Handheld News

Amazon has the Lenovo Legion Go S 8APU1 with AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme, 32GB LPDDR5X and a 1TB SSD at $1,299.99, down from a $1,679.99 list price. PC Guide reported it on November 7, 2026 as the lowest price yet for that listing.

ASUS announced the XG Core Radeon RX 9060 XT LP 16GB GDDR6 external GPU: RDNA 4, 16GB GDDR6, USB4 up to 40 Gbps, about 144×117×39 mm, with HDMI and DisplayPort. Press materials cite gaming handhelds including ROG Ally X and ROG Xbox Ally X; no US price or ship date was disclosed.

Epic Games told GamingOnLinux its Launcher Preview still aims to support as many Linux distributions as possible, including Fedora, SteamOS, Cachy and Omarchy, and that AppImage packaging will be restored this month after a shift to .deb.

MSI confirmed its Ryzen Z2 Extreme Claw A8 (BZ2EM) will get AMD FSR Upscaling 4.1 through a manufacturer graphics driver, aimed at December 2026 after validation. A new driver is out now for rendering fixes but does not enable FSR 4.1 yet.

After the Nov 4 patch (1.0302256), SteamDeckHQ retested Phantom Blade Zero: on Steam Machine at 2K, Medium and FSR Balanced it now holds nearly stable ~60 FPS in former problem areas, while Steam Deck still cannot hold a stable 30 FPS even on lowest settings.

ASUS ROG said the Xbox Ally X20 can be bought alone in Singapore for S$2,099, instead of only the S$3,599 bundle with ROG Xreal R1 Edition 20 glasses. Pre-orders start November 16, with general availability in December.

VideoCardz tracked US online RTX 5070 Ti offers on Nov 6 with the cheapest listing at $1,339.99, about 79% over the February 2025 $749 MSRP, and some models at $1,499.99. The low tracked price rose about $160 in eight days from $1,179.99 on Oct 29.

Owners of ASRock RX 7900 XT Phantom Gaming, RX 7900 XTX Phantom Gaming, and RX 7900 XTX Taichi cards report that ASRVBFlash 1.0.5 (Oct 29 security-related firmware) left systems unable to POST with the GPU installed. VideoCardz says some recovered with EEPROM programmers and advises avoiding that firmware until ASRock clarifies.

At its first GOG Showcase on Nov 5, 2026, GOG said a reworked GOG Galaxy client is heading to Linux while staying optional, with DRM-free offline installers unchanged. GamingOnLinux reports the new multi-platform client is due in 2027; closed-beta and update sign-ups are open.

Avalanche's November 5, 2026 Hogwarts Legacy PC patch (build 2153883) adds Steam Deck OLED and Steam Machine support with optimized graphical settings and a virtual keyboard, plus DLSS 5, XeSS updates, and XeSS Multi-Frame Generation.

On Nintendo's Nov 5, 2026 earnings call, president Shuntaro Furukawa said the company is not considering additional changes to Switch 2 pricing and can secure sufficient memory despite AI-driven shortages. The console already rose $50 earlier to a $499 start.

Nintendo reports Switch 2 at 26.35 million units as of September 30, 2026, with 6.49 million sold in the first half. Hardware sales fell about 37% year over year as the launch surge cooled, while operating profit rose 49.1% and Mario Kart World reached 16.48 million.

Microsoft began rolling a redesigned Xbox app for Windows to Xbox Insiders on Nov 5, 2026. Internal tests claim up to about 60% faster app launch, 50% faster Home/Store/Game Pass page loads, and 65% faster in-app windows, plus a simpler library, unified search, and friends in the main nav.

Early copies of the Switch 2 Ocarina of Time remake were dumped around launch, and Lichii emulator forks already boot it on PC. Reports put gameplay around 15–30 fps with visual glitches, while some areas run higher. Nintendo has not commented on the emulator footage.

