Meet the rare gaming handheld that’s bigger than the Steam Deck

Acer Nitro Blaze 11
Pictured: Acer Nitro Blaze 11
// Think the Steam Deck is too small? This one's for you.
Fergus Halliday
Jan 10, 2025
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There’s no shortage of gaming handhelds at CES 2025 but few can match Acer’s new Nitro Blaze 11 when it comes to size.

A big brother to the previously announced Nitro Blaze 7 and freshly-unveiled Nitro Blaze 8, the Nitro Blaze 11 is as big of a deal as the name suggests. It’s built around an 10.9-inch WQXGA touch display with a peak brightness of 500 nits and a 144Hz refresh rate. For comparison, the Steam Deck is 7.4-inches, the Lenovo Legion Go is 8-inches and the Nintendo Switch comes in at 6.2-inches.

Under the hood, the Nitro Blaze 11 runs on AMD’s Ryzen 8040HS processor, 16GB of RAM and 2TB of storage. The handheld also boasts detachable controllers with Hall Effect joysticks, a built-in kickstand and a set of additional inputs on the back.

Both the Acer Nitro Blaze 11 and Nitro Blaze 8 are set to roll out globally in the second quarter of 2025. No Australian pricing and availability has been announced but given that the Nitro 7 is still yet to launch locally I wouldn’t hold your breath.

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Fergus Halliday
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Fergus Halliday is a journalist and editor for Reviews.org. He’s written about technology, telecommunications, gaming and more for over a decade. He got his start writing in high school and began his full-time career as the Editor of PC World Australia. Fergus has made the MCV 30 Under 30 list, been a finalist for seven categories at the IT Journalism Awards and won Most Controversial Writer at the 2022 Consensus Awards. He has been published in Gizmodo, Kotaku, GamesHub, Press Start, Screen Rant, Superjump, Nestegg and more.

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