Microsoft reveals next-gen console details and promises an ‘order of magnitude increase’ in power

Microsoft has shared new details on its next-generation console, Project Helix, and reiterated that it will run both Xbox and PC games. Speaking during a session at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Jason Ronald, VP, Next Generation, confirmed that Helix will be powered by a custom AMD SOC with “next-gen ray-tracing performance”. According to Ronald, Helix will offer “an order of magnitude increase” in raytracing performance capability “beyond what’s currently possible with the Xbox Series X and S”. Development kits will be dispatched next year, he said. Read More...

Mar 12, 2026 - 02:23

Microsoft reveals next-gen console details and promises an ‘order of magnitude increase’ in power

Microsoft has shared new details on its next-generation console, Project Helix, and reiterated that it will run both Xbox and PC games.

Speaking during a session at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Jason Ronald, VP, Next Generation, confirmed that Helix will be powered by a custom AMD SOC with “next-gen ray-tracing performance”.

According to Ronald, Helix will offer “an order of magnitude increase” in raytracing performance capability “beyond what’s currently possible with the Xbox Series X and S”. Development kits will be dispatched next year, he said.

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