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RetroArch is now available from the Amazon Appstore (retro gaming on Fire TV and tablet devices)

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RetroArch is a popular, cross-platform tool that lets you play classic console games on a variety of operating systems including Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS. Now the developers have announced that RetroArch is also available from the Amazon Appstore, making it a little easier to play classic games on an Amazon Fire TV or […]

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NVIDIA brings RTX graphics to ARM, shows ray-tracing on MediaTek-powered hardware

by Brad Linder 2 Comments on NVIDIA brings RTX graphics to ARM, shows ray-tracing on MediaTek-powered hardware

Chromebooks and Linux laptops with ARM-based processors and NVIDIA RTX graphics could be on the horizon. NVIDIA has released a demonstration showing PC games running on computer with a MediaTek Kompanio 1200 (MT8195) processor, NVIDIA RTX 3060 graphics. While PC makers haven’t announce plans to release hardware with those features yet, NVIDIA’s demo presents some […]

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ONEXPLAYER Review: (Handheld gaming PC with 8.4 inch display, Intel Tiger Lake, and built-in controllers)

by Brad Linder 22 Comments on ONEXPLAYER Review: (Handheld gaming PC with 8.4 inch display, Intel Tiger Lake, and built-in controllers)

One Netbook’s ONEXPLAYER is a handheld computer designed for gaming. It’s the latest in a line of small computers from One Netbook, but up until now the Chinese company had focused on mini-laptops, tiny clamshell-style computers with built-in keyboards. The ONEXPLAYER swaps the integrated keyboard for built-in game controllers on either side of its 8.4 inch […]

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Lilbits: Fry’s goes out of business, HP buys HyperX

by Brad Linder 10 Comments on Lilbits: Fry’s goes out of business, HP buys HyperX

HP sells a line of gaming PCs under the HP Omen brand and the company also has a handful of Omen-branded gaming peripherals including mice, keyboards, headsets, and monitors. But the company is making a major investment in expanding its gaming accessory lineup – HP has announced plans to acquire PC and console gaming peripheral […]

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AYA Neo handheld gaming PC with Ryzen 4500U ships in April, crowdfunding begins in Feb for $699 and up

by Brad Linder 5 Comments on AYA Neo handheld gaming PC with Ryzen 4500U ships in April, crowdfunding begins in Feb for $699 and up

The AYA Neo is a handheld gaming computer with an AMD Ryzen 5 4500U Renoir processor, AMD Radeon Vega 6 graphics, and a 7 inch touchscreen display sandwiched between two game controllers. First announced last May, the Neo has been in development for much of the past year and it went up for pre-order in […]

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Microsoft’s Project xCloud game streaming service launches September 15

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Microsoft’s Project xCloud game streaming service is set to come out of beta September 15th, when it will be available as a new feature for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members. That means current Xbox Game Pass subscribers won’t have to pay anything extra for game streaming, but it also means that new Project xCloud customers […]

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One GX mini gaming laptop: Everything we know so far

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One Netbook has been producing tiny laptops with screen sizes ranging from 7 to 8.4 inches for the past few years. Now the company is getting ready to launch its first mini-laptop designed for gaming. It’s called the One GX, and the company has been slowly releasing details about the upcoming devices since November. We still […]

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One Netbook is beta testing its One GX “pocket gaming laptop”

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One Netbook has been cranking out mini laptops for the past few years, including the pocket-sized One Mix 1S Yoga with a 7 inch display and the slightly larger 8.4 inch One Mix 3 Yoga series (with a much better keyboard). This year the company plans to launch its first mini-laptop designed for gaming. And […]

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Chromebooks as a gaming platform? Steam support in the works, Stadia support is already here

by Brad Linder 1 Comment on Chromebooks as a gaming platform? Steam support in the works, Stadia support is already here

Chromebooks may often be dismissed as cheap laptops that run a browser-based operating system. But thanks to support for Android and Linux apps, that’s not exactly true… and even if it were, there’s a lot you can do in a web browser. Case in point — when Google’s Stadia game streaming platform launched last year, […]