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Xbox Game Studios

Xbox Game Studios is Microsoft's game development and publishing organization, with franchises including Age of Empires and Halo.

Updated Nov 2, 2026Official website
Xbox Game Studios logo.
Xbox Game Studios logo. · Xbox Game Studios logo in Microsoft’s official Xbox Wire article: image asset

Commercial snapshot

Parent company

Microsoft[1]

Business

Game development and publishing[1]

Current structure

Part of Microsoft's global Xbox studios organization[2][3]

PTG portfolio

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition · Halo · Halo Infinite[4][5][6]

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Xbox Game Studios is Microsoft’s game development and publishing organization. Microsoft introduced the name in 2019 for its game development group, which includes studios and a global publishing function. The group continues to manage game development and publishing across franchises including Age of Empires and Halo.[1][3]

Game portfolio

These are the Xbox Game Studios publishing relationships matched to PTG Game records; the list is not the full portfolio.

References8
  1. [1]Introducing Xbox Game Studios
  2. [2]Resetting XBOX
  3. [3]Continuing Our Reset
  4. [4]Asha Sharma named EVP and CEO, Microsoft Gaming
  5. [5]Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition on Steam
  6. [6]Halo Infinite on Xbox
  7. [7]Halo official website
  8. [8]Microsoft's Xbox Game Studios and Unity Technologies Partner with Louisiana State to Host Game Development Camp in New Orleans

Related entities

MicrosoftAge of Empires II: Definitive EditionHaloHalo Infinite