Despite some very obvious teething pains, the ROG Xbox Ally offers a glimmer of hope for the future of Windows 11-powered PC ...

When you think of the best gaming handheld devices, your mind might wander to the Game Boy or Nintendo DS you grew up with. But did you know that today’s handhelds let you play blockbuster PC games on ...

AMD's Z Extreme range is still going strong, though, with the Z1 Extreme making for a good mid-range handheld, and the new Z2 Extreme powering the surprisingly capable Asus ROG Xbox Ally X. The Xbox ...

Reviews for the Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X have gone live, and it's apparent that some people thought this was going to be an Xbox console that could run native Xbox games. But that's never been the ...

Nintendo Switch 2, the first Xbox handheld, better handheld gaming PCs, and sleeper hits like the AYN Thor. Which one is right for you?

TL;DR: ASUS teased a new Windows-powered handheld device, similar to the ROG Ally, with Xbox branding. This device, linked to Project Kennan, is not a native Xbox handheld but a third-party product.

Lenovo is launching a SteamOS-powered Legion Go Gen 2 at CES 2026 with the same powerful hardware as the Windows 11 version.

May 27, 2025 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google The Steam Deck changed the game for PC players, opening up a world of portability that was usually reserved for ...

One weakness of Valve’s Steam Deck gaming handheld and SteamOS is that, by default, they will only run Windows games from Steam that are supported by the platform’s Proton compatibility layer (plus ...

Microsoft plans to optimize Windows 11 for gaming with improvements to background processes, power management, and graphics performance New Xbox Fu ...

TL;DR: Microsoft's new Xbox Fullscreen Experience app, designed for handheld Windows 11 25H2 gaming PCs, optimizes system resources by disabling non-gaming functions, freeing up about 1GB of RAM.

The combination of Windows and Xbox can’t come soon enough. The combination of Windows and Xbox can’t come soon enough. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things ...