During a review of 2025's hardware releases, Digital Foundry's rigorous testing of the newly released GPD Win 5 shows that the Windows-based handheld comes within spitting ...

AMD's Z Extreme range is still going strong, though, with the Z1 Extreme making for a good mid-range handheld, and the new Z2 Extreme powering the surprisingly capable Asus ROG Xbox Ally X. The Xbox ...

Back in March, we outlined six features we wanted to see on what was then just a rumored Xbox-branded, Windows-powered handheld gaming device. Today, Microsoft’s announcement of the Asus ROG Xbox Ally ...

I'm partial to builds with a retrofuturistic flair, particularly palmtop projects that imagine a portable past that never existed. Taking a leaf from the 'Windows where it shouldn't be' chapter out of ...

Yesterday, I reported that Microsoft's first-party Xbox handheld has been shelved, at least for now. Not to be confused with the ASUS partner device, codename Kennan, the first-party Xbox handheld was ...

That's called progress: SteamOS started life as a lightweight Linux-based system built for Valve's Steam Machines that never really picked up steam (pun intended). Now, it powers the Steam Deck and ...

One weakness of Valve’s Steam Deck gaming handheld and SteamOS is that, by default, they will only run Windows games from Steam that are supported by the platform’s Proton compatibility layer (plus ...

Two new Xbox Ally devices introduce Microsoft’s much-needed improvements to handheld gaming PCs. Two new Xbox Ally devices introduce Microsoft’s much-needed improvements to handheld gaming PCs. is a ...

The combination of Windows and Xbox can’t come soon enough. The combination of Windows and Xbox can’t come soon enough. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things ...

What’s happened? The latest Xbox update brings a mix of quietly powerful upgrades across mobile, PC, cloud, and handheld gaming. Whether you game on phone, PC, or a handheld Windows device, this patch ...