Acer announces two new handheld gaming devices in CES 2025

CES 2025 is turning out to be a big success as all the brands are bringing their A-game. Matching up with the same, Acer has also launched Nitro Blaze 8 and Nitro Blaze 11 handheld gaming devices. The consoles succeed Nitro Blaze 7 and offer better resolution and display as compared the predecessor. Both the devices offers 16GB LPDDR5X RAM paired with 2TB SSD storage.

As for the design, you get to see an ergonomic design with a screen surrounded by necessary buttons from both ends. On the left, you get to see the arrow buttons along with a joystick. Apart from that, ABXY buttons are placed on the right side, and a joystick is placed below them. The consoles have the L1, L2, and R1, R2 triggers.

Acer Nitro Blaze series specification and features

The Acer Nitro Blaze 8 and Nitro Blaze 11 are powered by the AMD Ryzen 8840HS processor along with Ryzen AI. The witnessed clock speed of the same is 39 AI TOPS. And they also bring the AMD Radeon 780M graphics processing unit. Nitro Blaze 8 offers an 8.8-inch display, and the Nitro Blaze 11 comes with 10.95-inch display. They also include 500 nits of peak brightness, AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution, Radeon Super Resolution, and more.

To take the gaming experience to next level, the consoles also support DTS:X Ultra Audio along with Hall Effect trigger and sticks. In addition to that, the players will also get a 3 month PC Game Pass for access to premium games for free. The controllers in Nitro Blaze are detachable unlike the Nitro Blaze 8 that has fixed controllers. Furthermore, the Nitro Blaze 11 could be your best streaming and video-calling accomplice as it also has a front snapper to do the same. The Nitro Blaze 11 offers a 55Wh battery along with 100W fast charging support. On the other hand, the Nitro Blaze 8 carries the same battery with 65W fast charging support.