Albert Penello, a long-standing and influential figure in the games industry, best known for his leadership role at Microsoft, data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://x.com/majornelson/status/2007228513229910201″ data-url=”https://x.com/majornelson/status/2007228513229910201″ target=”_blank” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link”>has sadly passed away from cancer. His work helped shape Xbox into a more open, developer-friendly platform during a formative period for the brand, working on the original Xbox, data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/xbox-360″ data-auto-tag-linker=”true” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/xbox-360″>Xbox 360, and Xbox One.
data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://x.com/majornelson/status/2007228513229910201″ data-url=”https://x.com/majornelson/status/2007228513229910201″ target=”_blank” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link”>He later went on to work at Amazon, continuing to apply his experience and insight at a senior level. Without Albert’s dedication, Xbox may have taken a very different path,…
