This past year was a tipping point for the games industry.
This story is part of our new Future of Gaming series, a three-site look at gaming’s most pioneering technologies, players, and makers.
The coroner’s report has officially come in, and just as we all expected, E3 is dead as a doornail. What was once the world’s biggest gaming event was taken off life support years ago, but on Tuesday the Entertainment Software Association declared it was calling it quits supporting the Electronic Entertainment Expo.
How best can you display the advances in technology over the years? Let’s take a PC like the landmark original 1984 Apple Macintosh—later rebranded the Macintosh 128K—and shrink it by more than half. Then, boost its processing capability and memory by a factor of thousands or even tens of thousands—AKA modern mobile…
With all the handheld gaming devices popping up, like the Steam Deck OLED, Lenovo Legion Go, Ayaneo Slide, and the ROG Ally, I wouldn’t blame you if you first saw the PlayStation Portable and thought, “Whoa, did Sony just make a new PSP?”
It seems that these days, every other company wants to try its hand at releasing handheld gaming PCs.
I can’t help but feel bad for the Legion Go. Lenovo’s first take on the handheld console market is a strong one.
