Not one to shrink back from the newest traits, Acer took the IFA stage in Berlin to current its new vary of PCs. Apart from new variations of its “AI” PCs with AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm chips, the corporate showcased its challenger to the heated handheld gaming PC market and the Mission DualPlay: An idea Predator laptop computer with removable gamepads.
Mission DualPlay for native multiplayer
The Predator branding is already established amongst gaming PCs, notably with large laptops. Mission DualPlay makes good use of the beneficiant dimensions of conventional gaming laptops by merely embedding a full-size gamepad within the trackpad space.
Alongside the edges of the standard trackpad, the corporate designed a gamepad with analog sticks, a directional pad, and the standard 4 motion buttons. The entire gamepad will be simply indifferent with a launch button, and that motion not solely frees the controller but additionally pops out two 5-watt audio system to raised immerse the gamers within the motion (and we presume the neighbors as properly).
We particularly talked about “players” as a result of, true to its title, the Mission DualPlay controller will be additional separated into two halves—just like the Nintendo Change’s Joycons, however with barely higher ergonomics.
Acer didn’t disclose the laptop computer specs akin to graphics card or processor, however was fast to level out that it contains a “customizable 360-degree dynamic RGB lighting”. And that applies not solely to the keyboard but additionally the display bezels, the bottom cowl, the gamepad, and the trackpad space (and the wrist assist area in accordance with the photographs).
Nitro Blaze 7 for the lone wolfs
For extra quick gaming wants, the Taiwanese firm launched its personal handheld gaming PC: The Nitro Blaze 7. Following within the footsteps of the SteamDeck, Asus ROG Ally, Lenovo Legion Go, and MSI Claw (to not point out the handfuls of options from China that predate all of them), the Blaze 7 integrates the 7-inch FullHD show between the gamepad for gaming on the go.
Completely different from the Predator, the Nitro Blaze 7 was offered with its principal specs, displaying that it is able to attain retailer cabinets. It’s powered by an 8-core AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS processor, with built-in Radeon 780M graphics. Reminiscence configuration is 16 GB of LPDDR5x-7500 RAM with as much as 2 TB of NVMe storage.
Whereas its rivals are pushing the bounds of portability with greater screens, Acer opted for a 7-inch IPS LCD contact display as talked about. That must be greater than sufficient for the 1080p decision of the panel, and whereas these specs could appear on par with different handheld PCs, the Nitro Blaze 7 contains a 144 Hz panel, with variable refresh charge and FreeSync Premium certification, which ought to keep away from judder and display tearing.
Different options of the Acer Nitro Blaze 7 embrace Home windows 11 Residence with a personalized interface optimized for contact, 2 USB-C 40 Gbps ports, a micro SD card slot, 4 motion buttons (ABXY), two bumpers (LB/RB), two hall-effect analog triggers (LT/RT), fingerprint reader on the ability button, and 6 further buttons (choose, begin, Acer Sport House, onscreen keyboard, fast menu, and mode swap).
The Li-Po battery is rated at 50.04 Wh and will be charged with the included 65 W USB-C charger. Connectivity duties are fulfilled by the Bluetooth 5.3 and Wi-Fi 6E requirements, and final however not least, the Blaze 7 measures 25.6 x 11.35 x 2.25 cm, with 670 grams of weight.
The Nitro Blaze 7 nonetheless does not have an availability date or pricing data but, however ensure that my resident gamer colleagues will battle to loss of life to be the primary to check it.