2025-03-18
It's about damn time Microsoft made an Xbox gaming handheld
It hasn’t happened yet, but if rumors are to be believed, Microsoft may be finally working on an Xbox-branded gaming handheld. In a lot of ways, portable PCs represent a perfect evolution to the company’s consoles. But with Microsoft arriving late to the party, there are a few things this device needs to get right.
Between Microsoft’s 20-plus year history making consoles and the Surface division’s expertise in engineering laptops and other mobile devices, you’d think creating a portable PC with a built-in screen and attached controllers would be as easy as sticking an AFK opponent with a ‘nade in Halo. And after the
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ROG Xbox Ally handheld gaming devices are real and will be released during the 2025 holiday season
We've been hearing rumors for what feels like an eternity about Microsoft working with ASUS' ROG division on a gaming handheld device, and we got confirmation during the Xbox Games Showcase [...]
2025-03-10
The first Xbox handheld might not come from Microsoft
It took a few years of dealing with poorly optimized handheld PCs, but Windows Central reports Microsoft may finally be working on an Xbox handheld. The company could announce an Xbox-branded portable [...]
2025-09-26
The ROG Xbox Ally X handheld gaming device will cost you $1,000
Microsoft has finally revealed how much the ROG Xbox Ally handheld consoles will cost you, now that they're available for preorder. The ROG Xbox Ally X, which the company describes as the "u [...]
2025-06-17
Xbox's AMD partnership sheds light on the future of the division's ecosystem
Microsoft has no plans to get out of the console business anytime soon. The company has been reiterating for a while that it's going to make at least one more generation of Xbox consoles. It' [...]
2025-06-09
Everything new at Summer Game Fest 2025: Xbox handheld, Resident Evil Requiem and more
It's early June, which means it's time for a ton of video game events! Rising from the ashes of E3, Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest is now the premium gaming event of the year, just i [...]
2025-07-08
Video Games Weekly: Every time this industry grows, it shrinks
Welcome to Video Games Weekly on Engadget. Expect a new story every Monday or Tuesday, broken into two parts. The first is a space for short essays and ramblings about video game trends and related to [...]
2025-05-30
We might not be getting that handheld Xbox for some time
A lot of people (not least Engadget’s own Sam Rutherford) have been asking Microsoft to make an Xbox-branded handheld for a long time. And it looked for a while like we might be getting exactly that [...]