Project Scorpio reveal confirmed for Thursday

Eurogamer's Digital Foundry has confirmed that it will reveal Microsoft's new 4K-ready Project Scorpio console on Thursday, April 6 at 9AM EST (6AM PST).

In a rather bizarre move, it appears that an independent publication will reveal a big-name console rather than the company who made it. Eurogamer's Digital Foundry will have an 'exclusive reveal' for Project Scorpio, and we're not sure if Microsoft will also reveal the system's specifics.

In any case, Thursday will be one of the most important days in Microsoft's history. What Digital Foundry has to say about Project Scorpio could make or break the system's appeal. Can the 6TFLOP console really do native 4K gaming? Is it capable of 4K 60FPS? Will gamers have to download huge 4K asset packs that bloat out install sizes of games to insane proportions? What specs is Scorpio packing--is it Vega, or Polaris, or a mixture of both? Does it rock AMD's new Ryzen CPU?

All of these questions and more should be answered in specific, explicit detail, and we expect a thorough analysis from Digital Foundry.

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Project Scorpio confirmed specs:

• 6 TFLOPs of performance
• 320GB per second memory bandwith
• 8 CPU Cores

Project Scorpio Hardware Predictions:

• CPU: 8-core Zen CPU
• GPU: Based on a highly-customized form of AMD's new 14nm Polaris and/or Vega architectures to hit native 4K gaming
• RAM: 12GB of GDDR5 unified system memory clocked at 320GB/s

Still, though, this is a strange move on Microsoft's part. I'd like to think the company that actually designed the console could adequately explain technical specifications and features without having to rely on third-party tech websites to speak for them.

Reports indicate that Project Scorpio's final name will be "Xbox One X" and will cost $450 for the base 1TB model.

Click here to read everything we know about Project Scorpio so far.

Everything we know so far about Project Scorpio:

• Project Scorpio renders games in native 4K
• Project Scorpio to leverage Windows 10 Game Mode tech
• Project Scorpio won't be $399, and here's why
• Halo dev: Project Scorpio is beefier than I expected
• Project Scorpio in playable state, games 'play great'
• Project Scorpio's GPU is 4.5x faster than Xbox One
• Project Scorpio is full blown next-gen system, says dev
• Project Scorpio store page hints at incoming reveal
• Shadow of War: 4K and HDR on Xbox Scorpio
• Project Scorpio to deliver new era of 4K console gaming
• Project Scorpio won't be $399, and here's why
• Project Scorpio devs can choose native 4K or 1080p 60FPS
• Xbox Scorpio confirmed, rocks 6TFLOPs, 4K gaming, VR, coming in 2017
• Project Scorpio's custom GPU could sit between Polaris and Vega
• Xbox Scorpio could be powered by 14 nm Polaris + Zen SoC for 4K gaming
• The next-gen Xbox Scorpio will be capable of 90FPS in VR
• Project Scorpio won't run all current Xbox One games at 1080p 60FPS
• Next-gen Xbox Scorpio to support native 4K gaming?
• New 4K Xbox to support Oculus Rift VR headset
• New Xbox will be '5 times more powerful' than PS4 Neo, rocks 10 TFLOPs
• Xbox and Windows are merging under Microsoft's Project Helix strategy
• Next-gen 4K-ready Xbox coming in 2017, could sport external GPU