The next Xbox, formerly codenamed Project Scarlett, will be called Xbox Series X

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The console itself was also shown (seen in the trailer below), as well as a trailer for the newly announced Senua's Saga: Hellbade 2 from developer Ninja Theory, which Head of Xbox Phil Spencer said was designed to take advantage of the new system's power. Hellblade 2 wasn't the only new game announced at The Game Awards 2019 Flip through the slideshow below to see images of the Xbox Series X, or watch the trailer above:Spencer was on stage during The Game Awards, saying Series X is "our fastest, most powerful Xbox" and will set a new bar for performance, speed, and compatibility.Spencer also said Microsoft's 15 first-party studios were working on "the largest and most creatively diverse lineup of exclusive games in our history."Of the new console's controller, Spencer told Gamespot , "We do have a share button. We've heard the feedback. We're not the first ones to do a share button, so we're not going to say that we invented that, but we've heard feedback that sharing is such a part of a gaming experience now for many of our players that I wanted a dedicated hardware button to share, so you'll see that. We'll still have all the rumble triggers and haptic feedback that you've had in the console before." Meanwhile, its size is described by Gamespot, who got to see it up close, as follows: "Series X's square footprint is roughly as wide as an Xbox One controller and (again, roughly) three times as tall."Microsoft recently said the next Xbox's name would describe its purpose , and we took some (wrong) guesses here . The Xbox Series X will launch Holiday 2020, but no further details (like price or hard specs) were given during the show.That said, Microsoft previously stated it will be on par with competitor's in power and will support Play Anywhere – there's also still rumors that a second Xbox model may already be in the works. Here's everything else we know about the next Xbox

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