Larry Hryb, Xbox’s ‘Main Nelson,’ is leaving Microsoft

Larry Hryb, higher referred to as “Main Nelson” in Xbox circles, tweeted immediately that he’s leaving Microsoft. Hryb spent a few years as one of the crucial prominent public faces of the model as Director of Programming for Xbox Stay. He didn’t state his causes for leaving the corporate however stated he plans to step again and work on his profession’s subsequent chapter. The transfer comes as Microsoft tries to close its $68 billion purchase of Activision. “As I take a second and take into consideration all we now have performed collectively, I wish to thank the hundreds of thousands of players all over the world who’ve included me as a part of their lives,” Hryb stated.

Hryb spent over 20 years with Microsoft, becoming a member of the corporate as editor-in-chief of MSN Music in 2001. However in 2003, when he joined the Xbox division, he discovered his identification with the corporate. His public position was a mix of official worker and tremendous fan. His weblog posts, podcasts, interviews, unboxings and different varied updates straddled the road between a advertising government and a trusted “gamer’s gamer,” serving to followers really feel like they’d one in all their very own on the within on the gaming behemoth.

Xbox had used him much less as a face of the corporate in recent times, however from not less than the mid-2000s to the mid-2010s, “Main Nelson” was virtually synonymous with the platform. He says he got his gamer handle and public nickname from Larry Hagman’s character within the Sixties sitcom I Dream of Jeannie — after his TiVo beneficial it.

Hryb hasn’t but detailed what his subsequent profession chapter is. Nevertheless, he did notice that The Official Xbox Podcast, which he hosted, will take a hiatus this summer season and return later “in a brand new format.”