Hot on the heels of the Nintendo Switch 2 is a new challenger in the race for the best gaming handheld—and it's a big one. At this summer's Xbox Games Showcase, we got a look at the gaming giant's ...

There's been plenty of speculation on when Microsoft was going to enter the handheld gaming fray. The Xbox maker appears to have something in the works that may be further along than expected.

For almost two decades, rumours have swirled about a handheld Xbox console to rival Nintendo and PlayStation. Now, it's finally here. The ROG Xbox Ally has been released worldwide, putting an end to ...

The ROG Xbox Ally is Microsoft’s beta test. Microsoft may still be making their own Xbox handheld. But it’s not coming anytime soon. Last June 2025, Tom Warren of the Verge reported that Microsoft ...

Back in June 2025, ASUS and Xbox announced their joint collaboration for the ROG Xbox Ally series of gaming handhelds. These Windows 11 based portable consoles brought special optimizations and ...

Everyone's been referring to the ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X as "Xbox portables" or "handheld Xboxes" for so long during development that it's easy to forget that they're not that at all: They're ...

What if your gaming console could combine the power of a high-end PC, the portability of a handheld device, and the seamless integration of Xbox’s ecosystem? The ROG Xbox Ally series, born from a ...

A new rumor suggests that Microsoft canceled development of its own in-house Xbox handheld, and it's all down to AMD. While we're just weeks away from the new Asus-built ROG Xbox Ally launching, it's ...

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