Anbernic RG 55G1 vs AYN Odin 2 Portal: How Much Handheld Does $175 Buy?
Anbernic’s first Snapdragon handheld looks like a Switch Lite. I put it against my Odin 2 Portal Max: PS2 yes, Switch no, and one test the $175 one won.
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Mobapad M12 Pro First Impressions: Great Switch 2 Joy-Cons With One Big Catch
Mobapad’s Switch 2 Joy-Cons feel great, the app is painless and turbo lives on the controller. The rumble is the catch. My first impressions.
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Xbox Nano Controller First Impressions: A Third the Weight of a Regular Xbox Pad
Microsoft’s smallest Xbox controller weighs 101 grams on my scale, a third of a regular one. Here’s how it feels, what it leaves out and who it’s for.
Legion Go 2 Long-Term Review: Worth $1,300, Not $2,000
A year of travel later, my Legion Go 2 still looks new and still beat a $2,400 handheld for the travel job. At today’s $2,000, though, buy something else.
Xbox X25 Controller and 8BitDo Dock First Impressions: No More AA Batteries
The X25 Special Edition is a regular Xbox controller in a translucent green anniversary shell. 8BitDo's matching dock is what retires the AA batteries.
8BitDo Retro 87 Gears of War E-Day Keyboard First Impressions: Quieter, Heavier, and It Works on My Xbox
The Gears of War: E-Day Retro 87 is 8BitDo's green Xbox keyboard in black and crimson, with linear switches instead of clicky ones. It's heavier, and it works on my Xbox.
abxylute S9 vs Backbone One vs GameSir X5 Lite: Which Phone Controller Should You Buy?
I own all three, so I tested them side by side: price, iPad mini fit, weight, grips, D-pads and extras, and why the abxylute S9 is my pick.
NYXI Hyperion 3 Ultra for Switch 2: Everything Fixed, Just Don’t Pay What I Paid
I returned the regular NYXI Hyperion 3 and paid $160 for the Ultra. It fixes everything the first one lacked, and at around $90 on AliExpress, it’s an easy pick.
ModRetro Chromatic First Impressions: Louder, Brighter and Clickier Than My Game Boy Color
My transparent red ModRetro Chromatic next to my original Game Boy Color: the screen, the speaker, the buttons, what it plays and how it compares with the Analogue Pocket.
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Microsoft brought 21 more original Xbox games to Windows 11 PCs and handhelds, including both Knights of the Old Republic games, Morrowind and TimeSplitters 2. Here’s what they cost and which ones Steam already sells.
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A Switch 2 charges on a regular USB-C hub but won’t show a picture. One hobbyist taught a Cable Matters hub Nintendo’s dock handshake with about 540 bytes of code. Here’s how, and what it means for your dock.
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From January 26, 2027 you can’t sign in to a Nintendo Account with Google or Apple. If you never set a password, here’s how to set one, and why you need it even for a passkey.
NewsConsole GamingNintendo’s Latest GitHub Takedowns Hit Switch Modchip Firmware and Citron Neo
Four Nintendo notices filed November 6 took Picofly modchip firmware and 143 copies off GitHub, along with Citron Neo, a continuation of the Citron emulator, and 70 copies of it.
NewsConsole GamingAn AMD Radeon Driver Bug Can Keep Writing to Your SSD. Here’s How to Check
On some PCs, AMD’s External Events Utility writes to the SSD all day, even at idle. AMD says a fix is coming in Adrenalin 26.11.1. Here’s how to check yours.
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Retroid’s delivery dashboard now lists Pocket Duo shipments in all five colors, starting with September pre-orders. Here’s which orders have gone out.
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GTA 6 streams on Xbox One and Series X|S from 1am ET on November 19, and you can now buy cloud time without Game Pass, from $3.99 for 10 hours.
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