Items tagged with handheld gaming
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 (Claw), and of course Valve (Steam Deck) tend to hog the limelight. Be that as it...
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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 preferences, Acer's got something to pique your interest.
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It's easier than ever to take PC games with you thanks to devices like the Steam Deck and ROG Ally. Most of the popular handheld gaming machines have a great deal in common, but a new entrant from Ayaneo mixes things up—literally. It features modular controls, allowing you to move control sticks, touchpads, and even...
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OneXPlayer is set to launch a crowdfunded program for the OneXPlayer G1 compact laptop-handheld hybrid. Even though it's listed as a laptop, the G1's detachable keyboard turns the device into a potentially handheld gaming console. Assuming the pricing is competitive and the project is properly executed, the Ryzen 9 HX...
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GDP, a China-based developer of high-quality mini laptops running Windows, UMPC, and Android handheld game consoles has bumped the current Win Max 2 handheld-laptop hybrid gaming machine from a Ryzen 7 8840U to the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 "Strix Point" APU, among other upgrades. The company claims that the newly-improved...
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Since the launch of the Steam Deck, PC handheld devices have become a hot segment in the gaming market. Though, the only one capable of officially running SteamOS has been Valve’s device. However, it appears as if this might not be the case for much longer. The company has introduced some changes to its brand...
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The handheld arms race continues to heat up, this time with some tidbits of information for a potential Lenovo Legion Go S. The original Legion Go was released in November of 2023, featuring AMD's Ryzen Z1 chip. The refreshed Legion Go S supposedly will be packing the latest AMD Ryzen Z2 Go chip, which is a Rembrandt...
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Tencent has just unveiled a gaming console, dubbed the Sunday Dragon 3D One, with a rather impressive 11-inch display, Intel Core Ultra 7 258V "Lunar Lake" processor (with Intel Arc 140V graphics), and built-in 3D with eye-tracking, for games that support it without the need for special glasses. The controllers can be...
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If you've been on the fence about whether or not to buy a handheld PC gaming console, now is the time to take the leap. For one, the market has begun to flesh out with several viable alternatives to Valve's Steam Deck, which played a pivotal role in popularizing the segment. And secondly, some of the best handhelds...
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Do you get the feeling that MSI might be just a tad bit excited to launch its next-generation gaming handheld with Lunar Lake inside? We do, considering that's it been official for about two and a half months now. As for when it will release, it will be another couple of months, with a proper unveiling on tap for the...
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Nintendo still is not ready to reveal a successor to its immensely popular Switch console just yet, but it is sharing some additional information that will come as great news to owners of current generation Switch consoles, especially those with big game libraries. In a post on X/Twitter, Nintendo President Shuntaro...
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Gaming handhelds have exploded in popularity in the last several years on the PC side, mainly thanks to the Valve Steam Deck that initially paved the way. Today. there is a new contender on the block with some impressive hardware in the ONEXFLY F1 Pro. Made by One-NetBook, this handheld features a 7-inch OLED display...
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At some point, Valve is going to release a Steam Deck 2 (even if it ends up being called something different). And when it does arrive, it could sport some notable upgrades, including variable refresh rate (VRR) support and longer batter life, compared to the Steam Deck and Steam Deck OLED. That said, don't expect...
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Feeling nostalgic for the games you played growing up? There are numerous ways to re-experience classic games from your childhood and/or earlier eras, from PC emulators to newfangled consoles with built-in titles. The Atari Super Pocket falls into the latter category in the handheld form factor, and it's available to...
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Officially, Nintendo put the world on notice that a "successor to Nintendo Switch" is slated to arrive "within this fiscal year," which for Nintendo spans July 2024 to March 2025. Unofficially, a rather large photo dump may have given us a preliminary glimpse of the next-generation handheld game console's design, both...
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If it were up to us, a product with "Blaze" in the model name would be unveiled on April 20 for obvious (to some) reasons. Missed opportunity aside, Acer has chosen IFA 2024 as the launchpad for its first gaming handheld, the Nitro Blaze 7 (GN771), which is the latest hardware entry in a growing segment that Valve...
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There's not a whole lot of mystery surrounding MSI's next-generation Claw 8 AI+ handheld, as it's been teased, showed off, and talked about several times up to this point. Nevertheless, following the launch of Intel's Core Ultra Series 2 processors, otherwise known as Lunar Lake, MSI has now officially announced the...
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Ayaneo has been one of the more active participants in the handheld PC gaming console market, though up until now the bulk of its systems have been crowdfunded affairs with Indiegogo. That just changed—the Chinese manufacturer is apparently making a bigger push to infiltrate the US market, with two of its handheld...
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It certainly is an interesting experience sitting anywhere in the house and loading up PlayStation 5 game, without being next to Sony's console. This is what Sony's PlayStation Portal has allowed owners of the console to do, and it has been surprisingly successful. Due to this surprise success, it appears Sony is now...
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After teasing its entry into the handheld game console space at Computex earlier this year, Zotac is now officially a player, having chosen Gamescom 2024 as the launchpad for its first Zone system (ZGC-G1A1W). Zotac also chose to target the higher end of the handheld market with upper-tier specifications and reported...
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Back in May, Nintendo spilled the beans on its Switch 2 launch plans, saying a "successor" to its wildly popular handheld game console would arrive "within this fiscal year." Nintendo's fiscal year runs through March 2025, so any time before or by then is fair game, right? Maybe not. Game developers are seemingly...
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The Prime Day sales event may have come and gone, but there are still deals out there, like a chunky $500 discount on a Sony mirrorless camera that we already highlighted. One more you can add to the pile is MSI's Claw handheld. The Intel-powered game console has hit a new low price, making it a more interesting...
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