Xbox Series X could launch alongside surprise 'Edinburgh' console

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Xbox Series X could launch alongside surprise 'Edinburgh' console

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It's looking increasingly likely that the Xbox Series X won't exist Microsoft'south only side by side-generation games console, as a pair of new Xbox code names have popped up in the Xbox I operating system.

Software developer @bllyhlbrt tweeted a film of the 'Edinburgh' and 'Count' codenames in the code of the latest Game Evolution Kit from Microsoft. The code besides contains references to Xbox Lockhart, thought to be the codename for the Xbox Series S, slated to be a cheaper take on the Xbox Series X.

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Does this hateful that 2 extra new Xbox consoles are on at that place way? Well, not exactly. Twitter user Kirby0Louise, who appears to be a developer working on Void3D game engines for the Xbox Series X, suggested that Lockhart could be the codename given to the development kit for the Xbox Series Due south, while Edinburgh is the codename for the retail version of the predicted console.

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Kirby0Louise said this would rails with Xbox using capital cities as names for Southward variants of its Xbox consoles, such every bit the Xbox 1 S. While "deadly animals" are used equally codenames for the powerful X variants of the Xboxes; the Xbox Ane X was codenamed Scorpio, for example.

However, that leaves the Count codename with no console linked to it. It could be, and this is just speculation, a codename for a futurity slimmed-downwards Xbox Series X, as both Microsoft and Sony have previously released more than meaty versions of their consoles after the initial release of the main next-generation consoles.

Or it could be an all-digital version of the Xbox Series 10, which unlike the Xbox Series S, could offer all the power of the flagship console but drop the disk drive. Once more, we stress we have no evidence of this; nosotros're merely going by what Microsoft has washed with its previous Xbox consoles.

If cypher else, these codenames give further fuel to the rumor that an Xbox Series S is in the works. Microsoft has an Xbox 20/twenty consequence supposedly scheduled for July 23, but we're expecting to hear about first-party games at that showcase, whereas the Xbox Series S revealed is looking similar it could happen in August.

We expect that an all-digital Xbox Series S volition exist positioned every bit a potential rival for the PS5 Digital Edition, which Sony will be releasing alongside the disk drive-equipped PS5.

As we get closer to the Holiday 2020 release of both the Xbox Series X and PS5, it's non surprising that more leaks and data tidbits are popping up for both consoles. And all this is painting an interesting picture for next-generation consoles and what they could mean for the future of gaming.

Roland Moore-Colyer is U.K. Editor at Tom'south Guide with a focus on news, features and stance articles. He oft writes about gaming, phones, laptops and other bits of hardware; he's too got an involvement in cars. When not at his desk-bound Roland tin be found wandering around London, often with a wait of curiosity on his confront.

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