Coinciding with news that Halo Infinite has been delayed, Microsoft has narrowed down the release window for its next-gen console. The Xbox Series X will be released sometime this November, according to a blog post on the Xbox Wire. That means it's not being delayed in order to coincide with the launch of the new Halo, which was set to be the big first-party launch game for Xbox.

A specific Xbox Series X release date within November was not set, so we'll need to continue to wait on both that and the other big question mark--the Xbox Series X's price. The release window was confirmed as part of the aforementioned blog post that shares highlights regarding the Xbox Series X and tries to reassure fans about launch, given the system will now debut without a new Halo game as expected. The timing of the post is somewhat conspicuous, coming immediately on the heels of Infinite's delay.

Microsoft promises that, even with Infinite pushed to 2021, there will be "thousands of games to play, spanning four generations, when Xbox Series X launches globally this November and over 100 optimized for Xbox Series X titles, built to take full advantage of our most powerful console, are planned for this year."