Winter Is Coming Soon
The chill of winter’s grasp is quick approaching these of us north of Earth’s hula hoop, and it’s occasions like these I look again fondly on my sojourn at our Fargo Campus. The days are quick, the snow is freshly powdered, and it hasn’t but gotten so chilly that your eyelashes freeze over strolling to your automobile. (A very overseas phenomenon having grown up in a local weather the place all 4 seasons can occur in a single day.)
Much like Fargo itself, issues are slowing down across the workplace as everybody prepares for the upcoming vacation season. This means December’s replace is a bit of on the sunshine facet, however we did need to hold everybody knowledgeable on a number of issues as we shut out 2023.
All Things Set Aside
The huge information this month is that, as with earlier years, all new sport and replace flighting throughout Xbox Insider platforms shall be briefly paused someday throughout the week of December fifteenth. This will proceed by the top of 12 months and into January to make sure that everybody is ready to have dependable and gratifying gaming experiences all through the vacations. (Plus, it eases the load on a smaller contingent of engineers.) But fear not pricey reader! Our groups will nonetheless be engaged on subsequent 12 months’s enhancements, options, and content material all through this era, in addition to having sources accessible to verify any points which will come up don’t influence this heavy season of gaming.
The different essential subject this month is a small revision to our deliberate decommissioning of Feature Fridays on the subreddit. The plan remains to be shifting ahead; nonetheless, the timeline would possibly transcend my preliminary projection for finish of 12 months. I need to guarantee this alteration is one thing that shall be a web optimistic for the group and never merely altering for change’s sake. As such, my analysis / proposals have gone a tad longer than anticipated for locating the following platform. Included on this was some nice suggestions from the subreddit, so please hold sharing your ideas, opinions, and critiques!
[re]join
Speaking of sharing your ideas, since issues shall be a bit of quieter than regular this month, I needed to do one thing enjoyable with Xbox Insiders. So subsequent week, on Tuesday, December twelfth, we’ll be internet hosting an AMA* on the subreddit. It’ll largely be me answering questions, however different members of the group would possibly cease by and pop their heads in as nicely. *Disclaimer: “Anything” on this context doesn’t embrace gadgets we aren’t capable of focus on publicly. (inb4whenTESVI)
All Eyes Look Ahead
As I stated on the prime, this can be a shorter replace as we’re nonetheless working fastidiously towards the large 10-year anniversary celebration in February of subsequent 12 months. There’s nonetheless a ton of labor to be carried out, and I’ll truly be spending the following few weeks constructing my presentation for the group to begin the brand new 12 months. What does everybody consider my title slide? 😎
I hope everybody enjoys this challenge of XIP Community Update, and has an exquisite month forward. If you haven’t already, drop us a comply with @xboxinsider or head over to our official subreddit r/XboxInsiders.
