Jul 27, 2025 4 min read

🟪 #110: Your next handheld needs a backpack

A new plugin boosts frames on Steam Deck, Switch 2 smashes sales records, and GPD’s latest handheld might be the strangest one yet.

🟪 #110: Your next handheld needs a backpack

A new plugin boosts frames on Steam Deck, Switch 2 smashes sales records, and GPD’s latest handheld might be the strangest one yet.

Hi, hello, welcome to a new edition of the overkill digest newsletter.

I finished Death Stranding 2. I can't stop thinking about it. It's been a week since I saw the credits of Kojima's latest game, and I just want to experience much more of that world. I think DS1 and 2 combined are part of my all-time Top 3 together with Ocarina of Time and Skyrim (modded, obviously). Whenever DS2 launches for PC, I'll probably tackle both games back to back. But before that, I still have to finish Donkey Kong: Bananza, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. So enough play to do.

Also, in case you missed it: The internet is changing, and I have thoughts. A lot of stuff on overkill will change over the next couple of months, so this explains why.

Anyway, now we're working so here is all the stuff that happened this week in tech, gaming and geek-culture.

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