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ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X Debuts with AMD Z2 Extreme NPU and Xbox Shell on October 16
ASUS and Microsoft have drawn a line in the sand for portable PC gaming. On October 16, 2025, the ROG Xbox Ally family—two Windows 11 handhelds with an Xbox-first interface and AMD’s latest Ryzen...
Lenovo Legion Go S SteamOS Hands-On: A Streamlined Steam Deck Rival with a 120Hz Edge
The Lenovo Legion Go S has finally become the handheld it should have been from the start. By swapping Windows 11 for Valve’s SteamOS, Lenovo transformed a competent but cumbersome portable PC into...
NVIDIA's RTX 5080-Class Blackwell Servers Hit GeForce NOW in September, Unleashing DLSS 4 and Install-to-Play
NVIDIA is about to make the most radical hardware leap in cloud gaming history. Starting in September, the GeForce NOW Ultimate tier begins transitioning to Blackwell architecture servers, delivering...
Valve Fremont Geekbench Leak Exposes Zen 4 CPU, RX 7600 GPU in Living-Room SteamOS Console
Valve’s long-rumoured SteamOS living-room box, codenamed Fremont, has resurfaced in a Geekbench sighting that reveals a prototype packing an AMD Hawk Point 2 processor, a discrete Radeon RX 7600...
Microsoft Engineers Built a Windows Handheld Prototype, But It Never Left the Hackathon Floor
A three-minute video that surfaced on social media in April 2023 showed what Windows 11 could look like on a handheld gaming PC—controller-first onboarding, a gamepad-friendly homescreen, and...
SteamOS Turbocharges Lenovo Legion Go S: Up to 20% Faster, Longer Battery Life
Lenovo’s decision to ship the Legion Go S with Valve’s SteamOS isn’t just a software swap—it’s a hardware upgrade in all but name. Independent testing shows the SteamOS edition consistently...
Lenovo's SteamOS Handheld Renders Its Windows Sibling Obsolete: A 120Hz Game-Changer
Lenovo’s Legion Go S with SteamOS is now shipping for $600, and according to hands-on testing by ZDNET, it doesn’t just compete with Valve’s Steam Deck—it makes the Windows-powered Legion Go...
MSI Claw A8's $860 Price Tag Fuels Fears That PC Handhelds Are Repeating the Netbook Collapse
The pre-order pricing for the MSI Claw A8 in China landed like a warning shot across the bow of the handheld gaming market: 6,999 RMB, or roughly $860 before any subsidies, and just shy of $1,000...
SteamOS Turns the Lenovo Legion Go S Into the Windows-Free Handheld Gamers Crave
Lenovo’s Legion Go S arrives with a split personality: it’s a competent but flawed Windows 11 mini-PC in one configuration, and a lean, game-first portable console in another. Reviews of the...
Lenovo Legion Go S (SteamOS) Review: The Windows-Free Handheld That Finally Rivals Valve’s Deck
Lenovo’s decision to strip Windows from its Legion Go S handheld and instead ship with SteamOS transforms a competent but forgettable PC into one of the most compelling handheld gaming devices on...
Epic's ARM Easy Anti-Cheat Officially Lands, Unlocking Fortnite on Snapdragon Copilot+ PCs and Linux
Epic Games has shipped a native ARM version of its Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC) client, removing the single biggest technical barrier that has kept competitive multiplayer titles—starting with...
Valve's SteamOS 3.7.0 Preview Targets Non-Steam Deck Handhelds as Windows 10's October Demise Nears
Valve opened the floodgates for a broader SteamOS rollout in its latest preview. The SteamOS 3.7.0 Preview build explicitly adds support for "non-Steam Deck handhelds," signaling that the operating...