Lenovo Unveils Legion Go 2 and Go S Portable Gaming PCs, Including SteamOS Model

While some portable gaming PC makers are busy cornering the market on the comically large form factor, Lenovo has slipped in to announce several new – and considerably more portable – devices, including the Legion Go 2 and a handheld using SteamOS.

Starting with the Legion Go 2, this is Lenovo’s second-generation portable gaming PC, currently still in prototype, which – in addition to its built-in kickstand and ergonomically improved detachable controllers – sports an 8.8-inch OLED display with VRR support and is equipped with either the upcoming AMD Ryzen Z2 or Ryzen Z2 Extreme. It can also sport up to 32GB of RAM and 2TB of SSD storage, to further boost its strong credentials.

Unfortunately, there’s no indication of a release window or pricing for the Legion Go 2 just yet, with Lenovo instead choosing to focus its attention on its other recently announced portable gaming PC: the more modest and more soon available, Legion Go S.

The Legion Go S offers a sleeker alternative to Lenovo’s existing Legion Go, removing the former’s detachable controllers in favor of a more rounded all-in-one design. It features an 8-inch 16:10 IPS LCD multi-touch display (with a variable refresh rate of 120 Hz and a resolution of 1920 x 1200), as well as Hall effect controllers, a D-pad redesigned and two-stage triggers.

As for the interior, Legion Go S includes an AMD Ryzen Z2 Go or Z1 Extreme processor and can be equipped with up to 32 GB of RAM and 1 TB of SSD. All of this comes in a 299mm x 127.6 x 22.6 shell and weighs over 730g, which is about 90g more than the Steam Deck. Lenovo tells The Verge that it’s aiming for two to 2.5 hours of battery life for demanding games.

Lenovo’s first Legion Go S model starts shipping this month, priced at £649.99/$729.99 with the Z2 GB processor, 32 GB of RAM and 1 TB of storage. This will be followed in May by a slightly lower £600/$599.99 variant, including the Z2GB, 16GB of RAM and 1TB of storage. Both machines run Windows 11, but Lenovo is also working on a SteamOS-powered Go S, making it the first third-party portable gaming device licensed to use Valve’s operating system. It’s the cheapest of the bunch, costing $499.99 with the Z2 GB, 16 GB of RAM, and 512 GB of storage – and The Verge reports that it’s also expected to arrive in May.

However, for anyone with an eye on the slightly more distant future, Digital Foundry has taken a look at AMD’s recently announced trio of next-gen Ryzen Z-series APUs – the type that will be integrated into the second generation of Lenovo Legion Go 2 – if you are curious to know more.