The Hong Kong version of Steam Deck will be released soon, and V Society will launch the handheld anthropomorphic mascot Pal.

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizen 0x33c for the clue delivery! CTOnews.com Sept. 11, V previously announced that Steam Deck will be available in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong later this year.

In order to tie in with the launch of these major markets, Steam Deck officially announced the launch of a special version of the mascot Pal, an anthropomorphic Steam Deck handheld image with V Society's iconic valve on its head. The V Society said that Pal means "companion" and "friend" in English.

CTOnews.com learned that the Steam Deck handset has opened reservations in these four regions. The Hong Kong version of the Steam Deck starts at 3288 Hong Kong dollars (about 2827.68 yuan), the Taiwan version starts at 13380 New Taiwan dollars (about 3023.88 yuan), the Japanese version starts at 59800 yen (about 3019.9 yuan), and the Korean version starts at 589000 won (about 3039.24 yuan).

Steam Deck is equipped with AMD's Van Gogh APU, and its CPU part uses Zen2 architecture, 4-core specifications, 2.4 GHz to 3.5 GHz. In the GPU part, Van Gogh APU integrates 8 CU RDNA2 GPU with a frequency of 1. 0 GHz to 1. 6 GHz with 1.6TFops FP32 performance. The entire SoC has a TDP of 4 to 15W, supports LPDDR5 memory, and has a capacity of 16GB.