Xbox Games Studios head Alan Hartman is stepping down from his post after more than three decades working at parent company Microsoft.

Rare studio chief Craig Duncan will take over the role of head of Xbox Game Studios shortly, with Joe Neate and Jim Horth taking over as co-leads of Rare as the team continues to

The current head of Xbox Game Studios, Alan Hartman, is to retire at the end of November, with Rare studio boss Craig Duncan taking over ( thanks, GI.biz ). Hartman's been at Xbox for a long time, with a list of credits across everything from Age of Empires to Forza, though has only been in the head honcho role for a year.

Craig Duncan, the head of Microsoft studio Rare, will become the new head of Xbox Game Studios as current boss Alan Hartman retires. Duncan has been studio head at Rare since 2011, overseeing the likes of Sea of Thieves and multiple Kinect games.