Sony’s PlayStation Remote Play feature lets you stream games from your console to other devices including phones, tablets, laptops, or other consoles in order to play games without being tethered to your PS5. Now Sony has announced it’ll launch the first mobile device designed specifically for Remote Play. The Sony PlayStation Portal is a handheld […]
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Qualcomm’s Snapdragon G chips might not just be for Android gaming handhelds
Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon G series processors are designed for handheld game consoles like the upcoming AYA Neo Pocket S, which is expected to ship with an Android-based operating system. But in an interview with The Verge, Qualcomm’s senior gaming director Mithun Chandrasekhar says the chip could eventually power devices running other operating systems as well. […]
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Lilbits: Another cartridge-based retro game console, Asus ROG Ally’s overheating microSD card problem
1 Comment on Lilbits: Another cartridge-based retro game console, Asus ROG Ally’s overheating microSD card problemThe makers of the Evercade retro game console are back with something a bit more pocket-sized. The new Super Pocket is a Game Boy-like handheld with a small 320 x 280 pixel IPS LCD display above a D-Pad and a set of buttons. There are also shoulder buttons on the back. Two models go up […]
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Apple’s Game Porting Toolkit lets Windows games run on macOS (but it’s not meant for end users… yet)
6 Comments on Apple’s Game Porting Toolkit lets Windows games run on macOS (but it’s not meant for end users… yet)One of the reasons Valve’s Steam Deck has become such a great platform for gaming is that, despite running a Linux-based operating system, it can run thousands of Windows games without any modifications thanks to Valve’s Proton compatibility layer (which is based on Wine). Now Apple is bringing a similar feature to macOS… but it’s […]
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Steam now lets you copy games from PC to PC (or Steam Deck) over a local network
Valve’s Steam gaming platform allows you to download and install games you’ve purchased on multiple computers. But up until now doing that required connecting to the internet and waiting while your system downloads installation and update files. Now Valve has introduced a new Local Network Game Transfer feature that lets you copy games from one […]
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ONEXPLAYER 2 handheld gaming PC with Ryzen 7 6800U and detachable controllers hits Indiegogo
4 Comments on ONEXPLAYER 2 handheld gaming PC with Ryzen 7 6800U and detachable controllers hits IndiegogoThe ONEXPLAYER 2 is a handheld gaming PC with an 8.4 inch, 2560 x 1600 pixel display, an AMD Ryzen 7 6800U processor with 12-core RDNA 2 graphics, at least 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage, and optional support for configurations up to 32GB/2TB. Unlike most other handheld gaming systems with x86 chips, it […]
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ONEXPLAYER Mini handheld gaming PC with Pentium 8505 launches for $599
One Netbook is expanding its ONEXPLAYER Mini line of handheld gaming PCs with a new entry-level model sporting an Intel Pentium 8505 Gold processor, 16GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD. It’s available now for $599, making it the most affordable member of the ONEXPLAYER family. The new model appears to feature the same basic […]
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Steam on Chromebooks reaches beta status and adds support for more hardware
Google is bringing support for Steam gaming to more Chromebook users staring with the rollout of ChromeOS 108. When Steam for Chromebooks first launched earlier this year, it was only available for a handful of devices and users had to be willing to run Alpha software on potentially unstable Dev Channel builds of ChromeOS. But […]
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Anbernic’s Win600 handheld gaming PC is now available for $300 and up
Anbernic is a Chinese company that makes handheld gaming devices, most of which are retro gaming devices powered by ARM processors and designed to run Android or Linux software. But now the company has launched its first handheld gaming PC with an x86 processor. The Anbernic Win600 is a full-fledged computer that ships with Windows […]
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Google makes it easier to play Android games on Chromebooks without touchscreens
You’ve been able to run Android apps and games on a Chromebook for years. But most of those apps and games were designed for smartphones and tablets, which means that some of them don’t work all that well on laptops… particularly models that lack touchscreens. Now Google is adding a feature to Chrome OS that […]