As wonderful as the Steam Deck is, it’s not exactly all-powerful—it’s running on a laptop-style integrated GPU, after all. That’s what makes the Steam Deck Certified label a comfort for some of its owners. Valve tests the big game releases (and many others besides) for compatibility, and shows it right on the Steam store page. It looks like Microsoft may be cooking up something similar.
Yesterday, the official Asus ROG account on Instagram posted a promo image of the upcoming ROG Xbox Ally handheld with the new Gears of War Reloaded , saying that the game is “officially ROG Xbox Ally certified.” This is the first we’re hearing of any such certification, leading with an “official” designation and tagging the Xbox Gamescom presentation to boot. According to previous Microsoft announ