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Gaming publication covering handheld devices. From the Steam Deck or ROG Ally to the Nintendo Switch, over to Anbernic, Retroid and Co.

Azahar is here: a new 3DS emulator enters the scene

EmuDeck 2.4 launches, with support for new emulators, improved BIOS checkers and more

The Seneca is an absolutely beautiful, mechanical keyboard, that I'll never own

Playdate price gets cranked up

Pebble returns with another stab at the smartwatch

These trading card collector cabinets are absolutely ridiculous

This weird, cheap handheld has just one awkward joystick

An Xbox handheld? Microsoft please do these things.

The Analogue 3D is delayed

Prepare your wallet, Pokemon LEGO is coming

TIL there's cooling fan accessories for smartphones now

Don't get too excited, but Xbox just mentioned Silksong

Wii U's Xenoblade Chronicles X arrives on Nintendo Switch this week

AYANEO unveils its first gaming tablet

The OneXSugar is a crazy 'two in one' hinged handheld

Warside brings Advance Wars style tactics to Steam next month

Pokemon cards ditch the plastic to stop scalpers

🟪 #91: SteamOS is coming to other handhelds, Microsoft is preparing an Xbox handheld

The Best Games Under $10 in the Steam Spring Sale

Mechanism are holding a Spring Sale

3DS emulator Panda3DS might be coming to iOS

Here’s the full specs for the Retroid Pocket Classic

Microsoft's Xbox handheld could be with us before the end of the year

🟪 #90: A foldable handheld and a new but old Switch emulator

A kind of new Nintendo Switch emulator has launched

Samsung shows off its folding gaming handheld

This app wants to be your personal game curator

Will Assassin's Creed: Shadows run on Steam Deck?

🟪 #89: We're switching things around, Steam Deck turned three years old

Steam broke a new record

Over 1 million people are playing Monster Hunter Wilds right now

AYANEO is planning a Flip 2

Over 400 games for just $10 — and it all supports California fire relief efforts

AYANEO says the Flip handheld isn't cancelled after all

Muse and the Machine: Microsoft's vision for AI-generated games is a future no one asked for

Sony slash the price of the PlayStation VR2

AYANEO kills the Flip handheld, cancelling pre-orders

The Framework Desktop is a compact mini-PC, that packs a punch

Expanding our playground: tech, toys, and more things that spark joy

This iOS app brings Nintendo's PictoChat to your text messages

Boox Go Color 7 Review: Damn, I love e-ink

Review: The Boox Palma is the best purchase I've made in a long time

The Sigma BF looks sick!

Three years on the Steam Deck has "quite possibly" sold 4 million units

🟪 88: Piracy as a service, Tinder for games, and more

This ‘Tinder for gaming’ app wants to help you find your next gaming obsession

🟪 87: One more clamshell handheld, one less emulator

How one developer is connecting thousands of game creators on Bluesky

🟪 #86: Handheld prices rising, a 32-year streak ends, and Valve’s possible console

Abandoned 'Early Access' games on Steam will now show a warning

Nintendo has sold over 150 million Switch's

Valve might be working on a console on par with the PS5

Almost 1 in 3 Nintendo Switch owners have Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Why I can’t stick with a game anymore (and maybe you can’t either)

Kingdom Come Deliverance II: Performance Review and Best Settings on Steam Deck

🟪 #85: A Steam Brick, a Switch pirate, and maybe a Bloodborne remake

Nintendo wants to win by default in Switch pirate case

Nintendo might be making Switch 2 cases bigger — because we clearly need more wasted space

Sony drop PSN account requirement on PC, but offer perks if you use one

This modder has turned a Steam Deck into a mini Steam console

🟪 #84: A new flagship handheld, a modern PlayStation One and some promising Xbox games

Taki Udon's SuperStation One launches on Sunday

AYANEO's 'world-first' modular handheld is now available to order

The Xbox Developer Direct is today

Here's how you remove Switch 2's magnetic Joy-Con

Take a look at the dock for Taki Udon's PS1 project

Hall-Effect Joy-Con for Switch 2? Sure looks that way.

Oh no! The Switch 2 Direct takes place the day after April Fools'

Marvel Snap just got banned in the U.S.

