This week, a whirlwind tour of the handheld news from CES 2026, Switch 2 grips, AR glasses, new chips from AMD, the OneXSugar Wallet, and more.
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Links and Show Notes
The Portable Gaming News from CES
NOW LIVE: Nintendo just officially revealed the new purple/light green Switch 2 Joy
Genki Grips: Made to be Held by Human Things
Pocket8 Makes PICO–8 Playable On Your iPhone
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The Xreal 1S glasses get a spec bump and 3D conversion
The OneXSugar Wallet is the first gaming handheld with a folding screen
You can charge Belkin's new Switch 2 power case without opening it
Qualcomm's next-gen Snapdragon X2 laptops are here — and they brought a new friend
AMD heard you like powerful gaming portables — so here are new Strix Halo chips
Lenovo Legion Go 2 with SteamOS launches in June, priced at $1199
Lenovo's new concept gaming laptop goes wide. Really wide.
GameSir X Hyperkin Reveal A Controller With GC, N64 & SEGA Attachments
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