Microsoft outs Xbox Project Helix: ‘We want to break down the artificial barriers between PC and console’

Microsoft unveiled more details of its “Project Helix” next-generation console at the Game Developer Conference, and they should look familiar to PC gamers.

And we nearly have a launch date: Alpha versions of the Helix console will be sent to developers in 2027, Microsoft executives said. Microsoft also said that its “Xbox Mode” would be transitioning from the handheld to all of Windows PCs beginning in April this year.

Helix will be “aligned” to allow customers to play both Xbox and PC games...