Xbox's next-gen console coming way sooner than we'd have liked

It seems that the next-gen Xbox console might be arriving sooner rather than later.

The Xbox Series X/S launched in 2020 and has graced us with first-party titles such as Forza Horizon 5, Starfield and Halo Infinite. More recently, we were treated to the surprise hit that is South of Midnight from Compulsion Games.

Check out the South of Midnight trailer below!

By console generation standards with Xbox Series X/S being five years old, it’s still relatively young. For example, the last generation, Xbox One, lasted from 2013 to its discontinuation in 2020.

The original Xbox had a slightly longer life span from 2001 to 2009. However, Microsoft’s most successful console, the Xbox 360 lasted over a decade from 2005 to 2016.

So, to be fair, it shouldn't come as much of a surprise that the next-gen Xbox console could be around the next corner. With that in mind, a game intended to release on the next Xbox and PlayStation 6 has reportedly been cancelled.

As reported by Eurogamer (via Insider Gaming), the game in question is based on the iconic Ridley Scott sci-fi movie franchise, Blade Runner.

Interestingly, the game called Blade Runner: Time to Live was being developed by Until Dawn studio, Supermassive Games. So, it might be safe to assume that its estimated 10 to 12 hour story campaign would offer multiple choice scenarios and alternative endings.

Players reportedly would have been the last Blade Runner bounty hunter alive in 2065, assuming the role of So-Lange, a vintage Nexus-6 model android, said to be “inexplicably still alive well beyond your limited lifespan.”

Its story would also have focused on “the philosophical themes of Blade Runner with kinetic action-adventure gameplay.”

What’s more, documents obtained by Insider Gaming read: “Journey from the teeming undercity of New Zurich 2065 to the eerie remnants of the forgotten world beyond.”

“Under orders to retire, Rev, the mysterious and ruthless leader of an underground replicant network, you are betrayed and left for dead in a brutally hostile environment.”

It’s claimed that Blade Runner: Time to Live had entered pre-production in September 2024, with its prototype build aimed to have been completed by March this year.

Blade Runner: Time to Live was expected to be released in 2027 and was not only intended to launch on PC and next-gen consoles but also PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.