{"id":1922780,"date":"2026-05-07T11:57:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T08:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1922780"},"modified":"2026-05-07T11:57:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T08:57:49","slug":"xbox-will-offer-a-closer-look-at-project-helix-the-successor-to-its-series-x-s-consoles-later-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1922780","title":{"rendered":"Xbox will &#8220;offer a closer look at Project Helix&#8221;, the successor to its Series X\/S consoles, later today"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Xbox will &#8220;offer a closer look at Project Helix&#8221;, the successor to its Series X\/S consoles, later today<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">This should be a big one.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/webinar_final_HERO.png?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Game Dev Update, Spring 26, May 7 webinar slide\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"webinar_final_HERO.png\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Microsoft<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dom Peppiatt avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/pxl_20220402_110941365.portrait_V04meYj.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1044\" height=\"1130\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Dom Peppiatt avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"pxl_20220402_110941365.portrait_V04meYj.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1044\" height=\"1130\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/dom-peppiatt\">Dom Peppiatt<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Deputy Editorial Director<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-05-07T11:57:49+00:00\">May 7, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-will-offer-a-closer-look-at-project-helix-the-successor-to-its-series-xs-consoles-later-today?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          62 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Microsoft has announced it will be hosting its first ever Xbox Game Dev Update showcase today. The freshly-announced video stream will introduce the company&#8217;s next-gen console: Project Helix. To date, we&#8217;ve only had vague updates about what this machine is, first teased back at GDC in March. The debut will take place via a stream on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@MicrosoftGameDev\"> Xbox&#8217;s Game Dev Update YouTube channel<\/a> at 12pm ET\/5pm BST. It will be hosted by Chris Charla, general manager of portfolio and programs, and Jason Ronald, VP of next generation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Chris and Jason will walk through the details shared at GDC, offering a closer look at Project Helix and what it represents for the future of Xbox,&#8221; says a description of the episode, posted over <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.microsoft.com\/en-us\/games\/articles\/2026\/04\/announcing-the-xbox-game-dev-update-spring-2026\/\">at Microsoft&#8217;s game dev blog<\/a> . &#8220;What does Project Helix mean for developers? It&#8217;s powered by a custom AMD-based SoC and co-designed for the next-generation of DirectX, as part of our ongoing partnership to shape the future of rendering and simulation. Project Helix will create new opportunities for you to optimize build workflows, improve performance, and iterate more efficiently. Xbox is building for what&#8217;s next and we&#8217;re inviting you to join us on that journey.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It looks like this is aimed more at developers and people that will be using Project Helix tech to make their games than it does a consumer-oritented show, but that doensn&#8217;t mean there won&#8217;t be loads of tasty bytes of info to glean from Charla and Ronald.\n<\/p>\n<p>But the rollout of Project Helix info itself has been quite odd, anyway. During GDC back in March, Ronald began the conversation-at-large about Project Helix in a talk called &#8220;Building for the Future with Xbox&#8221;, where the exec affirmed what Microsoft&#8217;s newly-appointed gaming CEO Asha Sharma had previously said: the console will be a vessel for both Xbox and PC games. He also noted that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/project-helix-dev-kits-not-going-out-until-2027-and-other-new-details-on-xboxs-next-gen-console\">dev units would not be going out until 2027<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"green background with Project Helix logo and name written in white on top\" height=\"869\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/green-background-with-Project-Helix-logo-and-name-written-in-white-on-top.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7779056386651324\" width=\"1545\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"green background with Project Helix logo and name written in white on top\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"green-background-with-Project-Helix-logo-and-name-written-in-white-on-top.jpg\" height=\"869\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7779056386651324\" width=\"1545\"><figcaption>This image is pretty much all we know about Project Helix so far. | <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Eurogamer\/Microsoft<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prior to this, all we knew about Project Helix came from Asha Sharma, who shared a brief but key update on her social media account simply stating the machine (or machines, I suppose) will &#8220;lead in performance&#8221;. Cryptic.