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Lenovo’s Legion Go S With SteamOS Is the Only Real Alternative to a Steam Deck

gizmodo.com Kyle Barr 2026-02-21 21:00:03

2025 For the last several years, most of us thinking about buying a handheld PC have heard the refrain “just get a Steam Deck.” The reasons are two-fold: one, the OLED version at $550 is the cheapest of its class, and two, it’s so damned easy to use thanks to SteamOS. No other company has come close to offering similar bang for the buck—until now. At $600, Lenovo’s Legion Go S with SteamOS is a superior handheld for on-the-go gaming compared to the Windows version released earlier this year, w

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Best Handheld Gaming Consoles Right Now

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-21 22:00:00

Phones and tablets already do a fine job of playing tons of great games and streaming games from consoles or the cloud. Dedicated devices can provide unique features, exclusive games or extra power to do things your phone can't. The difference between types of game handhelds at the moment can feel vast, but let’s break it down into some clear categories. Handhelds can be full TV-connectable consoles, tinier versions of full PCs, or smaller, purpose-built ways to play retro games, indies, or even

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The ANBERNIC RG Slide is the Xperia Play I wish I had 15 years ago

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-22 02:30:20

ANBERNIC RG Slide The RG Slide is one of the most unique devices ANBERNIC has ever made, and it offers the right mix of nostalgic fun and solid performance to be a compelling choice for retro emulation. While many people are nostalgic for flip phones, sliders are the way to go for me. Sure, I had a basic flip phone in the early 2000s, but I didn’t really get excited about phones until I got my first sliding phone with a full QWERTY keyboard in 2006. That satisfying THWOMP made me feel like I wa

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Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Review: The Best Content Deal in Gaming

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-22 02:00:05

CNET’s expert staff reviews and rates dozens of new products and services each month, building on more than a quarter century of expertise. 8.2 / 10 SCORE Game Pass Ultimate Buy at Amazon $60 at HP Pricing $10 a month (Console Core) $12 a month (PC) $15 a month (Console Standard) $20 a month (Ultimate - PC and Console) Pros Unique breadth of features Great for both console and PC gaming Catalog of hundreds of games Cons Available games change frequently PC integration headaches Cloud gamin

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'Persona 5: The Phantom X' Brings the Series to Your Phone—and It's Shockingly Good

wired.com Megan Farokhmanesh 2026-02-22 14:11:56

Persona games are herculean efforts to finish. A single playthrough of any game in the main series, which includes everything from saving the world to studying for finals, frequently clocks in at around 100 hours. Much of that time is spent building relationships with the game’s characters and world by hanging out with friends, doing mundane tasks like laundry, or finding new parts of the city to explore. It creates a dedication that leaves many players so attached to each game’s cast that they’

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Steam Summer Sale: Snag 4 Major Borderlands Games for Under $25 Before Borderlands 4

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-23 02:15:26

If you want to catch up on the Borderlands series before Borderlands 4 comes out on Sept. 12, you won't find a better opportunity than this. Every mainline Borderlands game is steeply discounted for Steam's Summer sale, with many of them in the single digits. You can currently get Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced, Borderlands 2, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel and Borderlands 3 for a grand total of $22. The first game represents about half that cost, so if you've already played that one or wan

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'Persona 5: The Phantom X' Brings The Series To Your Phone—and It's Shockingly Good

wired.com Megan Farokhmanesh 2026-02-23 02:11:56

Persona games are herculean efforts to finish. A single playthrough of any game in the main series, which includes everything from saving the world to studying for finals, frequently clocks in at around 100 hours. Much of that time is spent building relationships with the game’s characters and world by hanging out with friends, doing mundane tasks like laundry, or finding new parts of the city to explore. It creates a dedication that leaves many players so attached to each game’s cast that they’

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'Squid Game' Is Back! Here's How to Watch Season 3 on Netflix

