CES 2026 Handheld Gaming News! - Handheld Rewind A Handheld Gaming Podcast Ep 2

This is Episode Two of Handheld Rewind: A handheld gaming news podcast! In this episode we break down all the news from the Consumer Electronics Show 2026. CES was a bit of a dud for new handheld PC announcements this year but that doesn’t mean there wasn’t still a ton of handheld news to talk about. In today’s episode we discuss the Steam OS model of the Legion Go 2, New MSI Claw 8ai+ Colors, The MSI Claw A8 finally making it to the US and so much more!

Timestamps
00:00 Ladies & Gentlemen
00:22 Intro
03:19 Legion Go 2 Steam OS Announced
06:40 ROG XReal R1 Gaming Glasses
11:32 NVIDIA GeForce Now Native Linux App announcement
15:17 MSI Claw 8ai+ New Colors Announced
17:58 MSI Claw A8 Finally becomes available in the US
19:55 Hyperkin X Gamesir X5 Alteron
23:58 Acer Nitro Blaze Handheld No Show at CES 2026, cancelled?
27:58 MCON Announces two new variants, the MCON Slim and MCON Lite
30:08 Ventiva Fanless Cooling w/Legion Go 2 on show floor
31:23 PlayStation announces new Controller colors and Console Covers: Techno Red, Remix Green, and Rhythm Blue
33:23 Nintendo announces new Switch 2 Joycon Colors: Light Purple and Light Green
34:57 What I’ve Been Playing
36:19 Arc Raiders gameplay discussion
43:22 Dispatch Gameplay discussion
49:04 Cronos The New Dawn Gameplay discussion
55:05 Closing Remarks & Outro