Valve needs to rethink the Deck Verified program
Table of Contents The Steam Deck Verified program was a good start, but it’s time to move on. Valve separates compatibility with the Steam Deck into four buckets. You have…
The stars are aligning for a perfect PC handheld — but one thing’s missing
Table of Contents At CES 2025, I saw some of the most exciting developments in the world of handheld gaming PCs that I’ve ever seen, but completely absent from the…
I played Black Myth: Wukong on the new MSI handheld to prove it was possible
I scoffed when MSI put the Claw 8 AI+ in my hands with Black Myth: Wukong selected. I’d spent 80 hours in the game on my full desktop packing an…
Careful — this popular new game is corrupting Steam Decks
The Steam Deck is easily the best handheld gaming PC you can buy, but a new game, which launched with native Linux support for the Steam Deck, is corrupting some…
I haven’t put down the Asus ROG Ally X in the past two days
Asus ROG Ally X MSRP $800.00 “The Asus ROG Ally X improves on nearly every aspect of the original.” Small performance boosts in some games Redesigned Armoury Crate software Much…
A wave of new handhelds is arriving at the worst possible time
Jacob Roach / Digital Trends We saw the floodgates open on a new range of handhelds at Computex 2024. After the success of devices like the Steam Deck and ROG…
MSI’s sequel to the Claw handheld is a complete redesign, and I saw it in the flesh
Jacob Roach / Digital Trends I was critical of the MSI Claw when I reviewed it, and I wasn’t alone. MSI’s push into the world of handheld gaming PCs wasn’t…
The ROG Ally X is official — and it sounds like a huge upgrade
Jacob Roach / Digital Trends Asus is making a new version of the wildly popular ROG Ally. The ROG Ally X is a new revision for 2024, and it’s packing…
I would give up my Steam Deck if the ROG Ally 2 had these features
Jacob Roach / Digital Trends Last year, I wrote about how I went back to my Steam Deck after using the ROG Ally for several months. Asus’ device is a…
Steam Deck 2: release date speculation, specs, pricing
Jacob Roach / Digital Trends It’s a matter of when we’ll see the Steam Deck 2, not if we’ll see it. Valve has talked publicly multiple times about its plans…