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-23 08:00:03

The third and final season of Squid Game is here. Get ready, the final games are about to begin. The second season of Netflix's global hit series ended on a cliffhanger, leaving the fates of Gi-hun/Player 456 (Lee Jung-jae) and the rest of the players in question. How will Gi-hun get his revenge against the Front Man (Lee Byung-hun)? Will Jun-ho find the island in time to bring the ones behind these death gauntlets to justice? It's possible, but writer-director Hwang Dong-hyuk has created a wor

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Meta Quest 3 VR and Batman Bundle at This Price? Don’t Wait for Prime Day

gizmodo.com Gizmodo Deals 2026-02-23 15:42:27

The Meta Quest 3 is the most feature-rich affordable VR headset available currently, and it’s an easy top choice among users and critics alike. While the new 3S model is cheaper at $299, it simply doesn’t offer the same level of performance and features as the standard Meta Quest 3. With a perfect 5 out of 5-star rating from over 2,000 Amazon reviews, this headset is our pick for best immersive gaming and mixed reality. What’s great is that the Meta Quest 3 doesn’t require a console at all, so y

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The Final Scene of ‘Squid Game’ Is a Cop-Out

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2026-02-23 16:30:45

Squid Game’s final season is here at last, revealing the fates of the show’s heroes and villains. That includes Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae), the shell of a man who returns to the deadly competition as Player 456, intent on bringing it all down from the inside. When we first met Gi-hun back in season one, he was a perpetual ne’er-do-well, sponging off his ailing mother to supply his gambling habit and routinely disappointing his young daughter. While he was off trying to win the 45.6 billion won, his

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Nintendo is adding 'Super Mario Strikers' to its Switch Online GameCube library

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-24 06:00:51

Super Mario Strikers, the first game in the Mario Strikers series that was originally released for GameCube in 2005, will soon be available to play on Switch Online. Nintendo is adding it to its GameCube library for Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack members, though it will only be accessible from the Switch 2. If you'll recall, the company announced the addition of a GameCube library to its $50-a-year subscription service as a Switch 2-exclusive upgrade before the console even shipped. In

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ModRetro Chromatic Review: The Perfect Game Boy Restomod

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-24 05:00:09

CNET’s expert staff reviews and rates dozens of new products and services each month, building on more than a quarter century of expertise. 9.0 / 10 SCORE ModRetro Chromatic Review Pros Beautiful screen Sturdy construction Vibrant design and colors Cons Batteries Delicate paint job Price Mono sound Table of Contents ModRetro Chromatic Review: The Perfect Game Boy Restomod Lots of brands attempt to market nostalgia, but few succeed in capturing its warm essence. From hot pink flip phones

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Moonbase Alpha: That time NASA made a meme video game

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-20 12:13:38

NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the United States, has tried many different ways to encourage public interest in science education and space exploration. That included a brief pivot to video game publishing, of all things. In 2009, NASA teamed up with multiple video game studios to create a space-themed MMO. The result was a moon base simulator game that became a meme: Moonbase Alpha. To the Moon Virtual Heroes was founded in 2004 as a game studio focused on trainin

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34 Best Family Board Games (2025): Catan, Ticket to Ride, Codenames

wired.com Simon Hill 2026-02-24 21:30:00

More Family Board Games Photograph: Simon Hill There are so many family board games. Here are a few more we liked. Dorfromantik: The Duel for $39: Based on the videogame Dorfromantik, which spawned a cooperative board game, this spin-off pits you against another player as you draw tiles to build a landscape and try to complete tasks along the way. With identical sets in red and blue, it’s all about who builds a better environment to satisfy their villagers and score the most points. Play time

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‘Squid Game’ Delivers a Harrowing, Heartbreaking Final Installment

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2026-02-24 23:00:46

Squid Game’s first season dropped seemingly out of the sky in 2021, spanning nine episodes and giving Netflix its biggest hit to date, winning Emmys for creator Hwang Dong-hyuk, star Lee Jung-jae, and others. Season two arrived in late 2024 with seven episodes, picking up three years after the events of season one. Six months later, season three is here; it has just six episodes and begins immediately after the season two cliffhanger. It’s tempting to wish Netflix had just released all of seaso

