
Jez Corden
Fresh out of high school, Jez enjoyed a long career unemployed as a World of Warcraft dragon slayer. After slaying every dragon WoW had to offer at the time, he eventually stumbled into an I.T. support role for a small company smack in the middle of the good old United Kingdom. While in this role, Jez encountered his first "tech fanboys," people who inexplicably get so deep into tech that they start rooting for them, much like a sports team. One day, Jez picked up a Windows Phone on a whim — and little did he know it would eventually land him a role as a managing editor for the biggest Windows-focused site in the world! "This is actually pretty cool," he thought, watching the Windows Phone 8.1 tiles flip and cycle, followed by a "wow!" upon discovering the games therein had actual Xbox achievements baked in as standard. "I must tell the world about this," he resolved and began blogging during "breaks" at work. As one of the few people on Earth who actually actively used and enjoyed using a Windows Phone, Jez swiftly gained a small following, a job offer from Daniel Rubino at Windows Central, and the rest is history! Since joining Windows Central, Jez turned his workaholism and restlessness to producing masses of world-exclusives on the Microsoft ecosystem. From the existence and spec sheet of the Xbox Series S, to unannounced Xbox features and games, Jez also has a wealth of expertise in producing analysis on the Microsoft platform and its future direction. An active user of Windows 11, Surface devices, Xbox consoles, Xbox cloud gaming, and beyond, Jez's role as exec editor is to ensure that Windows Central remains the #1 destination for all news, reviews, and analysis pertaining to the Microsoft ecosystem.
Latest articles by Jez Corden

PlayStation Says It Is "Moving Away" from Hardware Centricity — Could More Xbox Ports Be On The Way?
By Jez Corden published
Xbox As Xbox comes to dominate Sony's own PlayStation Store, the famed firm is asking itself why it shouldn't do the same. Can we expect even more Xbox games from PlayStation in the future? My guess is "yes."

Unlock GPT-5 for Free with Microsoft Copilot Starting Today
By Jez Corden published
AI OpenAI's much-hyped GPT-5 AI model is now available as part of Microsoft Copilot. Here's what you need to know.

Inside Ashes of the Singularity II: Insights from Stardock's CEO
By Jez Corden published
Gaming Stardock CEO Discusses 'Ashes of the Singularity II,' Xbox Game Pass, AI in Gaming, and Industry Turmoil — We Speak to Brad Wardell on the Future of Gaming

Custom Xbox Controllers Are Back: Design Lab Reopens Today
By Jez Corden published
Xbox Well, I'll chalk this up to manifesting. The Xbox Design Lab has returned this morning, as the Xbox Gear Store goes offline.

Is Xbox Gear Store's Closure a Sign of Bigger Changes Ahead?
By Jez Corden published
Xbox The fallout from Xbox's mass layoffs last month is continuing, has it claimed another victim?

Microsoft Rewards points streaks resetting on Xbox? You're not alone. But don't worry.
By Jez Corden published
Xbox If you've seen your Microsoft Rewards points streaks reset randomly, Microsoft says that a fix is on the way.

Microsoft CVP envisions an AI-first, voice-first Windows for 2030
By Jez Corden published
Windows What might Windows 12 or even Windows 13 look like? Microsoft CVP David Weston has some ideas, and they strongly revolve around AI.

Battlefield 6 has a mountain of hype — and this data shows that it might actually dent Call of Duty this year
By Jez Corden published
Gaming While they are very different games (even before you talk about Call of Duty's wacky skins), it's interesting to analyse the competition between the two flagship military shooters.

Battlefield 6 clarifies PC vs. console crossplay — potentially solving one of Battlefield 2042's biggest issues
By Jez Corden published
Gaming Battlefield 2042 introduced full cross-play and cross-progression between platforms, as EA dabbled with cross-play in earlier installations. However, it caused more problems than it solved. Will Battlefield 6 get it right?

New data continues to show Xbox utterly dominating PlayStation's storefront
By Jez Corden published
Gaming Imagine this scenario a few years ago. It's no longer PlayStation, but Xbox itself that is now the biggest sales force on Sony's own console ecosystem.

AI takes aim: Discover 40 Jobs facing the axe according to Microsoft
By Jez Corden published
Artificial Intelligence A Microsoft Research paper has listed out 40 professions it believes are most at risk from the rise of AI, as well as 40 professions that should be safe (at least for now...)

Sony is hiring to expand "PlayStation Studios games beyond PlayStation hardware" — including Xbox
By Jez Corden published
Gaming Sony is following Microsoft's multiplatform strategy, looking to acquire a bigger third-party publishing footprint across PC and even rival consoles.

Best Xbox headsets in 2025
By Jez Corden last updated
🎧 Xbox 🎧 The Best Xbox headsets in 2025, updated with the latest and greatest for your ears and KDR.

I have grown to hate Call of Duty's cringe skin obsession — 'Battlefield 6' has a op to offer a real alternative
By Jez Corden published
Gaming EA has every opportunity to capture an audience desperate for a grounded military shooter experience. But EA's history of actually, you know, delivering for fans is incredibly spotty.

Microsoft concedes that 'The Outer Worlds 2' retail price was too high — reduces price
By Jez Corden last updated
Xbox Xbox controversially raised the base price of its mainline games to $80 in an announcement a few weeks ago. Now, it seems to be backtracking, at least for the rest of 2025. Good, I say.

Wuchang: Fallen Feathers has almost broken me multiple times
By Jez Corden published
Review "Wuchang: Fallen Feathers" review in progress: This Chinese soulslike blends OG Dark Souls map design with the punishing combat ballet of Sekiro, resulting in something as gorgeous as it is deadly.

The Lenovo Legion Go 2 has leaked — here's how it stacks up to the Xbox Ally X
By Jez Corden published
PC Gaming Leaked on Chinese social media, this Lenovo Legion Go 2 is rocking a Z2 (non-extreme) APU and an impressive 32GB RAM, OLED VRR panel, and more. Here's how it stacks up to the ASUS Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X.

"PS5 makes the most sense at the moment." Ori dev suggests 'No Rest for the Wicked' will skip Xbox for launch
By Jez Corden published
Xbox Moon Studios' next title "No Rest for the Wicked" might skip Xbox at launch, with the firm squaring blame at the size of Xbox's platform.

Remedy offers update on 'FBC: Firebreak,' details coming improvements
By Jez Corden published
Gaming Remedy's multiplayer Left 4 Dead-like 'FBC: Firebreak' had tons of promise, but it hasn't blown up quite as the Control and Alan Wake developer might've liked. But that doesn't mean the team is giving up.

5 current actually good Microsoft products that it has seemingly abandoned
By Jez Corden published
Microsoft Microsoft's product graveyard is calling. Here are 5 products that may not be long for this world, if their lack of updates is any indication.

Microsoft is on track to become the second $4 trillion company by market cap
By Jez Corden published
Microsoft Microsoft's share price rose over 19% this year so far, vastly outperforming the overall market.

Upcoming Xbox Game Pass title 'Subnautica 2' is facing boycott calls
By Jez Corden last updated
Xbox It's troubling waters for Subnautica 2 developer Unknown Worlds Entertainment, as publisher Krafton goes nuclear.

Here's what we expect to see from Xbox Cloud Gaming in the future
By Jez Corden published
Xbox Microsoft is leaning hard into OEM-built third-party Xbox consoles as well as its own first-party Xbox hardware, but what about hardware in the cloud?
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