New Xbox Series X/S consoles detailed in enormous Microsoft leak

Microsoft will launch a refreshed version of both the Xbox Series X and S next year, according to documentation included in an enormous leak of information from the company’s recent FTC court trial.

The company’s mid-gen refresh is slated to arrive in 2024, four years before plans for a proper next-gen Xbox console expected in 2028.

Next year’s new Xbox Series X (codenamed “Brooklin”) will be all-digital and sports a new cyclindrical design. It’s set for launch next October.

Brooklin is set to offer 2TB of internal storage, faster Wi-Fi and come with Microsoft’s refreshed Xbox controller. It will also draw less power, include a front-facing USB-C slot, and be offered at the current Xbox Series X price of $499.

The new Xbox Series S (codenamed “Ellewood”) keeps the current Series S look and $299 price. It’s set to launch slightly earlier, in August next year.

Ellewood features 1TB internal storage, and again – faster Wi-Fi, reduced power, and the new Xbox controller which also leaked today.

These details come from an internal Xbox document dated from April 2022, shared with the US Federal Trade Commission this year during its court case regarding Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition. This document then surfaced publicly last night, attached to a PDF alongside a treasure trove of other fully unredacted internal details.

Eurogamer has contacted Microsoft for comment.

Microsoft is pushing the sustainability profile of both refreshes, with the new Xbox Series X reducing its power by 15 percent and offering a new low-power standby mode just 20 percent the current Xbox Series S standby offering. The same new lower-power mode is also offered on the redesigned Series S, too.