Handheld Gaming
The latest Handheld Gaming coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Hell is Us PC Requirements: Upscaling Mandatory, RTX 4090 for 4K, Steam Deck in Question
Rogue Factor and Nacon have published the full PC system requirements for Hell is Us, their upcoming Unreal Engine 5 action-adventure, and the numbers make one thing brutally clear: upscaling is no...
ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X Debuts with AMD Z2 Extreme NPU and Xbox Shell on October 16
ASUS and Microsoft have drawn a line in the sand for portable PC gaming. On October 16, 2025, the ROG Xbox Ally family—two Windows 11 handhelds with an Xbox-first interface and AMD’s latest Ryzen...
Xbox Handheld UI Expands to MSI Claw 8 AI+ and Legion Go S in 2026
Microsoft’s Xbox full-screen experience, first shown on the upcoming ROG Xbox Ally devices, will expand to existing handhelds including the MSI Claw 8 AI+ and Lenovo Legion Go S starting next year,...
Early ROG Ally X Demo Delivers 70 FPS Ray-Traced Doom Gameplay at 18 Watts
ASUS and Microsoft’s premium gaming handheld, the ROG Xbox Ally X, has turned heads at Gamescom 2025 with a stunning early benchmark: 70 frames per second in Doom: The Dark Ages, ray tracing...
Xbox App on Windows 11 Now Launches Battle.net and GOG Galaxy Directly—for Insiders
Microsoft has begun rolling out a new experimental tab in the Xbox app for Windows 11 that lets users install and launch third-party applications—including rival game storefronts—directly from...
Xbox App 'My Apps' Preview Unifies PC Game Launchers on Windows 11
Xbox Insiders on Windows 11 now have early access to a new “My apps” tab in the Xbox app, a feature that aggregates third-party storefronts and utilities directly inside Microsoft’s gaming hub....
Lenovo Legion Go S SteamOS Hands-On: A Streamlined Steam Deck Rival with a 120Hz Edge
The Lenovo Legion Go S has finally become the handheld it should have been from the start. By swapping Windows 11 for Valve’s SteamOS, Lenovo transformed a competent but cumbersome portable PC into...
Windows 11 Xbox App Tests One-Click Install of Battle.net and GOG in Full-Screen Mode
A subtle but pivotal change is rolling out to Xbox Insiders on Windows 11: the Xbox PC app can now surface, download, and launch rival gaming storefronts right from its own interface. The new “My...
ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X Bring Consolized Windows 11 to Handhelds on October 16
The ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X will arrive in stores on October 16, 2025, marking the first large-scale partnership between ASUS and Microsoft to deliver a consolized Windows 11 experience on...
Microsoft’s Xbox PC App Gets ‘My Apps’ Hub to Unify Third-Party Stores and Utilities
Microsoft is giving Xbox Insiders a major new tool this week: a centralized hub within the Xbox PC app that can download and launch third-party storefronts, browsers, and utilities directly from the...
Microsoft’s Xbox Handheld Dream: ROG Ally and Ally X Launch October 16 with Full-Screen Windows Shell
Microsoft and ASUS have locked in October 16, 2025, as the global retail launch date for the ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X, a pair of co‑developed handhelds that don’t just run Windows...
Hands-On with ROG Ally X: Windows 11's Console Transformation Arrives October 16
The ROG Xbox Ally X arrives on store shelves October 16, but the hardware isn’t the headline—it’s the software. Microsoft has been quietly rebuilding Windows 11 for handhelds, and the Ally X is...