With all that said, "wrap up" is a pretty difficult phrase to define here. Microsoft has made an effort to make its software cross-generational since the Xbox One. Announced games will still be compatible with the Xbox Series consoles, and future, unannounced ones likely will, too.

An Xbox executive has suggested the brand wants to offer cloud gaming at a lower price. An exact plan from Microsoft has yet to be announced.

Microsoft is working on a new shader system for PC handhelds that might make games load faster and stutter less.

Thanks to the controller grips, the Xbox Ally sits comfortably in the hand. Microsoft has also worked on comfort on the software side.

Asus and Microsoft will be launching their ROG Xbox Ally series of handheld gaming PCs starting October 16, according to an Asus announcement that went out today.

Microsoft announced Wednesday during Gamescom 2025 that not only will its Xbox Ally handhelds be released on October 16, but the company is spinning up a new initiative to support optimized gaming on these devices called the Handheld Compatibility Program.

Today, Microsoft announced the official release date for the ROG Xbox Ally (it's October 16th), but neglected to mention anything about price or pre-orders, stating that more information on those would be revealed in the coming weeks.

Microsoft seems to have switched from its new Xbox PC branding to Xbox on PC in a matter of weeks.

PlayStation has followed suit with Nintendo and Microsoft, upping its console pricing. So how do these gaming systems stack up now?

In terms of the gaming experience, they will boot into a dedicated Xbox layer (on top of Windows) which will filter games, so you know which ones will work. It's been announced that the Microsoft team has been working on optimising games for the platform ...