Today, Larry Hryb, better known in Xbox circles as “Major Nelson,” tweeted that he is leaving Microsoft. Hryb spent numerous years as one of the most conspicuous public countenances of the brand as Head of Programming for Xbox Live. He didn’t express his purposes behind leaving the organisation however said he intends to step back and work on his vocation’s next part. The move comes as Microsoft attempts to close its $68 billion acquisition of Activision. “As I ponder all we have done together, I need to thank the large numbers of gamers all over the planet who have included me as a feature of their lives,” Hryb said.

Hryb joined Microsoft in 2001 and held the position of editor-in-chief of MSN Music for more than two decades. In any case, in 2003, when he joined the Xbox division, he tracked down his personality with the organisation. His public job was a mix of true worker and super fan. His blog entries, digital recordings, meetings, un boxings and other different updates rode the line between a promoting chief and a trusted’s “gamer,” assisting fans with feeling like they had one of their own within at the gaming behemoth.

While “Major Nelson” was practically synonymous with the platform from at least the mid-2000s to the mid-2010s, Xbox had used him less as a brand ambassador in recent years. He says he got his gamer handle and public moniker from Larry Hagman’s personality during the 1960s sitcom I Long for Jeannie — after his TiVo suggested it.

Hryb hasn’t yet definite what his next vocation part is. Notwithstanding, he noticed that The Authority Xbox Webcast, which he facilitated, will take a break this mid year and get back later “in another configuration.”