Jez Corden is a life-long content creator and internet personality, known for exclusive reporting on the Xbox ecosystem and Microsoft-adjacent platforms.
Jez has a large presence on X at X.com/JezCorden, co-hosts a leading gaming podcast over at TheXB2.com, also on Spotify and iTunes, while maintaining a position as Executive Editor at Windows Central.
Before leaving high school, Jez had already built and contributed to a variety of web communities in the animation space, adjacent to websites like Newgrounds and Explosm. After high school, Jez began a career in IT, corporate network infrastructure, and web design.
Jez's Microsoft ecosystem hobby-blogging side gig eventually landed him a role at Windows Central, where he has spent the past decade breaking world exclusive news alongside analytical features on Xbox, Windows, AI, and the wider tech industry. Jez also drinks way too much tea.
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GAMING World of Warcraft's new "Skyborne" elf race is causing some controversy in the WoW community, many of whom are tired of Blizzard's apparent love of elves.

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GAMING World of Warcraft Forever is Blizzard's long-rumored "Classic+" take, designed to keep Warcraft's old-school social-first gameplay intact while providing new content.

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GAMING StarCraft is back after over a decade in cryo-stasis. Revealed at BlizzCon 2026, Blizzard showcased a bombastic cinematic trailer, although we'll be waiting a while to actually play it ...

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GAMING Blizzard's "maintenance mode" MOBA is getting its first new hero in years in the form of Warcraft's big current antagonist.
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Xbox In a major coup, Xbox has confirmed that it will be publishing Hideo Kojima's long-awaited action-espionage title "PHYSINT."

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Xbox Some outlets were highlighting Ubisoft's lack of involvement in Xbox's disc-to-digital program. Perhaps we should remind ourselves that it's still in Alpha testing.

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Blizzard BlizzCon 2026 is shaping up to be incredibly special this year, with a huge amount of panels, unexpected surprises, alongside some perhaps a-little-more-expected surprises.

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Xbox Xbox's cloud gaming hourly limit rates have been met with derision in the fanbase, and have highlighted gaps between other services.

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GAMING For years, Modern Warfare 2 on Steam was a vector for all sorts of exploits and hacks. With this week's update, it should be solved.

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Xbox Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers will now only get 15 hours of Xbox Cloud Gaming use per month, although you'll be able to buy more.

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Xbox A new database tracking Xbox's new disc-to-digital program shows just how big the scale of the operation really is.

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REVIEW GTA 6 is around the corner, but 2026 should probably be remembered as the year of Capcom. Despite some issues, Onimusha is another must-play game from the storied publisher.

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XBOX Xbox's disc-to-digital feature is now live for Xbox Insiders in the Alpha and Alpha Skip-Ahead rings. I made a quick video to demonstrate how it works in practice.

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AI Microsoft EVP overseeing Office and LinkedIn Ryan Roslansky posts an oddly oblivious self-own. The company flooding the internet with AI slop has started to realize how dumb its technology actually is in most scenarios.

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Xbox Microsoft's gaming chief has a dilemma: should Elder Scrolls VI skip PlayStation 5? She's not saying, for now.

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Xbox The future of Halo is a confusing one. Halo Campaign Evolved doesn't seem to have resonated with the audience, and Xbox is likely scratching its head about where to go next.

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Xbox Xbox CEO Asha Sharma recently spoke with the BBC about the next-gen Xbox Helix console, but stopped short of confirming a commitment to disc-based games longer term.

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Xbox With support for "thousands" of games from day one, you will soon be able to enjoy digital benefits with physical discs on Xbox, but there's still no word on the ultimate fate for physical Xbox games.

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REVIEW I went into Star Wars Zero Company with fairly light expectations. I came away thinking this represents one of the all-time great Star Wars titles. Phenomenal.

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Xbox A dream come true, The Witcher 3 finally gets Xbox Play Anywhere support in addition to a ton of new features on September 29, 2026. Here's what you need to know.

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Xbox Recently I played 1.5 hours of the Gears of War: E-Day campaign, and oh man, if the whole experience is on this level, Gears is more than back.

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AI In a new podcast, OpenAI and ChatGPT lead Sam Altman lamented how much the industry made AI a hated tech, in his words, that they failed to "explain the benefits."

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Xbox A few weeks from launch, Xbox fans were happy to finally receive one of the most viral gatcha games of recent times. Until they actually played it ...
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