It's not often I find myself chuckling at DIY projects, but YouTuber James Channel got a hearty one from me the second he announced the portable Xbox he created by sawing one in half, slapping ...

With the launch of the ROG Xbox Ally only a few weeks away on October 16, the fantasy of a portable Xbox is about to be a lot more real. As a recent video from YouTuber James Channel shows, though, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...