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Microsoft is moving further and further back towards its PC gaming roots with the advent of the next-gen Xbox — Project Helix — and according to former exec Ed Fries, the upcoming console sounds a lot like what Microsoft had originally planned for the OG Xbox before the system morphed more into a traditional console during development.

On a recent episode of The Expansion Pass podcast, Fries sat down to chat about all-things Xbox, including some talk about Project Helix. When asked about its similarities to the concept of Microsoft's original gaming console, Fries agreed that it appears to be going in a very similar direction to what the team was doing back then.

After 12 years , the "unhackable" Xbox One has finally been hacked thanks to the new Bliss exploit that triggers a hardware glitch in the Xbox One console Boot-ROM. In today's episode we take a closer look at the exploit and discuss what this could mean for all things unsigned code, homebrew and the preservation of Xbox One games.

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