Overclocked Weekly #1: Odin 3 Portal pre-orders, PS5 emulation on Android and a wave of native ports

Hi! This is the first Overclocked newsletter. It covers October 16 to 23, 2026: the biggest handheld news, new emulator and GPU driver releases, compatibility reports and one guide worth your time.

Top story: AYN Odin 3 Portal pre-orders are open

AYN opened Odin 3 Portal pre-orders on Thursday, October 22 at 6:30 PM PT. Launch prices are $399 (12GB/128GB), $479 (12GB/256GB), $549 (16GB/512GB) and $669 (16GB/1TB Max, list $699). Shipping is expected to start in early November. Nobody at Overclocked has used a Portal yet, so treat early impressions elsewhere with care.

• Odin 3 Portal launch hub: prices, which model to pick, where to pre-order
• Pre-orders open from $399
• The 16GB/1TB Max at $669 and Portal accessories
• Confirmed specs: Dragonwing Q8, 9,000mAh battery, 450g

More news this week

• CapyPS5: PS5 emulation reaches Android (alpha). From Lemon developer Ghael, built on KytyPS5 and FEX. Light 2D games such as Dead Cells and Blasphemous hit 60 FPS on an AYN Odin 3, while big 3D games crawl or don't boot. Now at v0.0.2. You need your own PS5 game dumps. Read more
• GameNative 1.4.0 prerelease makes gamescope the default renderer. That brings automatic upscaling, HDR, ReShade, Mali and LSFG support, plus GOG Galaxy support and Steam Cloud fixes. It's a test build that may break existing setups. Read more
• Steam's October 22 beta client reworks Remote Play HDR. It adds Automatic, On and Off modes and a brightness slider, and turns HDR streaming back on for Steam Deck OLED. Read more
• SteamOS 3.9.4 Beta fixes 720p screenshots and loading-screen bugs, but switches off hibernation on Steam Deck for now. Read more
• AMD FSR 4.1 comes to handhelds. A smaller machine-learning model for Ryzen Z2 chips arrives first as a ROG Xbox Ally X/X20 preview driver on October 23. Read more
• Retroid publishes a mainline Linux 7.3 kernel for the Pocket 6, Pocket Nova and Pocket Duo. There's no ready-made OS image yet. Read more
• DroidDeck 0.6.0 adds an experimental Xbox and PC Game Pass store, itch.io, Remote Play video and touch gestures. Read more

Native Android ports

It was a huge week for ports. Every one needs your own legally owned copy of the game, and we never host game files.

• Ocarina ReTuned v0.1.0-preview: a native, single-screen Ocarina of Time 3D recomp with 60 fps interpolation. Needs your own USA ROM. Read more
• Black for Android 1.6.0: Criterion's 2006 Xbox shooter, statically recompiled and drawn with Vulkan. 1.6.0 adds HDR, anti-aliasing and a cheats panel. Read more
• LibertyRecompAndroid (GTA IV): holds about 30 FPS at 720p on a Retroid Pocket 5, using your own Xbox 360 copy. Read more
• Metroid Prime runs natively through a PrimeDecomp port with an arm64 APK. Read more
• Also new: Open Nectar 1.0.8 (Pikmin 1 + 2), Skies of Arcadia Legends: Recompiled, Wind Waker HD Recompiled 0.4.0, Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks and Need for Speed Most Wanted (PC).

See every port in the ports directory.

Emulator and GPU driver updates

• Banners-Turnip: automated bleeding-edge Turnip builds from upstream Mesa, often several a day. The latest is v27.0.0-20261023-r4 (October 23). Expect regressions, and keep a stable driver installed too.
• Turnip faux123 v1.1.9 (Adreno 8xx): built from upstream Mesa and tested on an AYN Odin 3. It fixes a GPU hang in Eden, a memory leak and DX12 descriptor reads. Read more
• New on the drivers hub this week: PanVK kbase for Mali handhelds (article), device-specific faux123 PanVK builds, and the new Samsung Exynos/Xclipse chip category with JimVulkan RADV Xclipse and ExynosTools.
• Emulators: CapyPS5 v0.0.2 and the GameNative v1.4.0 prerelease (above).

Browse everything on the GPU drivers hub and emulator downloads.

Compatibility reports

No new community reports came in through the site this week. That's where you come in: submit your settings and they could be featured next week.

Highlights already in the compatibility database:

• Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (Xbox 360) on an AYN Odin 3 Pro with XenDroid and mainline Turnip V32: Perfect, 60 FPS at 1920x1080 with minor hitches. Submitted by Christopher (Owner) on October 20.
• LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga on an AYN Odin 3 Pro with GameNative: Great, about 50 FPS at 720p with DXVK 2.7.1 (imported from EmuReady, October 17).
• Resident Evil Code: Veronica X and Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III on an AYN Thor Max with Dolphin (Vulkan, 1x): both Perfect (imported from EmuReady, October 16).

Featured guide: Best Android Handhelds 2026

Thinking about the Odin 3 Portal, or something cheaper? Our buying guide compares seven Android handhelds you can buy or pre-order today, from the $99 Retroid Pocket Classic to the AYN Odin 3, with specs, prices checked October 22, 2026 and who each one is for.

Read: Best Android Handhelds 2026: Which One Should You Buy?

Prefer PC handhelds? See the PC Gaming Handhelds Guide 2026.

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