A gamer plays Hollow Knight: Silksong video game on the new ROG Xbox Ally X from ASUS and Xbox at the Xbox booth during Gamescom in Cologne, western Germany, on Aug 20, 2025. — AFP
The Switch 2 is about to get another competitor in the increasingly crowded handheld gaming market.
First revealed in June and set for release in October, the ROG Xbox Ally from Asustek Computer Inc was available to play in person for the first time at the Gamescom trade fair in Cologne this month. Together with a souped-up Xbox Ally X edition, this device is a collaboration with Microsoft Corp to extend the Xbox ecosystem into a handheld form factor that Nintendo Co rejuvenated with the Switch.
