Asus standalone ROG Xbox Ally X20 finally gets a price tag: How to preorder it

Asus revealed pricing for the standalone version of its ROG Xbox Ally X20 today at Gamescom, Europe's biggest video game expo.

The special-edition OLED gaming handheld will cost $1,299.99, or $300 more than last year's original Xbox Ally X .

Shoppers can also purchase the Xbox Ally X20 as part of a $2,499.99 AR glasses bundle.

Asus was initially only planning on selling the Xbox Ally X20 in this bundle form, but changed its mind over the summer.

Preorders for the standalone and bundled Xbox Ally X20 are now live at Best Buy and on Asus' website, with a launch date for both set for Oct.

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Xbox Ally X20 specs: What's new and improved Asus took the wraps off of the Xbox Ally X20 in June in honor of the 20th anniversary of ROG ("Republic of Gamers"), its PC gaming brand.

It upgrades the $999.99 Xbox Ally X handheld with a slightly bigger, much brighter 7.4-inch OLED screen and a see-through black chassis that shows off some gold internal hardware.

Left: The front of the ROG Xbox Ally X20.

Credit: Asus Right: The back of the ROG Xbox Ally X20.

Credit: Asus Asus has reworked the Xbox Ally X20's thermal system to support that new screen.

As the company noted in its June announcement, "OLED panels are more sensitive to heat than traditional LCD displays." Pair the ROG Xbox Ally X20 with AR glasses for a massive playing screen.

Credit: Asus Additionally, the Xbox Ally X20 has flatter face buttons, rubberized handgrips, premium TMR (tunneling magnetoresistance) joysticks , and a "transforming" D-pad that can switch between four- and eight-way controls.

The new handheld runs on the same chip as the standard Ally X version, and it's equipped with the same amount of memory and SSD storage (24GB and 1TB, respectively).