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