Leaked pictures reveal Lenovo’s Steam Deck competitor with a touch of the Change

Based mostly on the pictures, Lenovo’s tackle a PC gaming handheld appears to be like loads like units such because the Steam Deck and Asus ROG Ally, but it surely additionally has loads in frequent with the Nintendo Change. In accordance with Home windows Report, the Legion Go has an eight-inch display screen, pictures present two Pleasure-Con-like controllers that may be eliminated, and it even seems to have a large Change OLED-like kickstand you could come out for tabletop gaming.

The Legion Go’s controllers look like a mix of the Change’s flat however detachable Pleasure-Cons and the Steam Deck’s contoured however hooked up grips. There appears to be like to be one contact pad on the appropriate controller — by comparability, the Steam Deck has contact pads on each side — however the again of that proper controller additionally apparently has a wheel. And because the controllers could be eliminated, Home windows Report speculates that the display screen is a touchscreen.

Maybe an important takeaway from these obvious pictures of the machine (there are extra, and you’ll see all of them at Home windows Report) is that Lenovo isn’t shying away from making the Legion Go thick. Asus steered away from thickness and heft with the ROG Ally, which wound up with middling battery life, however we’re starting to see portables just like the upcoming Ayaneo Kun pointed in direction of beefier batteries.

Home windows Report says Legion Go will run Home windows 11, which means you must be capable to play any Home windows video games that assist the machine’s specs. Home windows Central beforehand reported it could use AMD Phoenix processors, that are additionally discovered within the ROG Ally and different current and upcoming Home windows handhelds.

Lenovo didn’t instantly have a remark.