Larry Hryb, who you may also know as Major Nelson, has announced that he's leaving Xbox this month after 20 years at the company to "work on the next chapter" of his career.
Announced via tweet from Hryb's personal Twitter account, he thanks his fans from around the world as well as Xbox team members he's worked with during his time at the company. He also explains that he's excited about the future of Xbox and that he's "excited to see the evolution". As for the Xbox Podcast which Hryb hosts along with others, he explains that it will be taking a brief hiatus this Summer and will return in a new format.
Hryb has also explained to fans in a separate tweet that he plans to spend some time with family and have some well earned time off. He doesn't mention where's he going to end up or if he even has another role somewhere else lined up, but it's still a pretty big loss for Xbox to be parting with such a beloved personality that the majority of us will either know or have potentially grown up with over the past two decades.
In other Xbox-related news, the FTC isn't having a great time after it lost its court battle against Microsoft, mostly down to Xbox fans being weird in the replies of the agency's most recent tweets. You don't have to look very hard on the FTC's Twitter feed to find Xbox fans mocking the agency over its recent loss and angry at it for appealing the decision. In fact, you'll even find Xbox fans replying to tweets that are completely unrelated to the trial itself, which is definitely a very healthy thing to do and not at all weird.
As for the Activision Blizzard acquisition, it will more than likely get over the line now that the FTC have been beaten in court, with just the UK's CMA standing in the way right now. However, it's looking like the two will likely reach some kind of agreement that will benefit both parties, so Activision Blizzard becoming a part of Microsoft looks like it's going to happen sooner rather than later.