Microsoft Unveils New First Party Teams Including LXP

<p>As the battle with Sony and Nintendo heats up&comma; Microsoft is looking to rapidly expand their first party capabilities&period; Today the company announced that they are hiring for  a whole host of new development teams&period; One of the new studios is LXP &lpar;Leap Experience Pioneers&rpar; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vg247&period;com&sol;2014&sol;03&sol;12&sol;lxp-microsoft-trademark-identified-as-in-house-kinect-team&sol;">which was leaked some time ago<&sol;a>&period; They are rumoured to be working on a Kinect title&period; The other development teams announced are SOTA &lpar;State of the Art&rpar;&comma; &lbrack;Fun&rsqb;ction&comma; NP&comma; and Platform Next&period; Kinect based studio Good Science is also hiring&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>So far there isn&&num;8217&semi;t much information about these new teams&period; Are they making indie titles or AAA blockbusters&quest; Will they be working on new IP or existing franchises&quest; Are they all Xbox One Studios or will some be making games for PC&quest; We simply don&&num;8217&semi;t know&period; The only clue we have is that LXP are reportedly looking for &&num;8221&semi;<span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;444444&semi;">an experienced creative individual who can help us bring Microsoft’s next big IP to life&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We&&num;8217&semi;ll bring you more information about Microsoft&&num;8217&semi;s new studios once it is announced&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;thesixthaxis&period;com&sol;2014&sol;08&sol;21&sol;new-microsoft-first-party-studios-outed&sol;">The Sixth Axis<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;