Xbox adds "Handheld" logo to store listings, fueling speculation about portable gaming plans
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Adam Hales
Summary
Microsoft has added an "Xbox Handheld" logo to several Xbox Store game pages, including Gears of War: E-Day and Halo: Campaign Evolved, indicating handheld compatibility. While Xbox already shows handheld optimization in the Xbox app, this new visual badge makes it more immediately clear. The move fuels ongoing speculation about Microsoft's plans for a portable Xbox device, though the article notes this is largely speculative at this point.
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· 3 pulledXbox has begun displaying an 'Xbox Handheld' logo on some game pages, including Gears of War: E-Day, Halo: Campaign Evolved, and more.
Xbox already indicates whether a game is handheld-optimised within the Xbox app, but it's still a neat graphic that makes it immediately clear where a game can be played.
Rumors have been swirling for a while about
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