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Today at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Microsoft held a panel discussion during which Xbox next-gen VP Jason Ronald shared new insight into the company’s plans for the future of the platform, including the recently announced Project Helix console/PC platform.
Xbox executive Jason Ronald announced that alpha versions of Project Helix devkits will begin to go out to developers in 2027. Devkits are early versions of new consoles that developers often get access to prior to launch so they can starting building games for the final system.
“We’re continuing to push innovation for our next 25 years with our team hard at work on our next-generation first-party console: Project Helix is designed to play your Xbox console and PC games, delivering leading performance and ushering in the next generation of console gaming,” Ronald said.
He went on to say that Microsoft, together with AMD, are endeavoring to shape “the future of rendering and simulation” with the new machine. “Project Helix is powered by a custom AMD SoC and co-designed for the next generation of DirectX and FSR to unlock what comes next,” he said.
Ronald added: “It delivers an order of magnitude leap in ray tracing performance and capability, integrates intelligence directly
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