ROG Xbox Ally Handhelds Revealed: Experience Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Gears of Struggle: Reloaded and More – Wherever You Go

The whole lot at Xbox begins with the participant. That’s why we’ve devoted years to reimagining make it simpler to benefit from the video games you’re keen on—wherever you’re—by way of Xbox Play Wherever, Sport Move, Xbox Cloud Gaming (Beta), Distant Play, and extra. Whether or not you’re at dwelling or on the go, your favourite video games ought to observe you.

ASUS shares that very same dedication. Recognized for pushing the boundaries of handheld gaming, ASUS is equally pushed by innovation that delivers excessive-efficiency experiences that put gamers first.

Collectively, we’ve mixed our strengths and technical experience to introduce one thing solely new: the ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X. These handhelds are constructed to make it simpler than ever to entry your favourite video games—from Xbox, Battle.internet, and different main PC storefronts—all from a single machine.

This vacation, with ASUS, gamers can uncover one other strategy to play as we mix the ability of Xbox with the liberty you count on from Home windows. And that is solely the start.

Meet the ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X

• ROG Xbox Ally: The important handheld at an incredible worth for everybody from the informal participant to the avid fanatic.
• ROG Xbox Ally X: The final word excessive-efficiency handheld, constructed for essentially the most demanding gamers.

Each handhelds permit gamers to play natively, by way of the cloud, or remotely with their Xbox console in one other room.

Subsequent-Stage Options Designed for Play Wherever

With the Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X, gamers can sit up for an approachable gaming expertise that travels with you wherever you go, that includes a number of new and first-of-their sort options on each gadgets—from an immersive Xbox full display expertise, an aggregated gaming library with entry to put in video games from main PC storefronts, and extra.

We’ve optimized Home windows 11 to be straightforward to make use of on the Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X from the second you energy on. Sport Bar makes it straightforward to return dwelling, browse your library, launch or stop video games, chat with mates, open apps, regulate settings, and extra. Now, with the combination of ASUS’s progressive Armoury Crate, Sport Bar additionally provides you streamlined entry to superior machine and enter controls. Particulars just like the lock display and process switcher have additionally been adjusted for straightforward navigation with a controller.

As a result of these handhelds run Home windows, you have got entry to video games you’ll be able to’t get elsewhere, so you’ll be able to benefit from the full freedom and versatility of PC gaming—obtain video games out of your favourite storefront, run apps like Discord, watch your favourite streamers on Twitch, and play along with your favourite mods—all straight from the Xbox expertise. The selection is yours.

Introducing the Xbox Experience for Handheld

Whenever you energy in your Xbox Ally, you’ll boot instantly into the Xbox full display expertise, a brand new function optimized particularly for handheld gaming. With new modifications that decrease background exercise and defer non-important duties, extra system assets are devoted particularly to gameplay. Which means extra reminiscence, increased framerates, and a completely immersive expertise for gamers—all made doable by the flexibility and freedom of Home windows.

The Xbox Ally has extra acquainted Xbox touches, together with:

• Xbox button: With a devoted Xbox button, gamers have entry to talk, apps, and settings by way of an enhanced Sport Bar overlay, permitting you to shortly change between working apps and video games.
• Contoured grips: Created with participant consolation in thoughts, and utilizing the identical design rules as Xbox Wi-fi Controllers, the Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X function contoured handgrips to accommodate a wider vary of hand sizes.
• Accessibility options: Sport Bar and the Xbox app have additionally been optimized for handheld use, bringing alongside acquainted accessibility options from Xbox consoles and Home windows PCs, with rather more to come back in future.

Simple Entry to Video games from Xbox, Main PC Storefronts, and More

Finding and accessing video games throughout a number of channels could be a problem —navigating by way of numerous browsers, storefronts, and login credentials can generally make gaming really feel something however enjoyable. However with the Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X, stepping into the enjoyable is less complicated and quicker than ever.

Throughout the Xbox full display expertise, gamers will see their aggregated gaming library, giving them fast entry to video games from Xbox, Sport Move, Battle.internet, and different main PC storefronts. With this new function, your Xbox library, a whole lot of Sport Move titles (membership required), and all of your put in video games from different PC recreation shops are at all times at your fingertips.

We’re additionally making handheld gaming extra seamless by way of our funding in Xbox Play Wherever. With help for over 1,000 video games, a single buy means you’ll be able to play with Xbox, together with your progress and achievements, throughout Xbox console, PC and Xbox Ally—at no extra price. And whenever you energy in your Xbox Ally or Xbox Ally X, your favourite video games are already there, able to play. Whether or not you’ve been gaming on Xbox console, Xbox on PC, or within the cloud, every little thing syncs effortlessly. With Xbox Cloud Gaming (Beta) or Distant Play, you’ll be able to entry your full Xbox console library and maintain enjoying—wherever you’re.

