Update 2: Microsoft confirmed the console by showcasing the manufacturing process. It will also feature custom sounds.
Update 1: New image of the console surfaced.
Gears of War 4 might get its own console according to Ekim. Ekim has a great track record when it comes to insider information on Xbox One. He said the following on Twitter.
If you like that design, you might like the Xbox One S GoW Limited Edition. 🙂
— ekim (@ekim_gaf) July 8, 2016
Usually when it comes to leaks I don’t believe them but Ekim has been correct about everything so far from backward compatible games to Games with Gold releases. Also, it makes sense that Microsoft’s biggest game this year would its own console like Halo 5.
Asher is a games journalist, former News Writer (Gaming) at Windows Central. They contributed 1110 articles to ICXM between 2015–2017, focused on opinion pieces, game reviews, Windows and PC, and Xbox news: wrote over 1,100 ICXM pieces on Xbox news, hardware reviews, and platform commentary before joining Future plc’s Windows Central in 2017.