Resumes Suggest Next-Gen Xbox Development

[Dohc-WP]

The next Xbox is a foregone conclusion at this point, but newly discovered resume listings may have provided our first actual confirmation that it's in active development.

As discovered by supererogatory on Twitter, four Microsoft employee LinkedIn pages confirm that various aspects of the Xbox 360's successor are actively being worked on. Some of the listings date back as far as 2010, while others are currently active.

Xbox user experience creative director Jeff Faulkner lists himself as "Xbox Next Gen Creative Director" on his profile, and senior creative director Jonathan Harris describes his position as "designing the next generation of entertainment" at Microsoft.

Visual designer Patrick Corrigan lists a former job at Microsoft that included "providing groundwork and integration for branding elements for next-gen XBOX on all forms of media. Ranging from print to UI across future releases of the XBOX platform." The job is listed as having ended in June of this year.

Finally, Xbox hardware intern Joe Langevin describes that he "designed and simulated high speed data buses to prevent electromagnetic interference in next-gen devices."

Microsoft hasn't commented on the listings, and this is still technically only a rumor for now, but this is certainly a step in the right direction.

Thanks, Gematsu.

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[Ancalagon]

Didnt AMD confirm they were working on hardware for the next gen Xbox?

[bradbear117]

So maybe another 2-3 years before the next gen?

[Keepa34]

I kinda don't like it when they bring out newer consoles... It means I have to fork out more money..:/ At least it'll only be in a couple of years...