AMD and Microsoft made FSR Upscaling 4.1.2 available to Xbox developers in the October 2026 GDK, the first ML-based FSR on Xbox Series X|S. The same FSR SDK covers ROG Xbox Ally handhelds, and ASUS already has a preview driver for the Ally X and X20.

AnyAspectRatio is a free Decky Loader plugin that installs aspect-ratio fixes for over 100 games in one tap, defaulting to the Steam Deck's 16:10 1280x800 screen and also supporting ratios such as 4:3 and 3:2.

Bazzite 45 moves to Fedora 45 with Mesa 26.2.6, brings ROG Xbox Ally X20 support to the stable branch, adds initial Acer Predator Atlas 8 support and a ujust check-anticheat command for Easy Anti-Cheat Linux v2 requirements.

XD INC, the current owner of Torchlight, is updating Torchlight II through an optional Steam beta branch and says the work uses AI-assisted coding tools. The latest beta adds native Linux and Steam Deck support, WASD movement and controller fixes.

The experimental xess-xmx-linux project runs Intel XeSS super resolution and frame generation on Arc XMX units inside Proton games instead of the slower DP4a path. It was built on a OneXPlayer 3 with an Arc B390, and PC Gamer cites Cyberpunk gains of about 29% from XMX upscaling alone and 145% with XeSS frame generation.

GE-Proton 11-12 moves to Valve's Oct 31 bleeding-edge Wine, reworks DXVK submission throttling and memory eviction, overhauls D7VK for DirectDraw and D3D7 games, and adds an option that shows Xbox-style controller prompts on the Steam Deck.

The PS3 emulator RPCS3 has no games left in its Loadable category after an SPU accuracy fix moved Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. 2 to Ingame. About 80% of its tracked library is rated Playable, and around 22 games remain in Intro.

On Nov 3 the Steam Deck's Steam store page redirected to the Steam homepage while Valve's other hardware stayed listed, and Valve hasn't explained it or announced a discontinuation. By 5:35 PM ET the page was loading again from a US connection.

AYN says the Odin 3 Portal will charge at up to 45W, not the 60W it advertised at launch, and blames an internal documentation error. Prices still run from $399 early bird to $699, with shipping set for early November.

Valve's October 2026 Steam Hardware & Software Survey puts Linux at 3.95% of Steam users, up 0.90 points. The Valve Steam Frame now appears in the VR headset chart at 4.13%.

The version 1.0.0 license notices for the Switch 2 Ocarina of Time remake list AMD FSR 1.0 and SMAA with no DLSS entry. It isn't confirmed, and Nintendo hasn't commented. The game launches November 5.

DeckyTDPTuner is a new pre-release Decky Loader plugin that searches down from 15W for the lowest TDP that holds your chosen framerate, checks frametime smoothness and saves the result per game. A live mode keeps adjusting during play.

Savage Wind, an unofficial static recompilation of Zelda: Breath of the Wild for Windows, Linux and Steam Deck, reached Alpha 4 with both DLCs, a draw distance setting, HDR10 and Steam Deck gyro aiming. The developer says the Deck runs it at 50 to 60 FPS. It needs your own legally dumped game files and is still an alpha.

The unofficial totk-pc-recomp project now has a native Linux build. Steam Deck HQ tested it on a Steam Deck and got 60 FPS in early areas but 30 to 40 FPS in the open world. It needs your own legally dumped copy of the game.

Winhanced, a free controller-first launcher for Windows 11 handhelds, released its 1.0 Beta with a new in-game overlay, a one-switch FSR 4.1 option on AMD handhelds, built-in OptiScaler, GeForce NOW, Battle.net installs, cloud saves and more OneXPlayer devices.

Lenovo has the Z1 Extreme Legion Go S with SteamOS (32GB/512GB) at $902.49 this weekend with codes GOEXTRA and LENOVOWKNDDEAL, per IGN, and Retroid's code $30OFF drops the Pocket Classic to $69 and the Pocket 5 to $149, per Retro Dodo.

