Handheld Gaming
Latest about Handheld Gaming

Resourceful gamer shrinks Valve’s Steam Deck into Game Boy, with custom 3D-printed cooling
By Mark Tyson Published
A Steam Deck enthusiast and modder is close to finalizing their ‘SteamBoy’ design.

Upgrading an MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ handheld gaming PC with a 2TB SSD
By Brandon Hill Published
I go through the steps of replacing the standard 1TB SSD in an MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ with a 2TB SSD.

Disgruntled gamer builds booby-trapped Steam Deck with 3D-printed spikes and a built-in taser
By Mark Tyson Published
A Steam Deck devotee was so fed up with their family borrowing their handheld and leaving it with a flat battery that they have resorted to quite extreme anti-sharing measures.

Best Handheld Gaming PCs 2026: Windows and Steam Decks tested
By Andrew E. Freedman Last updated
Here are our favorite handheld gaming PCs, based on our testing and reviews.

MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ review: Unmatched performance and a jaw-dropping price tag
By Brandon Hill Published
It has the performance muscle that is unmatched in this class, but the Claw 8 EX AI+’s $1,799 price tag and lack of OLED leave us scratching our heads.

MSI's new Claw 8 EX AI+ handheld with an Intel Arc G3 Extreme and 32GB of RAM costs $1,799
By Hassam Nasir Published
MSI's new Arc G3 Extreme-based handheld costs nearly $2,000 but the company is rather apologetic about it, even if it's warning that the price may rise in the future.

Developer gets Half-Life running at 30 FPS on a Nokia N95
By Luke James Published
Argentine developer Dante Leoncini has gotten the original Half-Life running at 30 FPS on a Nokia N95, the Symbian slider phone that launched in 2007.

MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ brings Intel Arc G3 Extreme to handhelds
By Andrew E. Freedman Published
The MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ brought comfort and performance to Computex with massive prongs and Intel Arc G3 Extreme.
Get Tom's Hardware's best news and in-depth reviews, straight to your inbox.

