{"id":18912,"date":"2026-06-10T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/consoleland.sk\/?p=18912"},"modified":"2026-06-10T13:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T11:30:00","slug":"major-nelson-reveals-hes-working-with-xbox-again-as-host-for-fanfest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/consoleland.sk\/?p=18912","title":{"rendered":"Major Nelson Reveals He&#8217;s Working With Xbox Again As &#8218;Host&#8216; For FanFest\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.purexbox.com\/7f8a77d0d22bb\/small.jpg\" style=\"width: 100%\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Asha Sharma brings back the beloved Xbox veteran.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Back in July of 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/news\/2023\/07\/major-nelson-announces-his-departure-from-xbox-after-20-years\">Major Nelson (real name Larry Hryb) announced his departure from Xbox<\/a> and Microsoft after 20 years, and it marked a sad moment for the community that had loved his work throughout the history of the brand.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, a lot of that work was behind-the-scenes \u2014 he was the Principal Program Manager at Xbox for nine years, helping to build the Xbox Live and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/news\/2026\/04\/xbox-achievements-are-getting-a-refresh-with-multiple-new-improvements\">achievement<\/a> systems amongst other things, and then spent the next 11 years as Senior Director of Corporate Communications. However, Major Nelson also played a key role in highlighting the likes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/features\/soapbox-12-months-later-i-definitely-still-miss-xbox-games-with-gold\">Games with Gold<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/news\/2022\/07\/talking-point-what-were-your-favourite-xbox-live-arcade-games-on-360\">Xbox Live Arcade<\/a> and various Xbox first-party releases in video form, and was always a beloved ever-present figure when it came to Xbox&#8217;s marketing campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/news\/2026\/06\/major-nelson-reveals-hes-working-with-xbox-again-as-host-for-fanfest-2026\">full article on purexbox.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asha Sharma brings back the beloved Xbox veteran.Back in July of 2023, Major Nelson (real name Larry Hryb) announced his departure from Xbox and Microsoft after 20 years, and it marked a sad moment for the community that had loved&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":18913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mint-rss","category-nezaradene"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Major Nelson Reveals He&#039;s Working With Xbox Again As &#039;Host&#039; 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