#83: The Switch 2 is real, Nvidia and Intel block SteamOS, and why the Vita failed

Nintendo: "Emulation is legal"

A Nintendo Switch 2 Direct is coming in February

Intel & NVIDIA drivers are stalling SteamOS release

Here's where you can go hands-on with the Switch 2

A Nintendo Switch 2 Direct is coming in April

🟪 #82: The handheld revolution continues, SteamOS is here, and Windows wants to play nice

Leak suggests there was a plan to bring Virtual Console to Nintendo Switch

We've got three dbrand Killswitch Cases to give away

Razer launches PC Remote Play Streaming app

Nintendo speaks out on those Switch 2 CES leaks

We need better accessibility options for text in games

Switch 2 controller may offer "mouse-like functionality"

A new Xbox Developer Direct has been announced for later this month

The boring Switch 2 leaks may be just what Nintendo needs

The Windows handheld gaming experience will change this year

OrangePi Neo Linux handheld aiming for Q1 2025 launch

Yet another photo of the Switch 2 dock surfaces

The new AMD Z2 chips are nice, ok, and weird

GeForce Now is coming natively to Steam Deck

The SteamOS-based Lenovo Legion S is coming in May

dbrand is bringing Killswitch to the Lenovo Legion Go S

Bazzite adds beta Nvidia-support

GPD Win 4 will come with SteamOS in 2025

Acer reveal not one, but two new handheld gaming PCs

Yes, we all played too much Balatro on Steam Deck last year

A Happy New Year from Kevin & Chris

Here's which games won in the 2024 Steam Awards

The AYANEO Pocket DMG: Beautiful, powerful, and stupidly excessive

🟪 #81: Steam Deck's identity crisis, Xbox's wild bet, and Nintendo's next move

The State of Steam Deck survey 2024: The results are in

Steam Replay 2024 is live, mine looks shameful

The Best Games Under $10 in the Steam Winter Sale

Voting in the 2024 Steam Awards is now open

One of the year's best Metroidvania's is currently on sale

It's looking increasingly likely that 'Switch 2' will be the official name of Nintendo's next machine

iOS emulator dev is stuck in App Store review hell

Nintendo's eShop is a mess that sorely needs fixing

🟪 #80: Valve's refurb OLED Decks, dbrand's Switch 2 "leak", and Lenovo's Steam plans

Lenovo is readying new Legion Go handhelds

Switch pirate dodges Nintendo's multimillion-dollar lawsuit

Small games had a big impact this year

GE-Proton 9-21 fixes Baldur's Gate 3, TMNT: Shredders Revenge, and more

Retro Game Corps picks his favorite handhelds of 2024

CD Projekt Red announced The Witcher IV

Balatro's anonymous creator on the highs and lows of having a hit game

🟪 #79: MSI's new handhelds, Valve's SteamOS plans, and why this time it's different

Marvel Rivals does work on Steam Deck despite 'Unknown' status

Avoid 'Brain Rot' with these challenging puzzle games

🟪 #78: Samsung folds, Sony dreams, Steam Deck laughs all the way to 17K games

Patent reveals a possible Samsung gaming handheld

The Best Games Under $10 in the Steam Autumn Sale

The 2024 Gaming Gift Guide

Nintendo targets Reddit pirates in piracy crackdown

Valve's anti-cheat problem

Sony reportedly working on new PlayStation portable

🟪 #77: This is the final countdown

REVIEW: AYANEO's sturdy Pocket Micro handheld wins on size alone

Razer adds two new Steam Deck skins to their range

Leak claims a new Steam Controller is currently "being tooled" for mass production

Cat-adventure Stray arrives on Switch this week

This new circuit board skin from dbrand glows in the dark

The Steam Deck is now available in Australia

Citron is yet one more Switch emulator appearing online

🟪 #76: You can now get a white Steam Deck, but...

Valve is releasing a white limited edition Steam Deck

Ryujinx now belongs to Nintendo

🟪 #75: A Steam Recorder and a Steam Controller

Have Nintendo & Amazon resolved their beef?

AYANEO's next flagship handheld rocks an AMD Ryzen AI 9

Nintendo sues streamer for playing pre-release, emulated Switch games

NVIDIA's GeForce Now capped with a 100-hour monthly limit

Another hint that an Xbox handheld is on the way

The Switch 2 will play original Switch games

How to use Steam Game Recording on Steam Deck

You can now share gameplay video clips directly from your Steam Deck

The State of Steam Deck 2024 Survey

🟪 #74: We're in Peak Emulation Season

Half a million players have already tried the Monster Hunter Wilds beta

PS4 emulation is making steady progress

A new Nintendo 3DS emulator is in the works

How does the Monster Hunter Wilds beta run on Steam Deck?

