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2025 looks to be a huge year for handheld gaming. After many years in the wilderness, pushed aside by the rise of mobile games and the departure of PlayStation from the handheld market, there’s now a ...

The Nintendo Switch 2 is coming out incredibly soon, and while we know a lot about it, its steep $449.99 price tag and $79.99 games make me less likely to invest than expected. After all, I’ve barely ...

Being mid-session, fully settled into a game, only to then be able to stick the Joy-Cons on and walk off with your Nintendo Switch is cool. Very cool. You go on about your life and game as if nothing ...

The ROG Xbox Ally is here, and while it’s not exactly a true Xbox — it’s made by Asus, not Microsoft — its marks a big moment: the entry of one of the game industry’s biggest players into the handheld ...

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Ahead of the October 16th launch date of the ASUS ROG Xbox Ally, one question has lingered in this the minds of more than a few gamers: how does this new gaming handheld actually compare to the ...

Nintendo rolled out a nice surprise for Switch 2 owners earlier this week. It’s called Handheld Boost Mode, and it runs Switch 1 games as if they were docked, even while in handheld mode. Sounds ...

We might not have had a proper Nintendo Direct in 2026 yet, but there have been plenty of Switch and Switch 2-related announcements in the last few weeks, including a release date for the Yoshi and ...

Nintendo has pushed out a new system update for the Switch 2, and the star feature is one that's been much requested: Handheld Boost Mode. This mode allows the Switch 2 to run original Switch games in ...

Nintendo’s latest Switch 2 update adds Handheld Mode Boost for original Switch games. The feature forces docked behavior, allowing higher-resolution visuals in handheld mode instead of the 720p limit.