Decky Xbox Dashboard is a new Decky Loader plugin that replaces the Steam Deck's Game Mode home screen with an Xbox Series X|S-style dashboard, with LB/RB tabs, Xbox-style game pages and Xbox colors. It's an alpha and installs from a ZIP file.

In Digital Foundry's review, the $1,299 Acer Predator Atlas 8 with Intel's Arc G3 Extreme ran about 50-70% faster than the ROG Xbox Ally X at matched settings and 35W, but Windows 11 bugs and scattered driver updates held it back.

Blaze Entertainment's Evercade Nexus retro handheld launched October 30 in the US and Europe for $199.99, with a Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie cartridge in the box.

NordVPN researchers found GitHub repositories impersonating the AnyPS5 and KytyPS5 projects that hand out Windows malware believed to steal passwords. It hides from Microsoft Defender and deletes its own files.

Digital Foundry found Modern Warfare 4's Switch 2 campaign holds a locked 30fps and multiplayer mostly hits 60fps, but measured multiplayer input lag at 81ms docked and 100ms handheld, against 49ms on PS5.

Valve's October 30 Proton Experimental update fixes a random Helldivers 2 crash, BeamNG.drive crashing with its Vulkan renderer and long Witcher 3 Remastered load times, and makes Gray Raven and Crown Trick playable.

The RTX 5080, including partner cards, no longer appears on NVIDIA's US Marketplace, leaving the RTX 5070 Ti as the fastest GPU listed. A leaker says a 24GB RTX 5080 could arrive in December or January, which NVIDIA hasn't confirmed.

Hardware Unboxed's ten-country survey of the cheapest in-stock graphics cards found prices rose 11% on average in October, after 7% in September and 15% in August, adding up to roughly 35% in three months.

Best Buy has open-box ROG Xbox Ally X units from $789.99 versus $1,000 new, per IGN, and Lenovo has the Z1 Extreme Legion Go S with SteamOS (32GB/1TB) at $949.99 with code DEALDAYSLIVE, per 9to5Toys.

Microsoft's Agility SDK 1.722 preview adds clustered geometry and partitioned TLAS to DirectX Raytracing, with support on all NVIDIA RTX GPUs, AMD Radeon RX 9000, Intel Arc B-series and Core Ultra 200V and Series 3. Games have to add it before players see any benefit.

NonSteamLaunchers v4.2.94 adds an ARM64 installer for SteamOS ARM64 and ArmadaOS, Heroic Games Launcher and Prism Launcher support, FEX fixes and an NSL entry in the Steam menu.

FromSoftware has moved The Duskbloods, its Switch 2 exclusive multiplayer game, from 2026 to an unspecified date in 2027 to allow final adjustments to game rules and balancing.

AMD released FSR "Redstone" SDK 2.4 with FSR Upscaling 4.1.2, which runs on RX 6000 GPUs, Ryzen AI Max chips and Ryzen Z2 handhelds, and adds Vulkan support at parity with DirectX 12. Vulkan games need to integrate the new SDK.

GPD confirmed on Weibo that its WIN Mini Ultra clamshell handheld uses Intel's Arc G3 Extreme and hinted that launch is close. Price, release date and final specs are not announced yet.

MoonDeck's developer is ending the Decky plugin, which launches Steam games over Moonlight, saying Steam Remote Play has become too good. It leaves the Decky store at the end of October unless someone takes it over.

A VideoCardz check of US retailers on October 28 found the cheapest verified new RTX 5080 at $1,979.99 at Micro Center (local pickup only) and $1,999.99 online at Best Buy, about double NVIDIA's $999 launch price.

