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Xbox E3: Microsoft unveil next gen console, Game Pass changes and latest games at press conference - as it happened

Sunday 09 June 2019 16:43 BST

Phil Spencer, Executive President of Gaming at Microsoft, speaks during the Microsoft xBox E3 briefing at the Microsoft Theater on June 10, 2018 in Los Angeles, California (Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

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Xbox is hosting its E3 conference, during which it is expected to unveil its next gen console and the games that will be played on it.

The event will allow Xbox to reveal the new titles coming over the next year and beyond.

And it will be the biggest event of the conference, since PlayStation has decided to avoid the gaming event entirely and will not be hosting a press conference.

As well as the next generation console, Microsoft is expected to show off a new Halo game, updates on Game Pass and its streaming service Project xCloud, as well as potentially unexpected Xbox games.

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"We've created a new generation of SSD. We're actually using the SSD as virtual RAM."

Andrew Griffin9 June 2019 22:26

Microsoft claims it is seeing performance of up to 40 times better than the previous generation.

Andrew Griffin9 June 2019 22:26

(A little note: this is very similar to the PS5, where Sony is also stressing the SSD as the central feature and the new big breakthrough.)

Andrew Griffin9 June 2019 22:26

It sounds like you'll be able to play people on the Xbox One, too. (That is present on the PS5 too.)

Andrew Griffin9 June 2019 22:27

Project Scarlett. Coming "Holiday 2020".

Andrew Griffin9 June 2019 22:28

Microsoft has worked with AMD to create a new processor for the new console, says Phil Spencer.

Andrew Griffin9 June 2019 22:28

Xbox is suggesting this plays into all of the other trends it's stressed tonight: the ability to play with anyone, the ability to play over streaming, and all of that.

Andrew Griffin9 June 2019 22:29

"Next holiday, we will launch Project Scarlett with Halo."

Andrew Griffin9 June 2019 22:29

And here it is! Halo Infinite. Keep going through these for a peek at everyone's favourite visored green fella. ("Welcome back, chief," as the trailer put it.)