Press
Coverage & announcements
A selection of features, launch announcements, and community moments involving my work on Xbox and PlayFab.
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TrueAchievements
“The wizard at Xbox HQ”
My first major project — surfacing time played across every Xbox title — delighted millions of players and the wider community.
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Microsoft for Developers
PlayFab Statistics — General Availability
Launch announcement for the new Statistics and Leaderboards offering, now shipped in titles including Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.
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Microsoft for Developers
PlayFab Leaderboards — General Availability
Launch announcement for the redesigned Leaderboards service, built for planet-scale player ranking.
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Xbox Wire
Achievements: highlighting 100% completed games
Xbox Insiders begin testing a set of Achievements improvements — including highlighting titles where you’ve earned all available Gamerscore, new completion filters, and the option to hide games from your profile.
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X · @Pilestedt
Arrowhead CEO thanks PlayFab
Johan Pilestedt, CEO of Arrowhead Game Studios, publicly thanked PlayFab for its role in Helldivers 2 as the game raced past 12M units sold.
Johan Pilestedt (@Pilestedt) celebrating Helldivers 2 passing 12M units sold.