Acer confirmed the Predator Atlas 8 with Intel's Arc G3 Extreme launches exclusively at Best Buy on November 1 for $1,299.99 after preorders sold out. That's $500 less than MSI's Claw 8 EX AI+ and below the OneXPlayer 3's $1,549 sale price.

hakuX 1.2.0, a free original Xbox emulator for Android, adds system link play between devices on the same network. Android Authority ran Halo 2 at full speed (30fps) on a Retroid Pocket G2 with a Turnip driver after the emulator's recent core rewrite.

NVIDIA released optional GeForce hotfix driver 621.12 to fix video playback freezes and black screens on some RTX 50 Series GPUs and RTX Spark systems after Game Ready driver 621.01. It also fixes an Unreal Engine 5.8 crash with Hit Lighting.

RecompLauncher is a new free catalog of more than 200 fan-made recompiled and decompiled console game ports for Windows, Linux and macOS. Separately, an unofficial Metroid Dread recomp reached v0.4.0. Both need your own legally owned copy of the game.

Valve's October 26 Steam client beta fixes a crash when resuming from suspend, adds a workaround for updates hanging at 99%, gives friend game invites their own widget in the chat tab and starts local Remote Play streams faster.

Valve's Steam Scream V event is live now with discounts on horror games and runs until November 2 at 10 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET). It's the fifth year of the event, and the sale page has a filter for Steam Deck Verified and Playable games.

Epic's Unreal Engine 5.8.4 hotfix adds ASDTool, which builds the shader database stores use for Microsoft's Advanced Shader Delivery. It covers Windows D3D12 SM6 builds, doesn't support ray tracing PSOs, works alongside PSO precaching, and Epic Games Store support is planned for early 2027.

SteamDeckHQ scored Phantom Blade Zero 10/10 as a game but 1/5 on Steam Deck, where it averages 23-27 FPS in the Crimson Forest at the lowest settings and dips to 10 FPS. A separate test found it needs a 30 FPS lock and heavy compromises on Steam Machine.

Playden for PS5, an alpha launcher from developer leolobato, lets a jailbroken PS5 sign in to Steam, download Windows games and run them on the console through prospero-win, a PS5 port of Wine, with DXVK and VKD3D-Proton for graphics.

NVIDIA has filed a bug report for GeForce Game Ready driver 621.01 after users reported brief freezes and black screens during video playback, and users say rolling back to 617.42 stops the problem. There's no fix date yet.

Best Buy is taking orders for the Acer Predator Atlas 8 with Intel's Arc G3 Extreme, 24GB of LPDDR5X and a 512GB SSD for $1,299.99, the same price as the ROG Xbox Ally X20.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 launched on Switch 2 on October 23 for $69.99. Nintendo Life scores it 9/10, with a 30fps campaign, DMZ at 40fps docked and 30fps handheld, and multiplayer aiming for 60fps.

OptiScaler community builds now run AMD's FSR 4.1.2 upscaling on Intel Arc XMX hardware. Community benchmarks show FSR 4.1.2 Lite costing about the same as XeSS SR, and testers report better image quality, but the mod is experimental.

SmileBASIC 4, the Switch app the ns2jb exploit starts from, has reportedly been delisted from the eShop, while early homebrew and Vulkan tests appear on Switch 2. The exploit is still userland-only.

NVIDIA released RTX Remix 1.6 on October 23 with DLSS 5 3D-Guided Neural Rendering, up to 6X Multi Frame Generation, Windows on ARM support and a beta Minecraft Java Edition mod, and Portal with RTX and the Half-Life 2 RTX demo were updated with the same features.

Valve released SteamOS 3.9.5 to all users on October 23, bringing the 3.9 update to the stable channel with Plasma 6.7.3, a Linux 7.2 kernel, better Steam Deck idle power and fixes for Legion Go 2, Steam Machine and ASUS devices.

AYN's Odin 3 Portal is up for pre-order in four configurations from $399 (12GB/128GB) to $669 (16GB/1TB) at launch prices, with a 7-inch 120Hz AMOLED screen, Dragonwing Q8 chip and 9,000mAh battery.

