An Xbox Handheld May Be On Pause As Microsoft Shifts Its Gaming Strategy by Alan Velasco — Friday, May 30, 2025, 02:39 PM EDT Comments ...

For now, none of this is confirmed. But the Asus ROG Xbox Ally X and ROG Xbox Ally, plus that streamlined version of Windows, definitely indicate a new direction for Xbox. We'll be watching closely.

Xbox's New Handheld Can Play Some PlayStation Games As reported by GameFile, a recent secretive presentation of the ROG Xbox Ally has led to an amusing discovery about the Xbox console.

Microsoft's in-house Xbox handheld console appears to be off the table, as a reputable insider has claimed that the project has been "essentially canceled." This development comes shortly after ...

Xbox Reportedly Puts Native Handheld on Hold and Shifts Focus to Improving Windows 11 Gaming Performance The new Xbox and ASUS handheld, codenamed Project Kennan, launches by end of 2025 and is ...

Despite this, Microsoft is known to be actively developing its next-generation Xbox console. In February 2024, Xbox president Sarah Bond confirmed that a new Xbox device was in development and ...

A release date for the ROG Xbox Ally — essentially, a third-party portable Xbox — has popped up online, suggesting there's ...

That's a truly streamlined OS for gaming on handheld, and it sure feels like Microsoft would like to compete a bit more with it. This new Xbox UI on Windows might well be the start of that.

Nintendo did it. Sony did it. Even Sega did it. And now, Microsoft finally has launched its own dedicated handheld gaming device…kind of. In other words, it isn’t a portable Xbox, it's a ...

For now, none of this is confirmed. But the Asus ROG Xbox Ally X and ROG Xbox Ally, plus that streamlined version of Windows, definitely indicate a new direction for Xbox. We'll be watching closely.