Last month NVIDIA announced that its GeForce Now game streaming service was adding support for Chromebooks, allowing you to stream PC games through a web app, even if you’re using low-end hardware. Now NVIDIA is making it easier to access games you already own, by allowing Chromebook users to sync their Steam game libraries. Meanwhile […]
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How to install Fortnite on Android (now that it’s gone from the Play Store)
The developer of the wildly popular battle royale game Fortnite launched their own battle against Apple and Google this week. In a well-orchestrated series of moves, Epic intentionally broke the rules of the App Store and Google Play, which resulted in Fortnite being kicked out of both stores… and in response Epic file lawsuits against […]
Intellivision Amico game console launch pushed back to April 2021
The upcoming Intellivision Amico is designed to be a new game console that draws inspiration from classic consoles… like the original Intellivision which was first released in 1979. Intellivision Entertainment first unveiled plans to release the new system in late 2018, and it was originally scheduled for release in October, 2020. The global pandemic has […]
Powkiddy A12 retro console is a mini arcade cabinet with a 9 inch screen
Chinese device maker Powkiddy has launched a new retro console that looks like a classic arcade cabinet, if you shrunk it down, slapped a 9 inch display on the front, and put a 4,000 mAh battery inside for gaming on the go. Available from AliExpress for about $100, the Powkiddy A12 is said to be […]
Lilbits: All your games in one place (OK, just some of them)
Steam has dominated the PC gaming space for much of the past two decades by giving gamers a single place to buy games, track stats and achievements, stream games over a home network, and more. But in recent years the company has seen increased competition… and now two of those competitors have announced that their […]
Lilbits 6-22-2020: One GX mini laptop will support US 4G LTE wireless networks
The latest mini-laptop from One Netbook is a computer with a 7 inch display, a backlit keyboard, a big exhaust fan in the back, and a set of detachable game controllers that can be connected to the side of the system. The One GX is designed to be a handheld gaming computer, and later this […]
TurboGrafx-16 Mini coming to the US May 22 after a pandemic-related delay
Konami’s TurboGrafx-16 Mini is a retro game console that looks like a (slightly) smaller version of the classic game console from the late 1980s/early 1990s. But the new version ships with 50 games pre-installed and doesn’t play cartridges. First unveiled last June, the TurboGrafx-16 Mini was supposed to ship to customers in March. But then […]
Tiger handheld game systems coming this fall for $15 each
Hasbro is bringing back the classic Tiger Electronics line of handheld game systems. Hearkening back to a time when you could buy a handheld gaming device that only ran a single game, the new systems are coming this fall in four flavors, all of which are up for pre-order from GameStop: Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Transformers […]
Epic Games Store will keep giving away free games in 2020
When the Epic Games Store launched in 2019, one of the company’s strategies for getting folks to install its Steam alternative was to give away at least one PC game every week for free (and sometimes more than one). The promotion was originally set to run through the end of the year. But now Epic […]
Super Retro Champ handheld game system plays SNES and Sega Genesis carts
Last year the folks at My Arcade introduced a handheld game console at CES called Retro Champ that let you play classic 8-bit NES games… by plugging in NES carts. This year, the company is following up with the Super Retro Champ. As the name indicates, the new model lets you play 16-bit Super Nintendo carts… […]
ODROID-GO Advance is a $55 handheld game system running Ubuntu (coming in January, 2020)
16 Comments on ODROID-GO Advance is a $55 handheld game system running Ubuntu (coming in January, 2020)About a year and a half after launching the ODROID-GO handheld game system with support for 8-bit games, the folks at Hardkernel have introduced a new model with a faster processor, an upgraded display, and support for 16-bit and 32-bit retro games. The ODROID-GO Advance is an Ubuntu Linux-powered handheld gaming device that will be […]
Valve discontinues the Steam Controller (with a $5 closeout sale)
Valve’s Steam Controller is a wireless handheld game controller designed for PC gaming… including PC games that you’d normally play with a mouse and keyboard. While it doesn’t have QWERTY keys, it does have two trackpads that you can use in lieu of a mouse, trackball, joystick, or steering wheel. First announced in 2013 and […]