handheld gaming

Installing a SteamOS-style build like Bazzite alongside Windows on an Xbox Ally (and other Windows handhelds) gives you the best of both worlds: a controller-first, console-like Linux environment for everyday handheld play, and a fully functional Windows partition when you need Game Pass...

Windows‑weary PC gamers are increasingly vocal: frustrated by buggy updates, intrusive features and a desktop-first design that feels wrong on handhelds, many want an escape — and for a growing number of players the escape looks very much like Valve’s SteamOS ecosystem. Background / Overview The...

The last week’s shifts in portable PC gaming — from Microsoft’s Windows on Arm push to new handheld launches, Linux distro tie‑ins, and a fresh round of public sparring between AMD and Intel — mark a subtle but meaningful inflection point for handheld and mobile gaming. What was once a niche...

GPD’s high‑power Win 5 “Strix Halo” handheld is now showing signs of official Bazzite OS support — a development that could materially change the software options for owners of one of the most ambitious AMD‑APU handhelds yet — but the path between community ports, vendor blessing, and a...

ASUS’s latest firmware and Armoury Crate SE roll‑out for the ROG Xbox Ally family gives owners a practical opt‑out from Microsoft’s in‑game Copilot assistant while delivering several stability and usability fixes that matter for everyday handheld play. Background: why this update matters now The...

Valve’s Steam Deck OLED still sets the practical baseline for handheld PC gaming in 2026, but this year’s market is defined less by a single standout device and more by a clear software-versus-silicon split: lean, controller‑first SteamOS experiences that squeeze battery and sustained framerate...

Lenovo has confirmed a factory-shipped SteamOS variant of the Legion Go 2 at CES 2026, promising a June 2026 arrival and a premium starting price of $1,199 for a handheld that pairs the original Go 2’s high-end hardware with Valve’s controller-first Linux image. Background / Overview Lenovo...

Lenovo’s decision to ship the Legion Go 2 in two flavors — one running Windows 11, the other preinstalled with Valve’s SteamOS — turns a single hardware platform into a deliberate buyer choice: do you want a console‑like, pick‑up‑and‑play handheld optimized for battery and sustained framerates...

Lenovo’s flagship handheld, the Legion Go 2, will be offered in a factory‑shipped SteamOS configuration this June, delivering the same high‑end hardware as the Windows model — an 8.8‑inch 1920×1200 (16:10) PureSight OLED at up to 144 Hz, options for AMD’s Ryzen Z2 family including the Ryzen Z2...

Lenovo's decision to ship a SteamOS‑powered variant of the Legion Go 2 changes the stakes for premium handheld gaming PCs: the same top‑end hardware that debuted as a Windows 11 flagship now offers a factory‑installed, controller‑first Linux experience aimed at gamers who prioritize battery...

Lenovo’s decision to ship a SteamOS-powered Legion Go 2 at CES 2026 rewrites the handheld playbook: the same top-tier hardware that arrived as a Windows 11 flagship in 2025 now arrives with Valve’s controller-first Linux stack, a lower entry price, and the promise of steadier frame rates and a...

Lenovo has quietly formalized what the handheld community has been expecting: a SteamOS-powered Legion Go 2 will ship as an official SKU, bringing Valve’s controller-first Linux stack to Lenovo’s most powerful handheld to date — but it will arrive at a decidedly premium price. Unveiled at CES...

SanDisk has quietly retired the familiar WD_BLACK and WD Blue NVMe SSD badges and resurrected an old name — Optimus — as the new umbrella for its client SSD lineup, and with that change it introduced a compact, high-performance M.2 2230 drive built specifically for handheld gaming: the SanDisk...

Lenovo’s decision to ship a factory‑installed SteamOS build on the Legion Go 2 — if the reports and early hands‑on checks hold — is the clearest sign yet that the handheld PC market is splitting along software lines, not just hardware specs: the same premium chassis and AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme...

MSI’s Claw arrives as a confident — if imperfect — reimagining of the Windows handheld: hardware that reads like a gaming laptop shrunk to your palms, a comfortable Xbox‑style grip, and Hall Effect sticks that promise to solve the drift problem that’s haunted other handhelds, but it still...

The tech industry’s holiday glow is fading into a quiet, exhausted winter: the big consumer names—Microsoft, Google, Apple, and Amazon—still ship remarkable products, but the spark of fandom that once turned early adopters into evangelists has dimmed. What remains is a mixture of fatigue...

Microsoft’s Windows Server 2025 introduces a long‑awaited, opt‑in native NVMe storage path that bypasses the decades‑old SCSI translation layer — and enterprising users have already found they can force the same native NVMe path onto Windows 11 by toggling the same controls. The change is...

Lenovo looks poised to expand its handheld lineup with a Legion Go 2 variant that ships with Valve’s SteamOS out of the box — a report says the company could reveal the SteamOS model at CES in January 2026 — a move that would directly address the usability complaints many reviewers and...

Lenovo’s handheld ambitions are taking a potentially decisive pivot: reports suggest the next Legion Go 2 could ship in a “Powered by SteamOS” configuration instead of Windows 11, offering the same high-end hardware but swapping the PC operating system for Valve’s console‑focused Linux build — a...

Lenovo’s handheld strategy may be preparing its boldest pivot yet: multiple industry reports claim the company is testing a SteamOS variant of the Legion Go Gen 2 and could put that model on stage at CES 2026 — a move that would directly challenge Windows‑first handheld assumptions and...