Bazzite's testing branch now supports the ROG Xbox Ally X20 with VRR, HDR, TDP control, mappable back buttons and sleep working, while RGB and fan control still need work. The Acer Predator Atlas 8 gets its first button mapping.

CD Projekt Red's free Edgerunners 2 Update (2.5) adds mod.io mod support on PC, consoles and Switch 2, improved HDR, DLSS 4.5, a console FOV slider and new Edgerunners content. Switch 2 gets it in the days after launch.

Digital Foundry found the Monster Hunter Wilds Switch 2 demo runs around 648p with DLSS at a near-locked 30fps docked, about 600p at 40 to 55fps in performance mode, and about 432p at 30fps in handheld, where broken system VRR makes uncapped play judder.

The open-source app that runs Steam and Windows games on Snapdragon Android handhelds adds an experimental Game Pass store, itch.io, touchscreen gestures, faster Adreno performance and hardware-encoded Remote Play.

4A Games' free Metro Redux Next-Gen Update adds unlocked frame rates, DLSS, FSR and 4A TSR, SSGI, 4K textures and a power-optimized mode for Xbox Ally. VideoCardz reports Metro 2033 Redux also quietly got DLSS 5.

Aspyr released Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition on Switch 2 for $39.99, 10% off through November 4, alongside a $69.99 Tomb Raider: Definitive Survivor Trilogy bundle.

Valve's October 22 Steam Client Beta adds an HDR setting for Remote Play, HDR capture from desktop Linux and macOS, HDR on Android 15 phones with the beta Steam Link app, and re-enables HDR on Steam Deck OLED.

Developer pepsipu's ns2jb runs native code on Switch 2 system software 23.0.1 through the Switch 1 version of SmileBASIC. It's tethered, needs a computer on the same network, is cleared by a reboot and isn't custom firmware.

During a GameSoundCon Q&A, Valve composer Mike Morasky mentioned HLX alongside Deadlock, the first time a Valve employee has publicly used the name of the rumored project. He didn't say what HLX is or when it's coming.

EA is shutting down BioWare and its Edmonton workspace after ending early development on the next Mass Effect, as part of a studio restructuring that cuts about 3% of its workforce.

GeForce Game Ready 621.01 adds Microsoft's Advanced Shader Delivery to all RTX GPUs, so supported games like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 and Gears of War: E-Day download precompiled shaders instead of building them on your PC.

Valve's SteamOS 3.9.4 Beta fixes failed firmware updates on Steam Machine, 720p screenshots and apps hiding behind Steam's loading screen, and temporarily disables hibernation on Steam Deck.

Xbox Insiders without Game Pass can now buy cloud playtime packs of 10, 25 or 50 hours that don't expire, ahead of a wider rollout in November.

AMD expanded FSR Upscaling 4.1 to Ryzen Z2 handhelds, RX 6000 GPUs, Ryzen AI Max and AI 9 laptops, with Xbox Series X|S coming soon. ASUS says the ROG Xbox Ally X and X20 get a preview GPU driver on October 23.

Update 7.2.0 moves Helldivers 2 from GameGuard to Easy Anti-Cheat. Arrowhead says Steam Deck and Linux compatibility is unchanged, and GamingOnLinux confirmed the game still runs.

Capcom's free Monster Hunter Wilds prologue demo is on the Switch 2 eShop. It needs about 12.8GB, supports local play and carries your save over to the full game, which launches December 4, 2026.

Five days after launch, Windows Central reports the $1,299 ROG Xbox Ally X20 and its $2,499 bundle are sold out at Best Buy and ASUS.com.

Fresh SteamOS 3.9 installs default to wpa_supplicant, while upgraded Steam Decks and Steam Machines stay on iwd unless you flip a Developer setting. Some Steam Frame owners say switching fixed their wireless adapter.

