Xbox One X: Microsoft finally makes new console available to buy ahead of November release date

The company has also announced 'enhanced' games that will look even better on the new console

Taco Bell and Xbox partner to give fans the chance to win an Xbox One X with the purchase of a Steak Quesarito $5 Box at The Vude on August 31, 2017 in Seattle, Washington (Mat Hayward/Getty Images for Taco Bell)

Microsoft will finally let you buy its new console.

The company unveiled the new console – said to be the most powerful ever made – at E3 in June. But until now it's only been available in what Microsoft calls a Project Scorpio edition, which itself sold out straight away and Microsoft said was the "fastest-selling Xbox pre-order ever".

Now proper pre-orders have opened and people will be able to buy the standard Xbox One X ahead of its released date on 7 November. The console will be sold through Microsoft's own website, for $499 or £449.

At the same time, Microsoft also announced that it would publish a list of the Xbox One "enhanced" games.

Those are the ones that are capable of using the consoles much faster processor and other increased specs, which allow it to run games at 4K and at a frame rate of 60 frames per second. Developers can re-write their games to make use of the faster console, allowing them to load games more quickly or look better.

Games that are enhanced will be marked with a special logo, showing that they're making the most of the new console. And Microsoft will be hosting – and regularly updating – a special website that will show off the list of 130 titles that have been confirmed so far, and the many more that are expected to come.

It includes a range of fairly old games that have been re-written for the console, like LA Noire and Far Cry 5.