Items tagged with Handheld
Like everything else in the realm of gaming, the Switch 2 is going up in price. Nintendo said it plans to raise the price of the Switch 2 to $499.99 in September, which is a $50 increase over the current MSRP, with other regions seeing...
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In order to be in compliance with European Union directives and regulations as they relate to batteries, Nintendo confirmed it will make changes to its Switch 2 handheld console in the region so that the system's battery is easy to...
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ASUS is celebrating 20 years of its Republic of Gamers (ROG) brand by launching an upgraded version of its ROG Xbox Ally X handheld. The new ROG Xbox Ally X20, as it's called, trades the regular X model's 7-inch IPS-type display for a...
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The PC handheld space is suddenly topsy-turvy with Valve jacking up the price of its Steam Deck by as much as $300. Valve's price increase in the wake of an AI-driven shortage of key components like memory and storage effectively turned...
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Acer is debuting a staggering spread of hardware across its consumer, gaming, and enterprise portfolios at Computex 2026 this year. Today, I've narrowed my focus on the gaming highlights, which range from a PlayStation Portal-like cloud...
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Pour one out for the golden era of affordable handheld PC gaming, because the Steam Deck's biggest strength to date, pricing, just became the same weakness as the many competitors it spawned after Valve raised pricing by as much as $300...
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Acer is one of the first out of the gate with a gaming handheld designed around Intel's new Arc G-Series system-on-chip (SoC) silicon. The Arc G-Series is basically Panther Lake optimized for handhelds, and it is what underpins Acer's new...
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Ayaneo is expanding its handheld lineup a few new models, one of which is the KONKR Pocket Block that draws heavy design inspiration from Nintendo's original Game Boy, one of the most popular consoles of all time with over 118 million...
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Update 05/25/26: We received the following statement from Lenovo after publishing, “Lenovo does not authorize the sale of this device outside of China, including third party platforms such as AliExpress or other reseller sites. Any such sales are not conducted or sanctioned by Lenovo or its...
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Multiple retailers have marked down the ASUS ROG Xbox Ally handheld ahead of Memorial Day Weekend, slashing $100 of the price. Taking advantage of this deal also gets you three months of Xbox Game Pass Premium. After the three-month trial...
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The handheld gaming market has become incredibly crowded lately, but the ASUS ROG Ally remains a solid pick for those looking to jump into portable PC gaming without breaking the bank. While newer, flashier handhelds often command a...
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Our recent advice to purchase a Switch 2 before investors convince Nintendo to hike the price has proven prophetic, as the cost is officially going up in September. Alongside its latest earnings release, Nintendo announced plans to raise...
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Not only is Valve still planning to launch a next-generation successor to its Steam Deck handheld at some point, but it is "hard at work on it," SteamOS developer and Valve engineer Pierre-Loup Griffais told IGN in a recent interview. Even...
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OnePlus, best known for its smartphones like the OnePlus 15, is branching off into the gaming handheld market with a device that will run Google's Android operating system, according to a prominent leaker. If true, OnePlus could shake up...
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Ayaneo is expanding its growing range of PC gaming handhelds by opening up preorder availability of its Konkr Kit, a premium handheld console with a 7-inch OLED display sporting a 1920x1080 resolution and fast 144Hz refresh rate, powered...
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The vast majority of PC gaming handhelds run on AMD hardware, though Intel hasn't ignored the market completely. Notably, MSI injected Intel's Meteor Lake and Lunar Lake silicon into its Claw handhelds, and now with Panther Lake roaring to...
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For well over a decade, the DS ranked as Nintendo's top-selling console of all time, with lifetime sales now sitting at a little over 154 million units. Now there is a new king of Nintendo consoles, and it's name is Switch. The...
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With the handheld gaming scene taking thanks to hot products like the Steam Deck and ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X, PlayStation fans have been yearning for one of their own. Sony delivered a half-hearted effort with the ever-evolving PlayStation...
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Ayaneo is sharing a few more details about its Pocket S Mini gaming handheld that it unveiled in September of last year. We now know that it will feature a premium full CNC metal frame instead of a plastic housing, and a display with a...
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It sure sounds like Gigabyte is planning to release a gaming handheld at some point, according to comments CEO Eddie Lin made at CES, though exactly when and what differentiating features it will have are, for now, a mystery. Not just to...
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Acer is gearing up to launch several gaming handhelds under its Nitro banner, including a supersized Nitro Blaze 11 with a 10.95-inch IPS display and detachable controllers. Or is it? All of the handhelds Acer previously announced were a...
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Gamers clamoring for a more powerful version of Lenovo's Legion Go handheld with SteamOS instead of Windows will get their wish in a few months. At CES, Lenovo announced it's planning to release a SteamOS edition of its second-generation...
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