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Xbox One X is the name of Project Scorpio, launches November 7 for $499

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Microsoft took the wraps off its new game console, the Xbox One X, at its press event today ahead of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), one of the most important events in the gaming industry. It will launch November 7, but the company frustrated fans and onlookers when it didn’t announce the price.

Xbox One X dispenses with the code name, Scorpio, and it is the smallest console that Microsoft has ever made, said system designer Kareem Choudary. He added that it was the most powerful game console ever made. It will sell for $499.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.