Microsoft’s next Xbox, Project Helix, won’t reach alpha until 2027

The Verge / 3/12/2026

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Microsoft’s next Xbox, codenamed Project Helix, will feature a custom AMD chip with significantly improved raytracing capabilities, including path tracing support.
The new console will incorporate a next-generation AMD FSR upscaling technology that utilizes machine learning and includes frame generation for enhanced visuals.
Development progress is still in early stages, with alpha versions of Project Helix expected to be distributed to developers starting in 2027.
Microsoft shared these details publicly during the GDC Festival of Gaming, highlighting their futuristic graphics and performance ambitions for the console.
The announcement signals a long development timeline, indicating that consumers should not expect a launch anytime before 2027 or shortly thereafter.

We're here at the GDC Festival of Gaming, where Microsoft "VP of Next Generation" Jason Ronald is talking about a topic near and dear to many gamers' hearts: the future of Xbox. Ronald says the next Xbox, codenamed Project Helix, will have a custom AMD chip with "an order of magnitude increase in raytracing performance" up to and including path tracing, and a next-gen version of AMD's FSR upscaling technology that relies on machine learning and includes frame generation for the console.

But don't expect it soon: Microsoft will begin sending out "alpha versions" of Project Helix to developers in 2027, Ronald revealed here at GDC.

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