Microsoft Announces Xbox One X "Project Scorpio Edition"

Microsoft has announced at Gamescom that Xbox One X will come with in a limited edition Project Scorpio Edition, designed to resemble the the design of the original Xbox. Microsoft announced the Xbox One X Project Scorpio preorders are available now and that the system will eventually run out of quantity. The Xbox One X launches on November 7 and you can check out the trailer for the Project Scorpio edition below.

Microsoft Announces Details For Xbox FanFest

Microsoft has announced some details for its latest FanFest for E3 in LA. The event will take place from June 11 to June 13. There are 500 tickets available, and 400 of them (in 4 waves) will be released starting on Wednesday, April 19 at 6AM PT via #XboxFanFest and @Xbox on Twitter. The remaining ones will be available via promotions, etc. Those chosen for FanFest get to go to the Microsoft E3 briefing that Sunday, receive swag, get to play upcoming games, early access to Project Scorpio and more.

Xbox Project Scorpio Unveil Happening At E3 2017

Microsoft has announced that they will fully unveil Project Scorpio at E3 2017. Xbox Boss Phil Spencer revealed this in a post on Xbox Wire. "I'm proud of the progress made with Project Scorpio and what it will mean for the creators who fuel the passion of gamers around the world," he said, adding, "We’re excited to unveil Project Scorpio and the amazing game experiences it powers at E3 this June." Thoughts ?

Project Scorpio Specs Revealed

Digital Foundry has recently seen Microsoft's upcoming Project Scorpio console in action, and apparel they came away impressed. From what they saw, it sounds like Scorpio could be the system of choice for anyone serious about 4K console gaming. Looking at the specs below, you can see the technology leap feels more like a brand-new console as opposed to an Xbox One refresh. Scorpio holds considerable advantages in processing/GPU power, memory, and bandwidth over the current systems as well as the PS4 Pro. The power gives the system the ability to upscale Xbox One games to 4K. If you don't have a 4K television, you still gain performance and loading benefits with supersampled resolutions. What are your thoughts on the Project Scorpio specs ? They seem like a power house but then why not just get a PC for 4K gaming ? Also these specs will mean nothing if Xbox doesn’t have good first party games for the system. 

Microsoft To Reveal Xbox Project Scorpio Specs Tomorrow

Microsoft is planning to unveil its Xbox Project Scorpio specifications tomorrow, April 6. Eurogamer’s Digital Foundry has confirmed it will run an “exclusive Xbox Scorpio reveal” at 9AM ET, following speculation. Microsoft reportedly invited Digital Foundry to its campus recently to observe the internals of Project Scorpio and witness Forza Motorsport 7 running at 4K resolution. Microsoft previously revealed that Project Scorpio will run at 6 teraflops, ahead of its main competitor the PlayStation 4 Pro with 4.2 teraflops of graphical power. Microsoft plans to replace its 8GB of DDR3 RAM / 32MB of ESRAM with 12GB of GDDR5 memory on Project Scorpio. How powerful do you think Project Scorpio will be ?

To clear up the speculation: @digitalfoundry will have an exclusive Xbox Scorpio reveal on @eurogamer this Thursday at 2pm UK / 6am Pacific. pic.twitter.com/S6xxT2YCcn

— Eurogamer.net (@eurogamer) April 4, 2017

Microsoft Announces The Date For Its E3 Press Conference

Microsoft has announced that the Xbox One E3 press conference will take place on  June 11 at 2:00 PM PT in The Galen Center in Los Angeles, CA. The confirmation comes via a tweet from Xbox's official account. It's worth noting that June 11 is the Sunday of E3 week, which is earlier than the company has traditionally held its press events, which it usually on Monday. E3 is still a few months out, so the full press conference schedule is still developing. Stay tuned for more info!

Brace for big news.#XboxE3 briefing will air Sunday, June 11 at 2 PM PT. pic.twitter.com/EWilMOb47s

— Xbox (@Xbox) February 15, 2017

Project Scorpio Will Run Microsoft Studio Games At Native 4K

In an interview with USA Today, Microsoft Studios' publishing general manager Shannon Loftis said, "any games we're making that we're launching in the Scorpio time frame, we're making sure they can natively render at 4K." The games Loftis is referring are games released by Microsoft Studios. It's unknown if  third-party developers' will support native 4K as well.

Microsoft Believes Project Scorpio Will Bring The End Of Console Generations

According to an interview with Engadget, Microsoft believes that this will be the end of console generations, as the company plans to iterate on the Xbox platform going forward. Xbox games marketing head Aaron Greenberg said Microsoft thinks "the future is without console generations," highlighting the fact that iterative hardware allows the Xbox platform to continue to build upon its established community and growing library of games. Greenberg says that there upcoming console Project Scorpio is "a pretty big bet" for the company. He emphasized that Scorpio's launch isn't the start of a new console generation, as "everything you have continues forward and it works." Instead Scorpio will serve as a new entry in "a family of devices." Based on the reception to Scorpio so far, Microsoft believes it will "be a pretty big success" and could very well "change the way we think about the future of console gaming." Thoughts ?

Head Of Xbox Says Project Scorpio Is Like A PC With A Geforce GTX 980 Graphics Card

In an interview with WIRED, Head of Xbox Phil Spencer shed light on Microsoft's vision for the future of its console business, saying the company isn't planning to upgrade its hardware on an annual basis. "We’re not on a hardware tick tock that says I need to put out a console every 2 years or every 1 year to get people to upgrade. That’s not the console model," Instead, the company is "trying to think beyond generations" with a console model that allows users to carry all of the content they purchased for their older hardware forward. Next year, Microsoft will release an upgraded version of Xbox One,”Project Scorpio”, which Spencer likened to a PC with a GeForce GTX 980 graphics card. What do you think of Project Scorpio ? Is it the future of console gaming ? 

Microsoft Unveiled Project Scorpio, Coming Holiday 2017

During Microsoft’s E3 press conference, Microsoft announced the rumored more powerful Xbox One console, called Project Scorpio. According to Spencer, Project Scorpio is part of Team Xbox's philosophy to "unite gamers wherever they play." The console will supposedly have "true 4K visuals." You can watch the reveal for Project Scorpio here:

With Nintendo NX, PS4 Neo and now Project Scorpio, this was the shortest console life cycle ever. I really do feel that these were the consoles we should've gotten back in 2013. Thats just how I feel. What do you think ?