Played MSI's New Claw8 EX AI+ at Computex. It Won't Be Cheap, But It Just May Be the Gaming Handheld to Beat

MSI revealed the Claw 8 EX AI+ at Computex, a premium Windows handheld that could redefine the handheld gaming category. Intel’s Arc G-Series for handhelds sets the stage, with MSI shipping the updated Claw around the Arc G3 Extreme, which features two high-performance cores, eight Efficient cores, and four low-power cores, plus a 12 Xe-core Arc B390 GPU. In hands-on testing, Battlefield 6 ran at medium settings with frame rates around 50 fps, rising into the hundreds with XeSS. Pricing is expected near $1,500, with a June 23 launch. The Claw faces competition from Acer’s Predator Atlas 8 and aims to push performance and features forward.