And sure…there’s nonetheless even extra to come back:

• We’re excited to companion with Roblox for the launch of Xbox Ally. For the primary time ever, Roblox might be playable natively and optimized for gaming handhelds, enabling gamers to play with hundreds of thousands of folks and uncover a spread of immersive video games on day one.
• We’re working carefully with our recreation developer companions on a model-new program designed to assist gamers simply determine which video games have been optimized for handhelds, together with the Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X. We’ll share extra particulars quickly. 
• Gamers who buy an Xbox Ally or Xbox Ally X and are new to Sport Move will even have the ability to get began at no extra price, accessing a whole lot of video games like Balatro, Gears Techniques, Vampire Survivors and extra, straight out of your machine.
• Gamers on both machine will have the ability to faucet into Gaming Copilot by way of Sport Bar, a customized gaming companion that helps you get to your favourite video games quicker, enhance your abilities, and join you with your mates and communities.

Two Nice Decisions & A First Take a look at Specs

The Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X are excellent for gamers seeking to take an approachable gaming expertise with you throughout travels— whether or not it’s between airports, or between the comfiest chairs in the lounge.

Each handhelds run on AMD processors that ship premium gaming efficiency, immersive visuals, and extra.

The Xbox Ally provides nice worth for anybody seeking to take their favourite video games wherever they need to play, whether or not it’s Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Gears of Struggle: Reloaded, Lies of P, South of Midnight, or many extra. It’s powered by the AMD Ryzen™ Z2 A Processor—balancing efficiency and energy consumption to maximise battery life with out sacrificing gameplay high quality—16GB of RAM and 512GB of SSD storage.

The Xbox Ally X provides extra for gamers seeking to get the very best stage of efficiency and visible settings from their favourite video games on a handheld. It options the AMD Ryzen™ AI Z2 Excessive processor—permitting us to energy the most recent AI options as they’re launched— double the storage to have extra native video games at your fingertips, and 24GB of excessive-pace RAM that extra demanding video games crave. The Xbox Ally X additionally options impulse triggers for extra immersive play.

Right here’s how the specs examine between the Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X:

	ROG Xbox Ally	ROG Xbox Ally X
Working System	Home windows 11 House	Home windows 11 House
Consolation & enter	Contoured grips impressed by Xbox Wi-fi Controllers ship all-day consolation. ABXY buttons / D-pad / L & R Corridor Impact analog triggers / L & R bumpers / Xbox button / View button / Menu button / Command Heart button / Library button / 2x assignable again buttons / 2x full-measurement analog sticks / HD haptics / 6-Axis IMU	Contoured grips impressed by Xbox Wi-fi Controllers ship all-day consolation, full with impulse triggers for enhanced management.  ABXY buttons / D-pad / L & R impulse triggers / L & R bumpers / Xbox button / View button / Menu button / Command Heart button / Library button / 2x assignable again buttons / 2x full-measurement analog sticks / HD haptics / 6-Axis IMU
Processor	AMD Ryzen™ Z2 A Processor	AMD Ryzen™ AI Z2 Excessive Processor
Reminiscence	16GB LPDDR5X-6400	24GB LPDDR5X-8000
Storage	512GB M.2 2280 SSD for simpler improve	1TB M.2 2280 SSD for simpler improve
Show	7” FHD (1080p) IPS, 500 nits, 16:9   120Hz refresh charge   FreeSync Premium   Corning Gorilla Glass Victus + DXC Anti-Reflection	7” FHD (1080p) IPS, 500 nits, 16:9   120Hz refresh charge   FreeSync Premium   Corning Gorilla Glass Victus + DXC Anti-Reflection
I/O Ports	2x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Kind-C with DisplayPort™ 2.1 / Energy Supply 3.0	1x USB4 Kind-C with DisplayPort™ 2.1 / Energy Supply 3.0, Thunderbolt™ 4 appropriate
	1x UHS-II microSD card reader (helps SD, SDXC and SDHC)	1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Kind-C with DisplayPort™ 2.1 / Energy Supply 3.0
	1x 3.5mm Combo Audio Jack	1x UHS-II microSD card reader (helps SD, SDXC and SDHC; UHS-I with DDR200 mode)
		1x 3.5mm Combo Audio Jack
Community and Communication	Wi-Fi 6E (2 x 2) + Bluetooth 5.4	Wi-Fi 6E (2 x 2) + Bluetooth 5.4
Dimensions	290.8*121.5*50.7mm	290.8*121.5*50.7mm
	670g	715g
Battery	60Wh	80Wh
Included	ROG Xbox Ally  65W charger  Stand	ROG Xbox Ally X  65W charger  Stand

Pre-orders, Pricing, Equipment and More – Coming Quickly

At launch this vacation, the Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X might be obtainable in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Eire, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, the UK, and america, with availability to observe for different markets the place ROG Ally sequence merchandise are bought at this time.

However that’s not the one factor to sit up for. Within the coming months, we’ll share much more particulars in regards to the Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X, together with pricing, appropriate equipment, and pre-orders.

We are able to’t wait to share extra in regards to the Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X. Thanks for becoming a member of us on this journey as we proceed to fulfil our imaginative and prescient of delivering a constant, approachable gaming expertise anyplace—and assembly extra gamers the place you need to be.