Xbox leaks: what do they mean for you? Our five biggest takeaways

Yesterday was not a great day for Microsoft’s Xbox division. Due to some goof up by entities unknown, documents submitted for the purposes of discovery in the Federal Trade Commission's case against Microsoft purchasing Activision Blizzard (a case they actually dropped earlier this year) ended up splashed all over the internet, as reported by many gaming focused Twitter accounts and media outlets (including ourselves, naturally). The cat is most assuredly out of the bag. Phil Spencer has since reacted publicly to the leaks, insisting that much has changed since these documents were drafted (some of them are at least three years out of date), and that the real, current plans will be shared when they are ready. We've seen the conversation around old emails and documents. It is hard to see our team's work shared in this way because so much has changed and there's so much to be excited about right now, and in the future. We will share the real plans when we are ready. Read more