Fortune reports Xbox CEO Asha Sharma plans a next-generation handheld by the 2027 holidays and the Project Helix console by the 2028 holidays, with Helix internally projected at $1,200 to $1,800 unless Microsoft subsidizes it.

AYN's new Odin 3 Portal trailer confirms the Dragonwing Q8 chip, a 9,000mAh battery, active cooling, full-size Hall Effect sticks and rear paddles. There's still no price or release date.

bbport, a fan project that runs Bloodborne's original PS4 code natively on Linux PCs and the Steam Deck, reached version 0.6 on October 19 with seamless co-op, any aspect ratio and keyboard and mouse. It's still experimental and needs your own copy of the game.

Digital Foundry found the Switch 2 demo smoother than the PS4 version in motion, but standing still shows a stepped pattern on the vertical axis that DF thinks is an unintended DLSS issue.

Keen Games' survival action RPG reaches 1.0 with the full map, a level cap of 50, HDR support, shorter shader compile times and stated performance improvements for handhelds and the Steam Deck.

GE-Proton 11-10 stops a PlayStation controller fallback that slowed games down since GE-Proton11-8, and fixes Bluetooth DualShock 4 and DualSense rumble. Proton-CachyOS and DWProton also updated.

GamingOnLinux rounds up the gaming changes in Linux 7.3, including Valve-funded VRAM handling that needs extra userspace tools, a built-in driver for the 2026 Steam Controller and a new MSI Claw gamepad driver.

Nintendo Latin America's Bill van Zyll apologized for shortages of the Zelda 40th Anniversary Switch 2 and said restocks of the special hardware and software are in the works but will take time.

Developer Panchovix's NVIDIA VBIOS Vix Editor and loaders let you edit power, voltage, clock and fan limits on a copy of your VBIOS and load it through the driver, leaving the card's firmware untouched.

An unannounced AMD engineering sample called Gainsborough appeared on OpenBenchmarking with six cores and 24GB of fast memory. It's being linked to a Steam Deck 2, but neither Valve nor AMD has confirmed anything.

Steam Decks using dirlock home-directory encryption can get stuck on a black screen after installing the SteamOS 3.9.3 Beta/Preview build, and the dirlock developer says not to install it until the next update.

A teardown of Nintendo's revised EU Switch 2 (OSM-CPU-01) shows an easier-to-swap battery, the same NVIDIA chip and 12GB of RAM, and the original screen rather than the rumored Sharp-assembled panel.

Fan-made ports now run the PS4 versions of the original Uncharted trilogy and Driveclub directly on Windows with Vulkan, higher frame rates and modern anti-aliasing. Both are still in beta and need your own game files.

CD Projekt Red's Patch 5.01 adjusts image sharpening and resolution on Switch 2 and fixes a rare region-change crash and an HD Rumble bug. GameWatcher says handheld play looks clearly better.

Xodus Nexus is an open-source Linux launcher that installs and runs Microsoft Store and PC Game Pass games locally, and version 0.3.6 adds experimental controller navigation and Steam shortcuts for Gaming Mode.

NVIDIA's October DLSS 5 Neural Rendering model shipped in NBA 2K27, and modders have already pulled build 310.9.16.0 into games that don't officially support it.

The unofficial mod now covers all four main DLSS features on Radeon RX 7000 and RX 9000 cards, according to VideoCardz. It's experimental, Windows 11 and DX12 only, and you supply your own DLSS files.

Title Update 4.1 is out on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and Steam. Capcom says the Switch 2 version's update is "currently in development" and will come at a later date.

The community project that runs Steam Big Picture and ARM64 Proton on Snapdragon Android handhelds adds Epic's Linux launcher under FEX, an optional x86-64 Steam client, Linux games out of the box and a new GPU driver manager.

The Verge spotted the Z1 Extreme SteamOS model at $999.99 at Best Buy, about $600 under the $1,607.99 Lenovo's own store lists for the same configuration.

