Xbox Series X ‘Brooklin’: Leaked Documents Spill Details on New Design and Controller
Last night, sleuths searching through the FTC documentation provided by Microsoft to courts as part of its appeal for the company’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard struck gold. They found details of potential upcoming games, handheld Xbox hints, and remasters of beloved titles like Fallout 3.
However, the biggest prize from this documentation was a stack of details about a mid-gen hardware refresh for Xbox consoles. The documents show at least two planned Xbox devices and a new controller that looks like it will function with any screen users want to play games on, such as smartphones.
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XboxSeries X/S Console Refresh Revealed by Microsoft FTC Court Documents
Overnight, while most people were sleeping, a select number of internet investigators were trawling through the documents Microsoft provided as part of its appeal in the process to acquire Activision Blizzard. In those documents, they found details of a mid-gen refresh for the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S and a brand new controller that looks like it’s been designed with cloud gaming in mind.
The full details of this mid-gen refresh have been posted on ResetEra, and they’re very interesting for Xbox fans hoping for a slight hardware bump. The two new consoles are codenamed Brooklin (Xbox Series X refresh) and Ellewood (Xbox Series S refresh). The consoles will be priced the same as their previous models, making the choice between old or new hardware easy for those yet to invest.
Perhaps the most interesting detail from these documents is a leaked timeline for the release of the new consoles. The Ellewood 1 TB model is planned for a September 2024 release, which notes say will allow
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