Rare Veteran is the New Xbox Game Studios Chief of Staff - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 September 2025 / 3,720 Views
Louise O'Connor had worked at Rare for 25 years and was last the executive producer on the now cancelled Rare title Everwild.
O'Connor is staying at Xbox, however, she is now the Chief of Staff at Xbox Game Studios as of August, according to her LinkediIn profile.
She was first hired at Rare in 1999 as an animator and first worked on Conker's Bad Fur Day. She would work her way up to head of animation in 2009 and would later become and art director and finally an executive producer in 2017.
As the Chief of Staff at Xbox Game Studios she will be "Driving connection, collaboration and momentum across Xbox Games Studios and continuing my passion for game development by supporting some of the most iconic gaming studios, leaders and teams in the world."
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can follow the author on Bluesky.
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See how they go... The execution with RARE has been lacking the last decade or so... But they may bring some compelling experience and ideas to the table and be in a position to make it happen.
Given that she was the executive producer of Everwild, it doesn't seem like a good call to give her a major promotion.
She was art director on Kinect Sports!
What more do you want?!
Wow I had no idea she's so talented! In that case, Phil Spencer should resign so she can take his job lol
RiP EverWild. Was looking forwards to it...
doesnt seem to be making any games, so this is a way to keep employment
