J Allard, the co-founder of Xbox, has officially joined Amazon as vice president of devices and services. As reported by GeekWire, the first sign of Allard's career change came from his LinkedIn profile where his latest role was updated to read "vp, product - amazon".

J Allard, Amazon VP? Yes, it's true, according to the former Microsoft Xbox leader's LinkedIn profile, as updated this week.

Xbox cofounder J Allard joined Amazon last month as a vice president on the company’s devices and services team. In an email to The Verge, Allard confirmed his new role but says it’s “too early to have anything to say” about what he’ll be working on at Amazon beyond “new ideas.

"If you are making video games, we're interested in hearing from you. If you aren't on Xbox, we'd love to know why. And honestly, if you are using our competitor's products, you probably have a great perspective we could learn from," says Dr. Deborah Hendersen, principal user researcher for Xbox.

Microsoft is expanding its Xbox Research division to include game developers and is looking to hear feedback from more studios outside the company. In a new blog post, the company said that the objective for the expansion is to listen to partners in the Xbox ecosystem "to bring forward insights and data that could help improve future tools and services,

Microsoft wants to hear from game developers that might be skipping Xbox, or those already building games using the company’s developer tools. The software maker is expanding its Xbox Research team to include the community of game developers,