Items tagged with handheld gaming
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Chris Harper - Mon, Dec 29, 2025
Ayaneo Pocket Vert is here, and if you hop on the bandwagon soon enough, you can get it for as low as $269 USD for the 8GB RAM + 128GB storage configuration, or $349 for the top-end 12GB RAM + 256GB storage config (or $369 if you want it...
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Chris Harper - Sat, Nov 29, 2025
Ayaneo has reintroduced its highly anticipated Ayaneo Next II design, first teased in January 2023. While the handheld looks similar, some obvious changes have been made, including a pivot to an AMD Strix Point APU and a 9-inch OLED...
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Chris Harper - Fri, Nov 21, 2025
During the recent Xbox Partner Preview, Microsoft announced several upcoming Xbox and PC games, but also highlighted that the Xbox Full Screen Experience (FSE) would be rolling out to all PC gaming handhelds and eventually expanding to...
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Chris Harper - Wed, Nov 19, 2025
The Abxylute 3D One is a new Intel Lunar Lake-powered PC gaming handheld with a glasses-free 3D display akin to the legendary Nintendo 3DS. The device also features a detachable keyboard (included) like the Microsoft Surface, and...
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Alan Velasco - Thu, Nov 06, 2025
The PlayStation Portal initially launched in late 2023 as a device singularly focused on letting players stream games from their PlayStation 5. Since then, Sony has rolled out several updates designed to make it a more capable handheld...
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Chris Harper - Wed, Oct 29, 2025
Just a month since its initial tease, One-Netbook's OneXFly Apex, an AMD Strix Halo-powered handheld gaming PC has debuted. One-Netbook has pre-launched the OneXFly Apex on Indiegogo, confirmed its pricing for the Chinese market, and even...
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Chris Harper - Tue, Oct 28, 2025
Yet another dual-screen "DS" handheld has been born, though this time it's through user modification of the Steam Deck OLED rather than a dedicated clone like the Anbernic RG DS.
This particular Steam Deck DS modding project is the most...
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Chris Harper - Mon, Oct 27, 2025
Retroid is making waves in the handheld gaming space—a year after the September release of the Retroid Pocket 5, Retroid is following up with both a proper Retroid Pocket 6 and a Retroid Pocket G2, the latter of which serves as a souped-up...
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Chris Harper - Wed, Oct 15, 2025
The assortment of Nintendo DS-inspired handhelds has a new contender, and the entry-level is now cheaper than ever, with the sub-$100 Anbernic RG DS. For reference, other new DS handhelds sell for approximately $249 to as high as $1,759...
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Chris Harper - Thu, Oct 02, 2025
Amidst the buzz and sales of the LEGO Game Boy, we doubt people are surprised to see that hardware modders are already turning them into playable handhelds. It probably helps that the existing buttons are already pressable on the LEGO Game...
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Chris Harper - Thu, Oct 02, 2025
Ahead of the October 16th launch date of the ASUS ROG Xbox Ally, one question has lingered in this the minds of more than a few gamers: how does this new gaming handheld actually compare to the Nintendo Switch 2? The Nintendo Switch 2 vs...
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Chris Harper - Fri, Sep 26, 2025
This morning on Twitter, One-Netbook announced that it would be joining the high-end AMD handheld PC market with its own AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395-powered handheld, the OneXFly Apex. This is one high-end handheld that really occupies a...
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Alan Velasco - Thu, Sep 11, 2025
Nintendo’s latest handheld, the Switch 2, has selling at a record pace. With the Switch 2, Nintendo delivered, a more powerful device with advanced features alongside a bigger display. Of course, these upgrades come at a cost, and battery...
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Alan Velasco - Mon, Aug 25, 2025
Gaming handhelds are super hot at the moment, with numerous offerings from big players such as Asus, MSI and Valve. While designs for these devices have mostly coalesced around a singular display flanked on both sides by buttons and...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Aug 21, 2025
At long last, we can unequivocally state when the ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X and ROG Xbox Ally will release in the United States and several other parts of the world, as Microsoft and ASUS chose this year's Gamescom event to finally it official...
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Aaron Leong - Fri, Aug 15, 2025
Data storage just got quite a bit smaller and faster. Chinese memory/storage brand Biwin has unveiled a new storage solution called the Mini SSD, a drive barely larger than a microSD card (and not to be confused with miniature SSDs). While...
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Alan Velasco - Fri, Jul 11, 2025
There’s a new, tiny Raspberry Pi powered handheld on the scene, dubbed the GamerCard, designed for retro gaming. The GamerCard is the brainchild of Grant Sinclair, nephew of the man behind the legendary ZX Spectrum, Clive Sinclair. It’s...
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Alan Velasco - Thu, Jun 26, 2025
Now that the Nintendo Switch 2 has made its way into millions of gamers’ hands, reviewers have been putting the hardware through its paces. Generally speaking, the Switch 2 has acquitted itself well, delivering the performance fans were...
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Alan Velasco - Fri, May 30, 2025
It’s no secret that Microsoft is aspiring to introduce its own handheld gaming device with their explosion in popularity in the last few years. Xbox CEO Phil Spencer has longed talk about his experiences with the current crop of available...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Mar 11, 2025
How many times have you heard that Microsoft is developing a handheld Xbox console of some sort? Whatever the number might be, go ahead and add one more. This is something that Xbox boss Phil Spencer has publicly indicated interest in...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Jan 06, 2025
Some of you reading this may not even be aware that Acer has already thrown its hat into the handheld gaming ring. In what's quickly become a battle royale of participants, companies like ASUS (ROG Ally/Ally X), Lenovo (Legion Go), MSI...
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Ryan Whitwam - Mon, Jan 06, 2025
Acer is going big at CES 2025. The company has a ton of new products to show off, including laptops, desktops, and handheld gaming machines. Some of the new devices in Acer's catalog are also just physically big. No matter your computing...
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