Microsoft forms Xbox Labs in response to AI-driven game recomp explosion

Microsoft is forming Xbox Labs, a small team of game makers, engineers and scientists tasked with turning emerging ideas into products. The initiative was inspired by a wave of classic game recompilations, many powered by AI coding, aimed at making old games easier to access.

• Xbox Labs is a team of game makers, engineers and scientists led by Asha Sharma
• The initiative was inspired by game recomps, many powered by AI coding
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• Goal is to give old games new life and make them easier to access