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August 24, 2023

GuliKit Announces The Ultimate Game Handheld Dock

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Video game console / handheld hybrids are a growing business. Nintendo’s Switch started it all, but competitors chose to adapt PC games to a handheld format, like the Steam Deck, the ROG Ally, and others. A lot of gamers own more than one now. The one problem is you need a separate dock to charge each of them, or play them on the TV. GuilKit, a third-party accessory company that mostly makes controllers, announced a new type of product at Gamescom today, designed to solve this problem: a yet to be named all-in-one dock. Any modern gaming handheld will fit in it, they all will charge and they all will display on the TV. The prototype is currently being shown off at GuilKit’s Gamescom booth. For reasons that are yet to be explained, they made it look exactly like an American Super NES. The back has a lot of ports: USB-C Out, four USB 3.0 ports, HDMI 4K 60HZ, Ethernet, and the AC adapter that powers it all. But all

May 11, 2023

All Details On ROG Ally Revealed: Price, Launch Date

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ASUS’ ROG Ally, a handheld device similar to the Steam Deck that promises to play PC games on the go, was revealed in its entirety today. Embargos were lifted on reviews and the price of the thing was confirmed ($700) with a release date of June 13. The big question on everyone’s mind is if this is going to be a Steam Deck killer. Now that all the facts are laid out, our opinion is….the Deck doesn’t have much to worry about. There are plenty of advantages the ROG Ally has over the Steam Deck. Its CPU is more powerful, it has Windows 11 built in, and it supports more than just Steam games. But there are just as many disadvantages too, and some of them may be dealbreakers for a lot of people. Let’s get into it… NO TOUCHPAD: The Steam Deck has a nifty touchpad that gives you “mouse” control. This is an important element because a lot of PC games assume you have a mouse. The ROG

April 27, 2023

ROG Ally Prices Itself At Unexpected $700

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Earlier this month electronics manufacturer ASUS showed off a new device they plan to introduce to the market later this year: the ROG Ally, a handheld with a large screen that promises to make PC games portable. A device like this already exists, of course; it’s called the Steam Deck — but it’s about to get competition. The ROG Ally has a more powerful APU than the Steam Deck and, more importantly, an official Windows 11 OS, which should greatly improve compatibility. The Deck went with a Linux OS to keep costs down, but is able to run some Windows games via complicated trickery (it’s not an exact science, though, hence there are a lot of incompatible games). Given all this, and the fact that ASUS makes expensive hardware, we expected the price to be $1000 or more (or at least $999). It’s not. The Verge reports that ASUS somehow plans to sell this thing for just $699.99. That’s still more expensive than the Steam Deck’s priciest model, but not

April 3, 2023

The Steam Deck Is Getting Some Competition

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The backlog of Steam Deck preorders at Valve has finally gone down to the point where you can order one and receive it in a relatively short amount of time. But it’s still selling. The Deck is a certified success….and with all successes come imitators. High-end PC manufacturer ASUS has just announced they’ll be introducing their own handheld PC gaming device to the market, which they call the “ROG Ally.” ASUS actually made this announcement on April 1, but no one reported on it because they weren’t certain if it was real. That was Marketing Mistake #1. Mistake #2 is that ugly name…what is a “ROG Ally” anyway? Turns out ROG is an acronym for ASUS’ sub-brand “Republic of Gamers,” making it a real cringe name no matter how you say it. The Steam Deck is great…sometimes. It shines as an emulation device, able to handle any past generation up to PS3 with ease. But when it comes to actually playing the library of games on Steam — the task