Intel has silently pushed the NUC X15 Laptop Kit out the door, its first reference gaming laptop. The NUC X15 has Tiger Lake processors, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 series GPUs and up to a 240 Hz display.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-s-reference-gaming-laptop-arrives-as-the-NUC-X15-Laptop-Kit-with-up-to-a-Core-i7-11800H-and-a-GeForce-RTX-3070.558974.0.html
That is very clearly the Intel LAPQC71 family (aka the MAG15/Fusion 15) successor right there folks, at least as per the specs. The chassis is even mentioned to be "magnesium alloy" right there.
Even more so if those pictures aren't just placeholders.
Which also renders the claim of this being "the first Intel gaming notebook" rather moot, as the LAPQC71 indeed came prior to this.
Source: My main gaming unit is a barebones LAPQC71B (the 2070MQ version).
my thoughts exactly :) it deffinitely is