At a press conference at E3 2019 in LA on Sunday, Microsoft announced the first details of a next-generation Xbox, the follow-up to its Xbox One console. Still known by its codename Project Scarlett, the new machine will be released in late 2020, with Halo Infinite as its leading launch title. In a teaser video shown at Microsoft’s E3 press conference, a Microsoft spokesperson claimed the console would usher in a new era of 120-frames-per-second visuals. In a nod to its millions of legacy gamers, Microsoft promised that Scarlett will support “four generations” of Xbox gaming, suggesting integral backwards compatibility, or access to downloadable or streaming content from the Xbox, Xbox 360 and Xbox One. Microsoft also announced that from October, Xbox owners will be able to stream games from an Xbox One console to smartphones and tablets using the company’s xCloud streaming technology.

Source: The Guardian June 09, 2019 22:29 UTC