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There’s a passing of the torch happening over at Xbox.

Alan Hartman, head ofXbox Game Studios, is retiring from Microsoft, as shared viaGamesIndustry.bizon Monday.

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Replacing Hartman is Craig Duncan, studio head ofSea of Thievesdeveloper Rare.

Duncan is being replaced by Joe Neate and Jim Horth, who will co-manage Rare moving forward.

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