Handhelds coverage.

The MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ is the gaming handheld I’ve been waiting for — here’s why

Computex 2026 had a nice showing of upcoming gaming handhelds. While they were all great, this one stood out as the best of the best.…

MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ brings Intel Arc G3 Extreme to handhelds — 8-inch, 120 Hz display and new ergonomic grips

Any color you want, as long as it's 'Void Purple'…

Steam on Android handhelds just got a lot better thanks to this updated Linux distro

You can run an official version of Steam on your Android handheld thanks to Rocknix, and this Linux distribution just got a hefty update.…

These iconic Android gaming handhelds will soon get Android 16-based LineageOS

LineageOS port could extend lives with continued software support for these Android gaming handhelds from AYN and Retroid.…

I just found the Sony Xperia Play tribute I've been dreaming of — this retro gaming handheld takes me back to 2012

Ayaneo's Pocket Play feels like the Xperia Play reborn for 2026.…

As Steam Deck fires up handheld costs, Acer Nitro Blaze Link limits you to stream at just $180

Acer's latest gaming handheld costs far less than a Steam Deck, but there's a catch hiding behind that tempting price tag.…

Acer’s Predator Atlas Could Make Gaming Handhelds Efficient, for Once

ESP-Osito Eschews Retrocomputing for Modern Code on Modern, Equivalent Hardware

If you’re of a certain vintage, you have probably looked at some of the microcomputers on the market these days and thought “that would have been a decent workstation back in the d…

MSI's new Claw 8 EX AI+ handheld takes on AMD-powered rivals with Intel's Arc G3 Extreme chip

The Claw 8 EX AI+'s reveal follows Acer's Predator Atlas 8 and the OneXPlayer 3, two other PC handhelds that feature Intel's handheld-focused chip.…

Guess What? Streaming-Only Gaming Handhelds Are Still a Thing

Acer’s Nitro Blaze Link is like if a PlayStation Portal ran Linux.…

Acer is making a companion handheld that pairs with its gaming PCs

Acer's upcoming Nitro Blaze Link is a companion handheld for gaming…

Ambernic's retro gaming handhelds are quietly losing RAM capacity and being downgraded to older LPDDR3 memory — firm reportedly aggressively trimming memory specs as supply dries up amid global shortage

The great handheld RAM downgrade…

Holy moly! Valve just hiked the Steam Deck OLED price by almost 50% — but I have two fan-favorite handhelds that are still cheap and you should get instead

‘Due to rising memory and storage costs’ the Steam Deck now costs over 40% more.…

A rumoured Intel Nova Lake mobile chip that's 100% E-cores with a beefy iGPU would be great news for handhelds, if it wasn't destined for edge computing only

Except this is apparently for edge computing only.…

Acer is reportedly working on a 'Predator Atlas 8' handheld featuring Intel's Arc G3 chips — Panther Lake-based handhelds expected to be revealed at Computex 2026

The Arc G3 series would compete directly against AMD's Ryzen Z2 platform.…

Retroid Pocket 5 owners report that their handhelds are cracking

The Retroid Pocket 5 is one of the better Android handhelds on the market, but users have reported a rather disappointing hardware issue.…

The Steam Deck won because Valve solved what Microsoft refuses to fix for gaming handhelds

SteamOS is still ten steps ahead.…

What to expect at Computex 2026: Nvidia N1X, Intel’s next-gen gaming handhelds, and an industry’s fightback against RAMageddon

Welcome to our personal Super Bowl…