Microsoft to unveil new Xbox hardware at E3 2019

By Colin Stevens

New reports suggest that Microsoft will unveil two new Xbox hardware platforms at E3 2019 and that Halo Infinite will launch with them.

Reported by the French Games Video site (via Google Translate), the next-generation Xbox hardware family of the Scarlet project would have been revealed at E3 2019 and its launch was planned for the end of 2020. The site claims that Scarlet would be composed platforms, a weaker Lockhart console and a more powerful Anaconda console, are also true. These would be announced alongside the partnership between Nintendo and Microsoft.

In addition, Halo Infinite, announced in E3 2018, should be launched alongside these new consoles, but will also be available on Xbox One. Finally, Ninja Theory, one of the studios recently acquired by Microsoft, is expected to release a new game in early 2020, which would probably be for the Xbox One rather than Scarlet consoles.

Thurott released a similar report claiming that Scarlet consoles would be unveiled at E3 2019 and that they would be launched in the fall of 2020 alongside Halo Infinite, who would have more RPG elements. than the previous Halo titles. Thurott says Microsoft will probably not discuss pricing at E3 2019 and that the company is starting to lock in on what it will announce in its speech.

Of course, these rumors remain and nothing has been confirmed regarding the alleged Lockhart and Anaconda consoles.

However, if that were true, it would correspond to what Xbox President Phil Spencer said last month, saying Microsoft would "stay as big at E3 as we did not have it." never been".

Colin Stevens is a news writer for IGN. Follow on Twitter.