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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Xbox With Xbox CEO Asha Sharma teasing the next Elder Scrolls subtitle, debate is heating up across social media about whether or not Xbox should make it exclusive. What do you think?

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AI Twitch's Chief Product Officer accepts that everyone hates its AI "features," but is going to double down on it anyway.

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Review The Razer Naga is getting a big V3 refresh, and it's absolutely spectacular. A parade of enhancements and refinements makes this the default premium mouse for MMO, MOBA, RTS, and other high-demand games.

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Xbox I recently had the opportunity to play Star Wars: Zero Company. Not only does it deliver an authentic Star Wars experience with a big XCOM twist, there are also unexpected shades of Mass Effect here I couldn't ignore.

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Xbox In leaked emails verified by Windows Central, Blizzard President Johanna Faries celebrated the Xbox division's stunning return to growth, over-delivering on expectations ahead of Blizzcon 2026.

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Xbox New data from Statista Research shows how much Xbox has fallen against PlayStation in the U.S., but also the scale of the opportunity.

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Xbox Microsoft has been rapidly iterating on new Xbox features lately. Here's the latest headline act, which some have asked for since the Xbox One days.

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AI Recent analysis showed that Microsoft's AI business, while seemingly booming, still carries a somewhat enormous Sam Altman-shaped risk.

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Xbox Xbox CEO Asha Sharma just confirmed that the team is working on "Platinum"-style achievement completion recognition, slated for later this year.

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Xbox Xbox Play Anywhere is one of my favorite features of the Xbox ecosystem, and August through to September might represent something of a watershed moment for it.

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Xbox Xbox's PC offering has improved immeasurably over the last few years, and while it isn't indicative of a shift away from Steam, it does show how seriously Microsoft is taking PC gaming.

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Xbox New data shows Xbox Game Pass adoption has improved in recent months, but big app gaps remain. Can Microsoft do more to boost it?

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Xbox Halo Campaign Evolved has been an abject failure on PlayStation 5, according to new data, heaping on more evidence that Xbox's rush to PS5 publishing has been a huge mistake.

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Xbox Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella promise Xbox will "return to growth" by FY28 — but how?

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Microsoft Microsoft's FY26 earnings report came in, and it has been taken extremely well on Wall Street, as investors reward $MSFT stock with a 20% bounce in less than a month.

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Xbox Last week I had the opportunity to go hands on with Gears of War: E-Day and its new "Horde Siege" mode, which is far more chaotic, bombastic, and cinematic than I expected.

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Gaming The industry is having a tough time, but there's more content than ever about to drop into our collective laps. What are some of the biggest upcoming games you're most excited for? Drop in our comments, let's hear it.

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Xbox One of the coolest new features of the next-gen Xbox is the promise of PC-like openness. But ... does it still make sense from a strategic point of view? Does it still fit Xbox's wider plan under Asha? Let's discuss.

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Gaming Xbox Live is having errors that are preventing people from signing in, seeing their library, and playing their games, but Microsoft's engineers are on the case to fix it ASAP.

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Xbox Xbox just had its biggest outage in recent memory, with Xbox's core services down for well over 15~ hours for some users. Xbox CTO just took to X (Twitter) to explain what went wrong.

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Xbox Ubisoft+ Classics are available as part of Xbox Game Pass on PC, but the PC versions are trash without cloud saves, Play Anywhere, or Xbox achievements.

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Xbox Microsoft's lack of faith in its own platforms gets a shiny new spotlight in February 2027, as Sony confirms a tentpole exclusive will go head to head with Xbox's own contribution to PS5.

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PC gaming Meccha Chameleon is an undeniable indie phenomenon, and it's a shame to see bad actors attempting to capitalize on its massive success.
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