It’s been more than half a year since the team behind the Smach Z handheld gaming computer launched a Kickstarter campaign… and then canceled it two days later. Now they’re ready to try again. This time they’ve got a prototype, outside investors, more details about the hardware they’re using, and some thoughts about stretch goals […]
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PGS handheld gaming PC Kickstarter campaign cancelled
The PGS handheld game PC looks good on paper: it has two screens, physical gaming buttons, support for up to 8GB of RAM and up to 128GB of storage, and support for both Windows 10 and Android 6.0 software. But when Portable Solutions started a Kickstarter campaign for the project, a lot of people started wondering […]
Dubious PGS handheld gaming PC concept raises over $300 thousand on Kickstarter
A group called Portable Solutions is running a Kickstarter campaign for a handheld gaming PC called the PGS that looks amazing on paper… and which doesn’t actually exist in real life. That’s not a huge surprise: the point of crowdfunding campaigns is often to raise the money needed to transform an idea into a real […]
GPD Win handheld gaming PC gets a CPU upgrade ahead of launch
The GPD Win is a tiny computer that looks like a laptop, but which features a 5.5 inch touchscreen display, a thumb-sized QWERTY keyboard, and dedicated gaming buttons above the alpha-numeric keys. GPD ran a series of crowdfunding campaigns for the project earlier this year, started taking pre-orders in June, and plans to begin shipping GPD Win […]
Dell is also working on a backpack gaming PC for VR
HP’s doing it. MSI and Zotac are too. Now Dell is showing off backpacks stuffed with gaming computers designed to let you use a virtual reality headset without worrying about tripping over wires. Dell is showing two upcoming backpack PC concepts at the E3 gaming show this week. One is from a company called Zero […]
Dell new gaming PCs include Alienware 13 OLED laptop, 2nd-gen Alienware Alpha mini PC
Dell is updating its Alienware line of gaming computers with several new systems including an updated Alienware Alpha mini-desktop which Dell says is ready for 4K gaming and virtual reality and a 13 inch laptop with an OLED display. Alienware 13 OLED notebook Dell first showed off this 13 inch notebook at the Consumer Electronics Show. It […]
Asus ROG Avalon concept re-imagines upgradeable gaming PCs
It’s a lot easier to upgrade most desktop computers than it is to upgrade the hardware in a laptop. But it’d be even easier if you could do it without opening the case. A few years ago Razer showed of a modular gaming PC concept code-named Project Christine, that would allow you to upgrade or […]
I guess backpack PCs for VR gaming are a thing now (HP has one too)
HP unveiled a new line of gaming PCs under its Omen brand this week, and I didn’t pay much attention because for the most part the new HP Omen family is made up of high-power desktops and big, heavy laptops and the whole point of Liliputing is to focus on Lilliputian (small) computers. But then HP […]
Zotac Mobile VR stuffs a gaming PC in a backpack for virtual reality on the go
High-end virtual reality systems like the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift need high-powered PCs to work, which makes them a bit less portable than a Google Cardboard-style system that just uses your phone’s screen and processor. But Zotac figures there’s a way to use premium VR kits on the go: stuff one of the company’s […]
Zotac’s latest tiny gaming PC has discrete graphics, water cooling
Zotac unveiled a new small form-factor PC with NVIDIA graphics in March. At the time, all we saw was a picture of the top of the Zotax ZBOX EN980 with vents built into the case to help keep the system from overheating. But if you were wondering how Zotac managed to cram an Intel Core i5-6400 processor and […]