The first device corresponds to the Project Scorpio devkit, the console that later became Xbox One X.
The second image is from the Xbox One S development kit.
The third photograph shows the original Xbox One devkit.
Microsoft released a preview of Project Helix before its presentation to developers at the GDC.
The first device corresponds to the Project Scorpio devkit, the console that later became Xbox One X.
The second image is from the Xbox One S development kit.
The third photograph shows the original Xbox One devkit.
Microsoft released a teaser of Project Helix, the code name for the next generation of Xbox. The company shared images related to the development of its consoles in the run-up to its presentation to
developers.As reported by the company itself through the Microsoft Game Dev account on the social network X, the advance comes as part of the GDC Festival of Gaming, the video game industry event that takes place in San Francisco until March 13.
Microsoft Game Dev release included three images accompanied by a short message: “Xbox at GDC. Advance”.
In the description, the company explained that these are black and white images of Xbox hardware used as a preview of the event.
The photos show different devices with the acronym XDK, the nomenclature that Microsoft uses for Xbox development kits.
These devices are special versions of consoles that are given to studios and developers to create video games. Devkits usually have a different design than commercial consoles and have additional tools for testing and programming.
Although the advance generated speculation in the gamer community, the images published by Microsoft do not correspond to
new hardware.
The three photos show development kits for the brand's previous consoles
The publication works as a symbolic preview of Microsoft's meeting with developers during the Game Developers Conference (GDC).
The codename Project Helix was revealed last week by Asha Sharma, who will be the next executive director of
Microsoft Gaming. The executive will replace Phil Spencer and confirmed that during the GDC she would hold meetings with partners and development studios to discuss the next console.For now, it is not known if the details of those conversations will be made public.
According to information provided by the company, Project Helix will seek to integrate console and PC features into
the same system.
The goal would be to allow the next generation of Xbox to run games designed for both traditional consoles and computers
.According to industry estimates, the new Xbox could hit the market around 2027.