<\/p>\n<p>This was one of Sharma&#8217;s first high-profile acts as the new head of gaming at Microsoft <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/personas\/phil-spencer\">after she took over from Phil Spencer<\/a> in February this year. Sarah Bond, who many had presumed would eventually succeed Spencer,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/former-xbox-president-sarah-bond-bids-farewell-to-xbox-staff\"> also announced she would be leaving Xbox at this same time.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Xbox seems to have a new lease of life under Sharma, then &#8211; we&#8217;ll find out later today if these new announcements can steady the shaky course the platform has been on for the past few years. Maybe, just maybe, the company will make good on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/future-of-xbox-vague-contradictory-phil-spencer-sarah-bond-asha-sharma-matt-booty\">that glimmer of hope<\/a> our own Chris saw in the platform earlier this year. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Microsoft has announced it will be hosting its first ever Xbox Game Dev Update showcase today. The freshly-announced video stream will introduce the company&#8217;s next-gen console: Project Helix. To date, we&#8217;ve only had vague updates about what this machine is, first teased back at GDC in March. The debut will take place via a stream on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@MicrosoftGameDev\"> Xbox&#8217;s Game Dev Update YouTube channel<\/a> at 12pm ET\/5pm BST. It will be hosted by Chris Charla, general manager of portfolio and programs, and Jason Ronald, VP of next generation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Chris and Jason will walk through the details shared at GDC, offering a closer look at Project Helix and what it represents for the future of Xbox,&#8221; says a description of the episode, posted over <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.microsoft.com\/en-us\/games\/articles\/2026\/04\/announcing-the-xbox-game-dev-update-spring-2026\/\">at Microsoft&#8217;s game dev blog<\/a> . &#8220;What does Project Helix mean for developers? It&#8217;s powered by a custom AMD-based SoC and co-designed for the next-generation of DirectX, as part of our ongoing partnership to shape the future of rendering and simulation. Project Helix will create new opportunities for you to optimize build workflows, improve performance, and iterate more efficiently. Xbox is building for what&#8217;s next and we&#8217;re inviting you to join us on that journey.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It looks like this is aimed more at developers and people that will be using Project Helix tech to make their games than it does a consumer-oritented show, but that doensn&#8217;t mean there won&#8217;t be loads of tasty bytes of info to glean from Charla and Ronald.\n<\/p>\n<p>But the rollout of Project Helix info itself has been quite odd, anyway. During GDC back in March, Ronald began the conversation-at-large about Project Helix in a talk called &#8220;Building for the Future with Xbox&#8221;, where the exec affirmed what Microsoft&#8217;s newly-appointed gaming CEO Asha Sharma had previously said: the console will be a vessel for both Xbox and PC games. He also noted that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/project-helix-dev-kits-not-going-out-until-2027-and-other-new-details-on-xboxs-next-gen-console\">dev units would not be going out until 2027<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"green background with Project Helix logo and name written in white on top\" height=\"869\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/green-background-with-Project-Helix-logo-and-name-written-in-white-on-top.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7779056386651324\" width=\"1545\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"green background with Project Helix logo and name written in white on top\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"green-background-with-Project-Helix-logo-and-name-written-in-white-on-top.jpg\" height=\"869\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7779056386651324\" width=\"1545\"><figcaption>This image is pretty much all we know about Project Helix so far. | <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Eurogamer\/Microsoft<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prior to this, all we knew about Project Helix came from Asha Sharma, who shared a brief but key update on her social media account simply stating the machine (or machines, I suppose) will &#8220;lead in performance&#8221;. Cryptic.<\/p>\n<p>This was one of Sharma&#8217;s first high-profile acts as the new head of gaming at Microsoft <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/personas\/phil-spencer\">after she took over from Phil Spencer<\/a> in February this year. Sarah Bond, who many had presumed would eventually succeed Spencer,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/former-xbox-president-sarah-bond-bids-farewell-to-xbox-staff\"> also announced she would be leaving Xbox at this same time.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Xbox seems to have a new lease of life under Sharma, then &#8211; we&#8217;ll find out later today if these new announcements can steady the shaky course the platform has been on for the past few years. Maybe, just maybe, the company will make good on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/future-of-xbox-vague-contradictory-phil-spencer-sarah-bond-asha-sharma-matt-booty\">that glimmer of hope<\/a> our own Chris saw in the platform earlier this year. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Xbox will &#8220;offer a closer look at Project Helix&#8221;, the successor to its Series X\/S consoles, later today This should be a big one. 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