Updated The Nvidia Project Shield tech specs are ambitious and it plays without lag. But price will determine the success of this at-home handheld.

Updated The Nintendo 3DS XL has gone on sale in Europe with a bigger screen, a better battery and a tweaked layout.

Updated Sony's latest attempt to lift a slice of the handheld pie so ably scoffed by Nintendo is the new PS Vita handheld console.

Updated The world's first 3D handheld games console is here

Nintendo releases the new Nintendo DSi XL in the UK this month, featuring a notably bigger screen and a wider viewing angle than 2009's version of its popular handheld gaming console, the DSi.

The Sony PSP handheld games console re-emerges better than ever before

Brave new dawn for Chinese consoles or Blackbeard's favourite handheld?

TechRadar has been playing with the Nintendo DSi - the latest version of the massively popular handheld (which launches in the UK this week) - ever since we managed to get our hands on a Japanese import machine late last year

Compact, innovative and a joy for along time, the Nintendo DS now needs a serious overhaul to push it ahead of rivals like the PSP. Unless Nintendo does something soon, the DS could even be surpassed by the iPod - and that would be a sad thing to happen indeed

Movie playback is often considered a secondary function to gaming for Sony's handheld console, but its oft-revered screen was specifically chosen for its video ability.