Nintendo Switch sequel speculation has hit a fever pitch despite just how little information there is about the long-expected update to Nintendo’s most popular console ever created. However, in recent months, the ocean of disconnected rumors has started to coagulate into something that could be considered more than a rumor. While there’s been a bevy … Read more
Say it with me, “The Claw.” What does that name evoke? Saturday morning cartoons? Timeless Pixar classics? PC maker MSI hopes you’ll start to instead think about gaming, as it’s the latest company to offer up its version of a Steam Deck, and this one indeed shares quite a few similarities to Valve’s original handheld … Read more
This past year was a tipping point for the games industry. There have been some amazing, trend-setting releases alongside devastating industry turmoil, including mass layoffs, studio closures, and ballooning development costs. There’s a sense of foreboding entering into 2024, but there’s at least one thing we can glean from the chaos of 2023. The handheld … Read more
The Xbox app now plays nice with handheld consoles thanks to a new “Compact mode.” Windows-based handheld console users no longer need to navigate through tiny text and jumbled sidebars on relatively small screens. But Microsoft, you know what would be even better? A full version of Windows 11 made for handheld. “Even AI Rappers … Read more
With all the handheld gaming devices popping up, like the Steam Deck OLED, Lenovo Legion Go, Ayaneo Slide, and the ROG Ally, I wouldn’t blame you if you first saw the PlayStation Portable and thought, “Whoa, did Sony just make a new PSP?” If you were expecting a spiritual successor to the PlayStation Portable, I … Read more
Valve recently revealed the Steam Deck OLED, an updated version of the Steam Deck with a new OLED display and better battery. While the company has called the new handheld the “definitive first generation Steam Deck,” it’s not quite a Steam Deck 2. If anyone is wondering when a proper successor for the Steam Deck … Read more
Lost in Cult and Retro Dodo have collaborated to assemble dozens of essays on the art of the handheld device. From the hardware to the games themselves, A Handheld History: A Celebration of Portable Gaming is a gorgeous introspection into the decades of gaming that many of us remember from long rides on trains, planes, … Read more
Enjoying full-featured PC video games within the palm of your hand has lengthy been a dream for PC avid gamers. Sure, there have been costly specialty machines that might do it, or you can attempt streaming to a handheld machine by way of a cloud gaming service like GeForce Now, however it wasn’t a mainstream, … Read more
AYN has been ever-so-slowly unveiling extra particulars about its upcoming Odin 2 handheld console for the previous a number of weeks. Now, the corporate shared specs for its upcoming Steam Deck competitor, together with storage, processor, and, most significantly, its aggressive value: $299. On Monday, AYN revealed the Odin 2 will probably be one other … Read more
E3 could lifeless, however that doesn’t imply that summer season recreation bulletins have joined it. Throughout Sony’s PlayStation Showcase livestream earlier as we speak, the corporate confirmed rumors that it was engaged on a brand new handheld, however as a substitute of being a follow-up to 2011’s PlayStation Vita, the system will likely be extra … Read more