Microsoft teases next-gen Xbox ‘Project Scarlett’ console

Microsoft is finally talking about its next-generation Xbox and what we can expect from it. For now, we know this next-gen console as Project Scarlett. It promises to be a console that’s four times more powerful than the Xbox One X. It’ll use a custom-designed processor based on AMD’s Zen 2 and Radeon RDNA architecture. And with Microsoft opting to use fast GDDR6 RAM, it claims this will “user in resolution and framerates we’ve never seen before.”

The Project Scarlett console will support 8K gaming, ray-tracing, variable refresh rate support, and framerates of up to 120 frames per second. The company will use the SSD as virtual RAM, which should boost performance by 40 times over what the current generation offers. This means loading times should be a thing of the past. All the specs are also meant to provide a more immersive experience than before. Microsoft didn’t talk about what the console will look like, but we know it will launch alongside Halo Infinite in the latter part of 2020.

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If the reports are to be believed, Google is reportedly urging the Trump administration to lift its ban on doing business with Huawei. The company is citing security concerns as the reason for them to continue working with Huawei.

Last month, Huawei has been blacklisted by the US government and prevented them from conducting business with US companies without prior government approval. So, Google had to restrict Huawei’s access to the Android operating system. And while the US backtracked a bit and delayed that action by 90 days, that reprieve is set to expire on August 19^th.

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ASUS partners with ‘PUBG’ publisher Tencent Games for new ROG Phone

It isn’t exactly a secret that ASUS is working on another ROG Phone, but it’s been revealed on Chinese social media site Weibo that the company is partnering with Tencent for the new gaming smartphone. Tencent’s gaming division is a video game publishing giant from China and it has published games like PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, Ring of Elysium, and League of Legends. The partnership means Tencent will help optimize its games and the gaming experience on the second-generation ROG Phone.

The phone is expected to launch in China sometime in July. Some of the rumoured specs of the ROG Phone 2 include a 120Hz display, updated Snapdragon processor, and most likely, more RAM.

Source: GSMArena