New Xbox game console Project Scarlett to land in 2020

Los Angeles (USA), Jun 9 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Eugene Garcia). Microsoft announced Sunday that its new gaming console, called Project Scarlett, will hit stores in time for Christmas 2020.<br /> <br />Microsoft’s head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, told the Electronic Entertainment Expo, known as E3, that Project Scarlett is "the most powerful and highest performing console" they have ever designed.<br /> <br />Spencer made the announcement during its official press briefing leading up to the E3, the world's largest video game fair which will run from Jun. 11-13 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.<br /> <br />The new generation of Microsoft game consoles will replace the Xbox One (2013) and the Xbox One X (2017).<br /> <br />Although only a few details of Project Scarlett have been released, Microsoft said its new console would be four times more powerful than the Xbox One X and will be compatible with 8k resolution screens.<br /> <br />No images of how Project Scarlett will look have been released yet, and its sale price remains unknown.<br /> <br />Project Scarlett is expected to compete with another large and long-awaited launch of the high-end gaming consoles: the successor of the PlayStation 4, which Sony is working on.<br /> <br />Apart from Project Scarlett, Microsoft also presented new versions of games such as "Halo Infinite", "Cyberpunk 2077", "Gears 5" or "Elden Ring", a game for which Hidetaka Miyazaki, the creator of "Dark Souls", and George R.R. Martin, the writer of the wildly popular epic fantasy saga "Game of Thrones", have collaborated.<br /> <br />Among the surprises at the Microsoft conference was the appearance of actor Keanu Reeves, whose voice and likeness will be featured in the dystopian video game "Cyberpunk 2077".<br /> <br />SHOT LIST:  THE MICROSOFT MICROSOFT XBOX 2019 BRIEFING AT THE MICROSOFT THEATER IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA.<br /> <br />Keywords: efe,epa,usa,microsoft,xbox