Windows 11’s Steam Deck-ish, streamlined Xbox gaming UI comes to all PCs in April

When Asus and Microsoft launched the ROG Xbox Ally X last summer, it came with a bespoke controller-driven full-screen interface running on top of Windows 11. The handheld was still running Windows ...

Microsoft Will Soon Let You Use Any Windows 11 PC Like an Xbox

Microsoft's next-gen Xbox isn't an Xbox. Or it isn't just an Xbox, anyway: While the rumored console will undoubtedly play Xbox games, "Project Helix," as it's codenamed, will rep ...
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Xbox Reveals New Details On 'Project Helix' Next-Gen Console, Says Devs Will Get It In 2027

It's now been confirmed that an "alpha" version of the next-gen Project Helix hardware will be shipped to developers in 2027, ...

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

Technically, you’ve been able to try the Xbox Full Screen Experience (FSE) in preview since November 2025, if you were part of both the Windows Insider and Xbox Insider Programs. But it needed work, ...

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

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. It will also include a ...
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Microsoft Teases "New Ways To Play" Classic Games For Xbox 25th Anniversary

As Xbox continues to support classic titles, Microsoft shares a vague promise about something coming this year.
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Project Helix alpha development kits to ship in 2027; Xbox mode coming to Windows 11 in April

Microsoft Gaming shared updates on its newly announced next-generation hardware Project Helix during the Xbox Developer Summit keynote address at Game Developer Conference 2026, including that it ...

Microsoft Reveals Project Helix Features at Next-Gen Xbox GDC Talk, Alpha Versions to Be Sent to Devs in 2027

Microsoft has revealed early features of Project Helix, its next-gen Xbox, while confirming plans to send alpha versions of ...

Xbox Project Helix 'alpha' hardware will go out to game devs in 2027, Microsoft says

Microsoft's next Xbox, code named Project Helix, will be in developers' hands in 2027, the company revealed during a talk at the GDC Festival of Gaming on Wednesday. Alpha versions of development kits ...
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Microsoft confirms Xbox 'Project Helix' will be powered by AMD with multi-frame generation

Today, at GDC 2026, Microsoft announced new gaming improvements coming soon to Windows 11, including the new full-screen Xbox mode and more. Additionally, the company revealed more bits about the next ...
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GDC: Microsoft Wants to Turn Your PC into One Big Emulator

Covering the video games industry since 2017, with experience in news, articles, lists, and reviews (and I blame The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask for that). If you are a fan of RPGs and want a third ...
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Xbox Project Helix Gets Key Updates, Including When Devs Will Get The System

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 ...