Valve's October 2026 Steam Next Fest starts Oct 19 at 10 AM Pacific (1 PM Eastern) and runs to Oct 26, with free demos, developer chats and livestreams. The next one is planned for February 2027.

Pre-orders unlock MW4's full campaign on Switch 2 before launch. Nintendo Life says the port holds what looks like a locked 30fps, and Digital Foundry gives an early look at DLSS vs Filmic SMAA.

NVIDIA SVP Jeff Fisher reportedly told Taiwanese media the RTX 5090 will keep shipping despite tight supply. Retail checks still show it missing from NVIDIA's store and Micro Center.

OneXPlayer's AI-focused Super X Pro 2-in-1 tablet is on its store from $4,699 (128GB) to $8,079 (192GB, liquid cooled), with two configurations orderable now.

An unofficial KyTyPS5 fork runs Demon's Souls above 60fps at 1440p on a desktop RTX 5070, with stutter, and players report finishing Astro Bot and Astro's Playroom on PC.

Anbernic's dual-screen Android handheld is up for preorder in two configurations with a $15 preorder discount, and shipping starts gradually on December 10.

Windows Central tried a leaked early build of the new Xbox PC app on the Xbox Ally, and Windows Insider builds add an Exit to Desktop shortcut to Xbox mode.

RTX Spark pairs a Blackwell RTX GPU with a Grace Arm CPU and up to 128GB of unified memory, in laptops from ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Microsoft and MSI.

Valve's latest Steam client beta groups achievements into sets, makes the Linux client 64-bit and adds a Remote Play display option.

Valve's latest SteamOS beta fixes a few game issues, and the wider 3.9 branch brings Plasma 6.7.3, Linux 7.2 and fixes for Legion Go 2 and Panther Lake.

October 16 is a busy day on Switch 2, with Tales of Eternia Remastered, Tenebris Somnia, LEGO Harry Potter Collection and three Resident Evil games.

ASUS pushed a big Armoury Crate SE update alongside the ROG Xbox Ally X20, and older Ally models get a good chunk of it.

Digital Foundry tested Resident Evil 4 on Switch 2, plus a quick look at RE2 and RE3, ahead of their October 16 release.

Intel WHQL driver 32.0.101.9150 claims big gains for Lunar Lake integrated Arc graphics, plus smaller boosts for Panther Lake and Arc B-series cards.

Aggro Crab and Landfall's co-op climbing game PEAK hits consoles next week with cross-play, and a physical PS5 edition is on the way.

Valve's October 15 Proton Experimental update makes Breadbox playable and fixes crashes in ARC Raiders and C&C Red Alert.

The ROG 20th anniversary Xbox Ally X20 is available now with a 7.4-inch OLED and TMR sticks, but the same chip, RAM and battery as the Xbox Ally X.

The RTX 5090 is gone from NVIDIA's US Marketplace and Micro Center's active catalog. A halt in GB202 chip supply is reported, but NVIDIA hasn't confirmed anything.

The latest Steam Frame beta adds .apk files to the right-click Add to Steam menu in Desktop Mode, along with wireless adapter and mic improvements.

Microsoft claims Windows 11 is up to 20% more responsive and lighter on 8GB PCs, highlights Advanced Shader Delivery, and offers a 25-game bundle with eligible new PCs.

IO Interactive confirmed a March 18, 2027 release date for 007 First Light on Switch 2, with a new gameplay trailer and preorders open now. The Deluxe Edition is $69.99.

RPG Site's handheld testing found stutter on Steam Deck, a black screen fix on ROG Ally, and 90-144fps on Intel handhelds.

The game industry's US trade group wants Anbernic on the USTR's piracy and counterfeiting list. Being listed carries no direct legal penalty, but it could lead to a trade investigation.

Lenovo's US store now lists the 32GB/2TB Legion Go 2 at $3,081.99, up from $2,849, while the 1TB model stays at $1,999.99.