This isn’t quite what we expected to see last year, but the ROG Xbox Ally still marks a new chapter in the rapidly developing “handheld war.” Microsoft’s announcement of the Ally during its annual Xbox Showcase broadcast on Sunday only came a few days after Nintendo’s release of its latest console,

Microsoft’s Xbox handheld console will compete against Steam Deck, Nintendo Switch 2 and other portable gaming systems. Here’s what you need to know.

Ayaneo is a Chinese brand that released its first Windows-based handheld system a year before Valve's Steam Deck. Since then, it has launched successively more capable devices with more powerful internal hardware.

As we hinted at up above there, the Xbox platform is officially 25 years old next year (gosh, we know, we're old!), and it sounds like some of Microsoft's biggest franchises will be launching new titles in 2026 to celebrate. Even just those three namedropped by Phil would be enough for us, to be honest!

Xbox appears to have given up on supporting physical media for first-party games on its own console, much to the frustration of fans.

June 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM ET: The 4TB Seagate Storage Expansion Card for Xbox Series X|S is official. Following an apparent leak last week, Seagate has since announced the new accessory. The card retails for $499.99 but is currently discounted to $429.99.

Maybe it shouldn't always be purely about the numbers, Mason.

Certain Xbox games will soon see a price hike, but titles from Microsoft's first-party developers will still be coming to Game Pass.