It first appeared in the movie Real Steel about a week ago; a mock-up design of an “Xbox 720” logo. The movie takes place in the not-too-distant future, causing wild speculation that Microsoft had surreptitiously given us a clue as to what to expect from its next generation console.
When contacted, the company retreated to its default “we don’t comment on rumour and speculation” position. However, we know that the movie producers would not have been allowed to include the logo with Microsoft’s permission.
Now this week Superannuation’s twitter account has linked to various Microsoft employee LinkdIn profiles claiming that a number of individuals have been working on a new console for Microsoft since 2010. This should come as no surprise; after all, a next generation console from Microsoft is inevitable.
Some of the individuals include Jeff Faulkner, who previously listed himself as the “Xbox Next Gen Creative Director”, but has now changed it to the far less exciting “Xbox User Experience Creative Director”.
Then there is Jonathan Harris, who claims to currently be “designing the next generation of entertainment”, and Patrick Corrigan who is “providing groundwork and integration for branding elements for next gen Xbox on all forms of media. Ranging from print to UI across future releases of the Xbox platform.”
They are joined by Joe Langevin, who describes himself as an “Xbox Hardware Intern at Microsoft”, and claims to be working on “high speed data buses to prevent electromagnetic interference in next-gen devices.”
Of course, none of this gives us any indication of when to actually expect the follow up to the console war leading Xbox 360, but rumour has it we may be in for an announcement as early as next year.
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