Xbox Nano Controller: Microsoft’s $50 Pocket Pad Keeps All 18 Inputs
Microsoft’s Xbox Nano Controller goes on sale Nov. 4 for $49.99. It is a little over 5 inches long, weighs 3.5 ounces and keeps all 18 inputs, but it drops rumble and swaps AA batteries for a built-in cell, and the comments are fighting about it.
Mario 64 in Mixed Reality Lets You Grab Mario Out of the Game
An XR developer got the full Super Mario 64 running in real 3D mixed reality at 90fps on a PICO headset, then pulled Mario out of the game and onto his desk.
ModRetro Chromatic Transparent: See-Through Game Boy Nostalgia for $149.99
If you spent the late 90s squinting at a Game Boy Color under a car dome light, this one is for you. The ModRetro Chromatic Transparent is a see-through take on ModRetro’s cartridge handheld that plays your real Game Boy and Game Boy Color carts on FPGA hardware, and it costs $149.99. That is $50 […]
ROG Xbox Ally X20: A See-Through 20th Anniversary Handheld With a 7.4-Inch OLED
Remember see-through game consoles? ROG does. To mark 20 years of Republic of Gamers, ASUS built the ROG Xbox Ally X20: a translucent black handheld with a gold internal frame, a bigger 7.4-inch OLED screen and AMD’s Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme inside. It went on sale October 15 for $1,299, or $2,499 for a bundle […]
Pulsar Feinmann F01 Noctua Edition: A Gaming Mouse With a Real 40 mm Fan
Sweaty-palm gamers, your weird future is here. The Pulsar Feinmann F01 Noctua Edition is a right-handed wireless gaming mouse with a real Noctua NF-A4x10 5V PWM 40 mm fan built into the chassis, blowing air up through the perforated carbon-composite shell. It still weighs about 73 g, runs Pulsar’s XS-2 flagship sensor (42,000 DPI, 800 […]
Abxylute M5/M6: Magnetic Phone Controllers That Slide Out Like an Xperia Play
Phone gamepads used to mean either a toy that slides into your pocket or a brick that clamps your phone like a vise. Abxylute M5 and M6 try a third move: a MagSafe-style magnetic puck on the back, then a damped slide rail that pops a real controller out from behind the phone – Xperia […]
AYN Odin 3: Flagship 6-Inch 120Hz OLED Android Handheld
If your couch co-op keeps getting hijacked by “just one more episode,” meet the AYN Odin 3 – a flagship Android gaming handheld with a ~6-inch 120Hz OLED, Hall sticks, and enough battery drama (8000mAh) to outlast your excuses. Brand Base preorder sits at $369 (Batch 8); Ultra configs climb to $569 on AYN, with […]
Retroid Pocket Duo: Dual OLED Clamshell for DS-Style Chaos
Two screens was never a gimmick for DS/3DS kids – it was the whole homework-avoidance strategy. The Retroid Pocket Duo brings that clamshell thesis into modern Android: dual OLEDs, Hall sticks, and a Qualcomm Dragonwing Q-7790 brain aimed at “flagship enough” emulation without AYN/AYANEO mortgage energy. List price is $269, with preorder math often near […]
Retro Handheld Gaming Console
300 Games, One Pocket, Zero Downloads Some gadgets want your Wi-Fi, your account, and forty minutes of “just finishing the update.” This one wants two AA-adjacent minutes of charging (or batteries, depending on the pack) and a thumb. The portable handheld game console from GAMINJA is the little brick you remember, except the screen is […]
Stealth Core Trainer – Play Games While Building Core Strength
Imagine that, someone figured out how to take the tedium out of core training by adding a bit of gaming and balance. It definitely looks like one of those “as seen on tv” type health gadgets, but the reviews are really positive. Check out the Stealth Core Trainer Plankster ($139). Video of this gadget in […]