Red Dead Redemption: Best Settings for Steam Deck

Review: Caravan SandWitch is a modest adventure game with plenty of soul

Steam games must now disclose when a game has kernel level anti-cheat

AYANEO keeps teasing their upcoming flagship handheld

Bazzite 41 launches with VRR fixes and better handheld support

Red Dead Redemption for PC has launched

Can we please stop the madness of multiple game launchers

Ryujinx is back, maybe

Another week, another 50 games land on Switch

The Best Games Under $10 in the Steam Scream Halloween Sale

🟪 #73: It's handheld season again

Here's the specs and price of AYN's new Odin2 Portal

AYANEO tease their next flagship handheld

Deku Deals is adding Steam support

We're launching a membership

#72: Valve is not ready to show a new Steam Deck just yet

Assassin's Creed Mirage - Performance Review and Best Settings for Steam Deck

Twitter has gone to shit. Gamers, you should move to Bluesky already

This might be why Ryujinx and Yuzu had to die

GE-Proton adds mod support

Analogue is bringing back the best multiplayer console

AYN is teasing the Odin2 Portal

#71: GameFreak suffered a super leak

You can soon finally buy a Steam Deck in Australia

#70: Nintendo caught them all

The Plucky Squire Review

Best Games Under $10 in the Steam Turn-Based RPG Fest Sale

Find the best settings for Steam Deck with DeckFilter

Nintendo Switch emulator project Ryujinx shuts down

'All You Need is Help' is a new co-op puzzler from the PixelJunk team

#69: You can now sue Valve

Frostpunk 2: Performance Review and Best Settings on Steam Deck

Two Point Museum launches early next year

You can now play Wii U on Android handhelds

EmuDeck 2.3 arrives with a completely overhauled design

Star Wars Outlaws is coming to Steam soon

Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is one of 50 games landing on Switch this week

Over 38 million people were on Steam over the weekend

#68: A rug pull, a leak, and 12,000 PlayStations walk into a bar

AYANEO have no plans for an Android phone

Rockstar pulls the rug on GTA V Steam Deck players, loses Playable status

These leaked Switch 2 renders are boring enough to be believable

The Pocket Evo continues AYANEO's Android advance

AMD's FSR4 is coming, promising better battery life

The Plucky Squire arrives on Nintendo Switch this week (along with 40 other games)

#67: I built a 65" Steam Deck, kinda

The PS5 Pro is PlayStation's fidelity folly

Nobody is asking for this weird crypto web3 gaming handheld

CRKD's pocket-sized Atom controller makes for a nifty travel companion

Holy moly, there's a lot of games coming to Switch this week

#66: Windows is improving on handhelds… slowly

AMD has revealed the Z2 Extreme chip for handheld PCs

Grid Studio's anniversary sale discounts their tech teardown frames

Retroid Pocket 5 and Pocket Mini prices are live

The best Metroidvania games on Steam Deck

No, please don't call your monitor that...

The Nitro Blaze 7 is a new handheld by Acer

Windows 11 now lets you type with a controller

Retroid Pocket 5 and Mini Specifications revealed

This case transforms the iPhone into a Game Boy with real buttons

#65: Steam Deck but as a console

Does Star Wars: Outlaws run on Steam Deck?

Lenovo introduce new accessories for the Legion Go handheld

EmuDeck announce the ‘EmuDeck Machine’, their first hardware product

Dbrand is bringing the Killswitch to the ROG Ally X

#64: This was Gamescom 2024

Preview: Two Point Museum is no fossil

Hands-on with the Chromatic, a colourful new take on the original Game Boy

Hands-on with the ZOTAC ZONE at Gamescom

What you need to know about the ZOTEC ZONE handheld PC

GuliKit go beyond hall-sensing controllers with new TMR joysticks

The key takeaways from Opening Night Live 2024

#63: A Tale of Two Kings

ASUS ROG Ally X Review: The new king, no revolution needed

There's just a few days left to get this insane LEGO deal

Microsoft makes another handheld-friendly gaming tweak

#62: Sick in VR but having a great time

AYANEO Pocket EVO now live on Indiegogo starting at $389

How to install Fallout London on Steam Deck (Automated)

Hall Effect Joysticks, Explained

#61: I need you for beta-testing

This new petition aims to stop publishers 'killing games'

AYANEO Pocket DMG and Pocket Micro now live on Indiegogo

#60: A few days with the ROG Ally X

AYANEO Pocket S Review: The best one, but at what cost?

Sony gives PSVR 2 a lifeline, PC app landing on Steam soon

59: The countdown is ticking!

Elden Ring - Shadow of the Erdtree: Performance and Best Settings for Steam Deck

SCHiM Review — A shadow jumping platformer that rewards curiosity

It's 1990 all over again, as the NES World Championships returns on Switch

58: AYANEO is back with a new handheld

AYANEO's new Pocket EVO handheld may look a tad familiar

dbrand launches new Counter-Strike-inspired skins for Steam Deck, ROG Ally, and co.

#57: Gimme all the mods!

#56: I cheat in video games

The Best Games Under $10 in the Steam Summer Sale 2024 [Updated]

Steam's big summer sale gets underway today

You can currently get a Steam Deck for cheaper than an original Nintendo Switch

The HD port of Luigi's Mansion 2 lands on Switch this week

#55: It's too damn hard!

#54: This is my new favourite handheld

New update lets you set EmulationStation-DE as default Android-launcher

Here's 10 Steam Next Fest demos that you need to play

Odin2 Mini Review: Looks like a PS Vita, performs like a champ

Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut: Best Settings for Steam Deck

There's now a demo for Metal Slug Tactics