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Resident Evil 9: Why Isn't Leon Returning? Because Capcom Wants You to Feel the Horror

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-24 20:36:00

Capcom held an event Thursday to show off some of its big games coming soon and titles it has already released. The star of the show was Resident Evil Requiem, where the developers of the game made it clear that Leon Kennedy will not return, although it's hard to fully believe the word of Capcom as it's been known to swerve expectations. Resident Evil: Requiem, also referred to as Resident Evil 9, will focus on Grace Ashcroft, an FBI analyst, allowing players to experience the horror from the c

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Best Gaming TV for 2025: Get the Lowest Input Lag and Highest Picture Quality

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-24 21:30:00

Who is it best for: While this year's G5 is the ultimate gaming TV, not everyone wants or needs to pay over $3,000 to play their favorite games. The 2024 C4 offers 100% of the gaming features and about 80% of the picture quality at half the price -- that's what we call mathematics! If you're looking for a TV that's fun to game on and looks just as good with movies, then the C4 is a great buy. Performance: The C4, like the C3 before it, is an excellent gaming TV, and LG hasn't done much to chang

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New benchmarks show SteamOS outperforming Windows 11 on Lenovo's handheld PC

techspot.com Cal Jeffrey 2026-02-25 11:03:00

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years.TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust That's called progress: SteamOS started life as a lightweight Linux-based system built for Valve's Steam Machines that never really picked up steam (pun intended). Now, it powers the Steam Deck and various other handhelds. New benchmarks show that the gaming OS outperforms Windows 11 on similar hardware. A recent Ars Technica report tested five demanding PC games on Lenovo's Legion Go S handheld, r

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The Steam Summer Sale is live with a fresh batch of big discounts

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-25 21:08:44

Get ready for your game library to grow, because the Steam Summer Sale is open and ready for business. The promotion runs through July 11, so you've got plenty of time to peruse all of the available deals, but there are a couple fun highlights in this season's selections. For starters, two likely contenders for 2025 game of the year are on sale. You can pick up the spectacular puzzle game Blue Prince for 15 percent off or about $25, and the lush Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has a slight discount

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Microsoft’s Xbox PC launcher gets going with Steam, Epic, and other games showing up

theverge.com Tom Warren 2026-02-26 02:50:56

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft announced earlier this week that it would start testing its new aggregated gaming library on the Xbox app for Windows, and it’s now starting to show up for testers today. This new library experience lists Steam, Battle.net, Ubisoft, Epic Games Store, and Riot Games titles that are all installed on a PC from various other launchers — much like GOG Galaxy. I’ve been tr

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Switch 2 Is the Best Handheld Console, but I Think You Can Wait on It, Too

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-26 02:00:00

8.5 / 10 SCORE Nintendo Switch 2 $450 at Best Buy Pros Slim design Large 1080p display Notably better graphics Great-feeling magnetic-attaching controllers Cons microSD Express cards are hard to find right now Battery life is worse than Switch's Still needs more unique exclusives Halfway between Newark and San Francisco, I was settled into my economy seat and fully enjoying the first-class gaming ticket that the Nintendo Switch 2 was giving me in-flight. A big 7.9-inch screen, tilted at a

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Relooted Is a Heist Game About Returning African Artifacts to Their Home Countries

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-26 06:00:05

One of last year's biggest games, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, revived a hero from a bygone era -- known for retrieving precious artifacts and delivering them to Western museums. At Summer Game Fest, I got to try a game that flips this script. Relooted is all about a team of African specialists liberating artifacts from museums to bring them back to their home countries. Relooted is a 2D puzzle-platformer which tasks players to pull off increasingly complex heists. There's a basic loop o

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Who is this 'final' six-minute Death Stranding 2 trailer actually for?

