windows handheld gaming

Microsoft’s decision to test a Gamepad Cursor inside Xbox mode for Windows handhelds is a small-looking UI tweak with outsized strategic implications. It signals that the company is no longer treating handheld PC gaming as a side project; instead, it is building a more coherent controller-first...

Microsoft’s January wave of portable-gaming news quietly reset several expectations for Windows handhelds: the Xbox PC app now runs on Arm-based Windows 11 devices, Microsoft’s Prism emulator has been upgraded with AVX/AVX2 and anti-cheat support that unlocks many Game Pass titles, third-party...