Late last week, I attended an ASUS preview event for the ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X. I had spent a little over an hour with both products, but mainly focused my playtime on the ROG Xbox Ally X.

Do I like the ROG Xbox Ally X? Yes. Does it give me those sweet techdorphins you get from using a lovely bit of new kit? Will it replace my Steam Deck? Almost certainly. Is it an Xbox? Hmmm. While ...

Here at Ars, we have been writing about rumors of a portable Xbox for literal decades now. With the ROG Xbox Ally, Microsoft has finally made those rumors a reality in the weirdest, most Microsoft way ...

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The ROG Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X are available now (October 16). If you didn't preorder one of the devices, you can still get the first Xbox handheld during launch week. Best Buy has updated its ...

The Asus ROG Xbox Ally X has controller-like grips, but it's far more of a PC than an Xbox with a screen. Reading time 12 minutes Everything is an Xbox now, right? If that’s the case, why can’t we mod ...

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