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Western Digital announce the SN770M NVMe for handhelds like the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, Sep 12, 2023

Need a storage upgrade for your Steam Deck, ROG Ally or other handheld? Western Digital are the latest to enter the game with their new WD_BLACK SN770M NVMe SSD.

More teasers appear for upcoming Valve hardware

By Liam Dawe, Sep 8, 2023

Just recently I wrote about potential new hardware coming from Valve related to "Galileo" and "Sephiroth" that could be a Steam Deck refresh or new VR kit. Now we have basic initial details on a device being certified in South Korea.

These custom Steam Deck buttons look awesome

By Liam Dawe, Sep 7, 2023

Want to mod your Steam Deck to make it a little bit more fancy? Deck Buttons from Colored Controllers look awesome but they're selling out fast.

Steam will soon show better controller support details like for PlayStation controllers

By Liam Dawe, Sep 6, 2023

Valve has announced to developers that they're going to be rolling out better ways to show off controller support for games on Steam.

GuliKit reveal SNES styled dock for Steam Deck and other handhelds

By Liam Dawe, Aug 28, 2023

Still in the market for a dock for your Steam Deck or whatever other handheld you have? At Gamescom, GuliKit revealed a pretty slick looking SNES styled retro dock for you.

Radeon RX 7800 XT and RX 7700 XT revealed, plus more details on FSR 3

By Liam Dawe, Aug 25, 2023

AMD just announced the Radeon RX 7800 XT and Radeon RX 7700 XT Graphics Cards, and they're giving out more details on FidelityFX Super Resolution 3 (FSR 3).

SteamOS 3.5 for Steam Deck gets a screen colour temperature setting

By Liam Dawe, Aug 22, 2023

A while ago I mentioned how the upcoming SteamOS 3.5 for Steam Deck added in a colour vibrance setting, and now Valve seems to have expanded it even further with a screen colour temperature setting as well.

JSAUX launch a Steam Deck Anti-Glare screen replacement

By Liam Dawe, Aug 22, 2023

While we have DeckHD launching their higher-resolution Steam Deck screen replacement, we also now have JSAUX who have launched their own Steam Deck Anti-Glare screen replacement.

Star Labs reveal their new StarLite, a Surface-like Linux tablet

By Liam Dawe, Aug 18, 2023

In the market for a new laptop or perhaps a Microsoft Surface-like tablet style system? Well, Star Labs have turned their StarLite laptop into a tablet.

Downfall is a new 'severe' flaw in Intel CPUs, while AMD deal with INCEPTION

By Liam Dawe, Aug 9, 2023

Uh oh! Another rather serious security flaw has been found in Intel CPUs named Downfall, so here's a bit of info on it. Additionally, AMD are also dealing with INCEPTION.

Now official: you can buy a refurbished Steam Deck from Valve

By Liam Dawe, Aug 8, 2023

After it was leaked a bit too early, Valve have now confirmed and put up all three Steam Deck models to buy refurbished direct from the Steam store.

Looks like Valve will sell refurbished Steam Decks

By Liam Dawe, Aug 8, 2023

Valve seemed to let slip a bit early that they plan to sell refurbished models of Steam Deck for cheaper prices but the store pages were quickly hidden.

The 8BitDo Retro Mechanical Keyboard looks awesome

By Liam Dawe, Aug 3, 2023

While their software for programming it only officially supports Windows and Android, the 8BitDo Retro Mechanical Keyboard sure does look awesome.

ChimeraOS Linux for handhelds and couch gaming v43-1 released

By Liam Dawe, Jul 24, 2023

After their huge version 43 release recently bringing with it initial ASUS ROG Ally support, ChimeraOS Linux has a first bug fix release out.

JSAUX launch their Steam Deck RGB backplate and RGB Docking Station

By Liam Dawe, Jul 21, 2023

Love a bit of colour in your gaming life? JSAUX have two new releases ready to order today with the RGB Docking Station and the RGB transparent backplate for Steam Deck.

Intel gives ASUS a license to carry on Intel NUC systems

By Liam Dawe, Jul 19, 2023

After news recently that Intel planned to stop doing their Intel NUC systems directly, they've now announced they've agreed to let ASUS carry it on.

The modular Framework Laptop 16 opens up for pre-orders

By Liam Dawe, Jul 18, 2023

Framework have now put up the modular and customizable Framework Laptop 16 for pre-order featuring the latest AMD Ryzen CPUs and AMD Radeon GPUs.

Star Labs announced the compact Byte Mk II PC

By Liam Dawe, Jul 14, 2023

Need a new mini-PC? Hardware vendor Star Labs have announced their refreshed Byte Mk II and it looks like quite a tidy little unit.

Imagination GPUs now support OpenGL 4.6 thanks to Zink

By Liam Dawe, Jul 6, 2023

Here's a fun bit of driver and hardware news as Imagination announced their GPUs now support OpenGL 4.6 up from OpenGL 3.3 and it's thanks to the open source Zink driver.