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Project Scorpio is the next Xbox: 4K gaming, VR, and more for holiday 2017

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Microsoft announced its new video game console — and a stab at Sony and the market-leading PlayStation 4 — for the holiday season of 2017: Project Scorpio.

Microsoft made the announcement at its press briefing ahead of the Electronic Entertainment Expo, the big game trade show in Los Angeles that begins Tuesday. The rumors of the machine leaked over the weeks, under the code-name Scorpio. The console will be able to display on 4K televisions and handle games in virtual reality — and at the moment, all we know about the PlayStation Neo and its rumored 4K capabilities is that it won’t be at E3, one of the most important events on the $99.6 billion game industry’s calendar.

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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.