My Arcade has unveiled several devices at CES 2025. These are all part of the Gamestation Retro line of hardware, gaming devices that will contain over 100 retro games, including classic titles from Capcom and Bandai Namco Entertainment.
Gamestation Retro products will be available in handheld, console, and tabletop arcade cabinet form. The Gamestation Retro Go is a handheld system that looks a bit like a Nintendo Switch. The gaming handheld has an 8-inch HD display and a rechargeable battery and will retail for $200. Those who prefer to play retro games on their TVs can pick up the Gamestation Retro Pro, a game console with 1080p HDMI output that comes with two wireless controllers and is slightly cheaper with a $150 price tag.
Finally, the Gamestation Retro Mega is a wood-constructed tabletop arcade cabinet with a 10.1-inch HD display and all the joystick, knob, and action buttons you’d need out of an arcade cabinet. It will cost $300. My Arcade is also showing off some other accessories at CES 2025, including the $40 wireless Gamestation Retro Gamepad and the $70 Gamestation Retro Arcade stick.
The press release unveiling the Gamestation Retro collection promises the Go, Pro, and Mega will feature over 100 video games from the back catalogs of Capcom and Bandai Namco Entertainment. Right now, the only games confirmed are Pac-Man, Galaga, Pole Position, and Dig Dug from Bandai Namco and Street Fighter II, Mega Man, Final Fight, and 1942 from Capcom.
While those at CES 2025 can check out the Gamestation Retro products at My Arcade’s booth, the company is planning for a wide release of this line of Gamestation Retro products sometime during the third quarter of 2025.
Acer’s Predator Atlas 8 finally has a US release date and price, several months after the company first showed off the handheld in May. The highlight is the Intel Arc G3 Extreme chip inside, which has been adopted by only a couple of other consoles besides the Atlas 8. This version will go on sale exclusively at Best Buy on November 1 for $1,299.99.
Acer originally said the Atlas 8 would arrive in North America in October, but left pricing open at the time. The launch came amid the ongoing DRAM crunch, which has made memory more expensive across the PC industry and complicated pricing for hardware makers.
Gaming laptops and I have a complicated relationship. One of my first gaming rigs was an Acer Predator that was already outdated when I bought it. I was a broke college kid, and that was the best I could afford. So trying out high-end gaming laptops is always fun. But ASUS' ROG Zephyrus G14 is a lot more than a laptop that can run AAA games. It is portable, so you're not lugging around a 2.5kg machine everywhere you go. It is built well, none of that plastic chassis, and can even function as a normal laptop outside of just gaming.
Google Play is borrowing one of the Nintendo Switch’s most useful little tricks. A new Sidekick tool called Playbacks captures a short clip after something interesting has already happened, sparing players from running a screen recorder throughout an entire game.
Playbacks is part of Google Play Store v53.8 and keeps saved clips on the phone. Google first announced it earlier this month, but the new Play Store update marks its arrival for players. Anyone who has watched a perfect win vanish because the record button came too late already understands the appeal.