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-26 11:17:28

Death Stranding 2: On The Beach is out today, not counting the early access period. Kojima Productions and publisher Sony couldn't resist putting out one last trailer. I wouldn't be surprised if the filename for it was something like DS2_FINAL_TRAILER_V17_noactuallyitsthelastone.mp4 and yet it still has a runtime of six minutes. Although there are some fun moments in this trailer, it's much too long. You probably shouldn't watch it if you'd like to stay as spoiler-free as possible before playin

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The 8 Best Home Arcade Machines (2025), Tested and Reviewed

wired.com Simon Hill 2026-02-26 16:00:00

Here are a few things to keep in mind when you go shopping for home arcade machines. Size and placement: Home arcade machines tend to be big and heavy. Check the measurements and ensure you have a suitable space in mind. It will need a power outlet. It should also be within Wi-Fi range if it can connect to the internet, and many of these machines don’t have great Wi-Fi connectivity. Some space around the cabinet is also great for onlookers to cheer you on. Assembly and build quality: Some home

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Switch 2 Review: The Best Handheld Console Is the Future in Familiar Form

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-27 02:00:07

Halfway between Newark and San Francisco, I was settled into my economy seat and fully enjoying the first-class gaming ticket that the Nintendo Switch 2 was giving me in-flight. A big 7.9-inch screen, tilted at a perfect angle as I played Mario Kart World's vast tracks using luxurious new controllers with fantastic vibration. Yep, the Switch 2 is great. Except that the battery was already winding down after just an hour and a half of play. Watch this: Nintendo Switch 2 Two Weeks In: All I've Lo

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Games run faster on SteamOS than Windows 11, Ars testing finds

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-28 04:40:10

Nearly a decade ago, Ars testing found that Valve's "Steam Machines"-era version of SteamOS performed significantly worse than Windows when SteamOS's Linux game ports were tested on the same hardware as their Windows counterparts. Today, though, Ars testing on the Lenovo Legion Go S finds recent games generally run at higher frame rates on SteamOS 3.7 than on Windows 11. The performance advantage is yet another way that Valve's upstart OS is differentiating itself from the "default" Windows inst

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Games run faster on SteamOS than Windows 11, Ars testing finds

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-02-28 16:25:39

Nearly a decade ago, Ars testing found that Valve's "Steam Machines"-era version of SteamOS performed significantly worse than Windows when SteamOS' Linux game ports were tested on the same hardware as their Windows counterparts. Today, though, Ars testing on the Lenovo Legion Go S finds recent games generally run at higher frame rates on SteamOS 3.7 than on Windows 11. The performance advantage is yet another way that Valve's upstart OS is differentiating itself from the "default" Windows insta

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You Can Play Diablo 4 for Free in July With PlayStation Plus

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-28 20:20:11

Diablo 4 is Blizzard's latest entry in the dark-fantasy RPG series. And on July 1, all PlayStation Plus subscribers can fight cultists and demons, loot and collect powerful weapons and explore an expansive mythical world in this popular game. PlayStation Plus is Sony's version of Xbox Game Pass, and it offers subscribers a large, constantly expanding library of games. Subscribers can choose from the Essential, Extra and Premium tiers, which each have their own unique perks and benefits. The pla

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'Squid Game' Season 3: When You Can Watch the Final Season on Netflix

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-28 20:26:07

The final games are about to begin. Squid Game is nearly back with its third and final season, and thankfully, we didn't have to wait three years to get it. Season 2 of Netflix's global hit ended on a cliffhanger, leaving the fates of Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) and the rest of the players hanging in the balance. Meanwhile, after a stint as an undercover player, the Front Man (Lee Byung-hun) headed back into the shadows to pull more strings (and kill more people). What will happen when Player 456 fin

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The Star of ‘Squid Game’ Thinks Even Season 2 Haters Will Like Season 3

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2026-03-01 02:10:18

Squid Game‘s final chapter is just hours away from hitting Netflix—and there’s no doubt millions will tune in to see how the global phenomenon wraps up. Among those numbers will surely be fans who felt a little let down by season two, feeling the episodes didn’t measure up to Squid Game‘s blockbuster first season. But to hear star Lee Jung-jae tell it, there’s a good chance even the naysayers will find satisfaction, or at least some major food for thought, with its ending. Speaking to the Guard

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Lenovo’s Legion Go S With SteamOS Is the Only Real Alternative to a Steam Deck

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