below Zero, The Talos Principle 2 and Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered.

Xbox breaks exclusivity for good and all and no first-party franchise is off-limits for multi-platform--now Xbox Game Studios boss shares his thoughts.

Xbox Game Studios head Craig Duncan has labeled Microsoft’s multiplatform strategy a win-win approach for players and developers. Multiple former Xbox exclusives have been released for PS5 and/or Switch over the past year, including Sea of Thieves, a game which Duncan oversaw the launch of during his previous role as boss of developer Rare.

Microsoft has delayed Fable from its 2025 release window to some point in 2026, while also providing a first look at brand new gameplay.