Microsoft reveals Project Helix Xbox specs with AMD partnership at GDC 2026

Mufaddal Fakhruddin / tbreak - Microsoft's Project Helix console will run Xbox and PC games using custom AMD silicon with breakthrough ray tracing performance. Developer units arrive 2027, while Xbox Mode transforms Windows 11 PCs into gaming consoles this April.

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AMD's FSR Diamond upscaling built alongside Project Helix.

AMD Unveils FSR Diamond, a Next-Gen Upscaling Suite Built Alongside “Project Helix” for the Future of Gaming

1 hr / wccftech / Muhammad Zuhair


Project Helix specs revealed; alpha dev kits shipping to studios.

Microsoft to Send Alpha Version of Project Helix Hardware to Game Developers in 2027

2 hrs / thurrott / Laurent Giret

Microsoft plans to ship prototype of next Xbox console to developers in 2027

2 hrs / cnbc

Project Helix Dev Kits Will be Sent Out in 2027, Xbox Claims Next Gen Will Be “An Order of Magnitude Improvement”

2 hrs / wccftech / David Carcasole

Microsoft reveals Project Helix Xbox specs with AMD partnership at GDC 2026

2 hrs / tbreak / Mufaddal Fakhruddin

Microsoft will start providing game studios with Project Helix consoles in 2027

2 hrs / engadget / Igor Bonifacic

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

3 hrs / theverge / Jay Peters


Xbox Mode arrives on Windows 11, unifying PC and Xbox.

Microsoft to Make New ‘Xbox Mode’ Available on All Windows 11 PCs Next Month

1 hr / thurrott / Laurent Giret

Windows 11 Devices Will Feature ROG Xbox Ally’s Xbox Mode Starting Next Month, Microsoft Tells Devs to “Build for PC”

1 hr / wccftech / David Carcasole

Microsoft's full screen 'Xbox Mode' will roll out to Windows 11 PCs in April

2 hrs / engadget / Devindra Hardawar

Microsoft’s ‘Xbox mode’ is coming to every Windows 11 PC

2 hrs / theverge / Sean Hollister


All Other Stories

Microsoft’s “Xbox mode” is coming to every Windows 11 PC next month. It’s no longer called “Xbox Full Screen Experience” and it’s just Xbox mode now www.theverge.com/games/892875...

12 min / bsky / @tomwarren.co.uk / tomwarren.co.uk

Microsoft announced new details about the console at the GDC Festival of Gaming.

13 min / bsky / @theverge.com / theverge.com

Next-Gen Xbox "Project Helix" | GDC 2026 Details ▪️Custom AMD chip ▪️Next-gen AMD FSR, relies on ML and frame gen ▪️"Order of magnitude increase in RT, up to and including path tracing ▪️“Alpha versions” of Helix being sent to developers i

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