Sellers circumvent Lenovo’s retro handheld ban with cheap wholesale storefronts — $41 gray-market G02 units pop up on Alibaba following initial storefront purge, systems were pulled from sale amid copyright drama and regional restrictions

Lenovo has pulled the G02 from sale on different Chinese e-commerce platforms after the company discovered that it was being sold outside of China.
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Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney slams Valve over Steam Deck price hikes — mocks founder Gabe Newell over rising costs of megayachts

The Epic Games chief took potshots at Valve CEO Gabe Newell’s expensive megayacht collection after sharing the Steam Deck’s massive price hikes on X. The post compared the $240 to $300 increase on the Valve hardware to the…

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Anbernic’s retro gaming handhelds are quietly losing RAM capacity and being downgraded to older LPDDR3 memory — company says 1GB capacity is still the standard, 512MB models ‘an unexpected error’

Anbernic silently ships some retro gaming handhelds with less memory than initially advertised, without notifying customers.
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‘Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4’ developer promises PC focus — Infinity Ward promises extensive optimization and is dropping older consoles

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4 drops older consoles and promises extensive optimization and PC-specific options

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Intel challenges AMD’s handheld dominance with new Arc G3 chips — Panther Lake silicon brings up to 14 cores, Arc B390 graphics to handhelds

Intel has revealed the Arc G3 and G3 Extreme chips, which are built on Panther Lake dies with up to an Arc B390 iGPU. The chips will show up in devices from partners like Acer and OneXPlayer.
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Acer brings Intel Arc B390 graphics to Predator Atlas 8 gaming handheld – G3 Extreme CPU paired with segment-first metal fan for increased airflow

Acer’s Atlas 8 takes on AMD’s dominance in the space with the new Intel Arc G3 and G3 Extreme processors, packing Arc B370 or B390 iGPUs.
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ASRock BC-250 used for Steam Machine duty gains third-party hack to unlock all 40 CUs — mining board now has more CUs than a base PS5

Enthusiasts of ASRock’s BC-250 server board have figured out a way to unlock all 40CUs inside the system’s PS5-derived SoC, giving it more GPU cores than a base PS5.
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Valve hikes Steam Deck OLED prices — 512GB is now $789, while 1TB climbs to $949

The Valve Steam Deck is seeing price hikes as high as $300 as the component shortage continues.

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Veteran programmer finishes retro game sequel and publishes it after 37 years — Colin Porch started Head Over Heels home computer title in 1989, but it was shelved due to console pivot

Hit 1980s isometric puzzler adventure game gets a sequel 37 years later. The original programmer is now over 80.

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Lenovo says it’s digging into allegations that its China-only G10 handheld is being used for piracy — third parties may be including illicit games to inflate prices in the gray market

Lenovo has announced it is conducting an in-depth investigation of its Chinese retail supply chains following allegations that its recently released G02 retro-gaming handheld is enabling piracy.
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