This Mod Made a Steam Machine Faceplate Charge Your Steam Controller
The Steam Machine has swappable faceplates, which is a genuinely good idea that Valve doesn’t appear to have fully exploited. The concept is essentially that…
Gaming Controllers
Someone Stuffed a Full Retro Console Inside an NES Controller for $17
Most original NES controllers haven’t seen active duty in decades. They survive in storage bins and attic boxes, physically intact and perfectly functional as controllers,…
Transparent Purple Makes This $35 Phone Controller Impossible to Ignore
Touch controls on smartphones are a compromise most mobile gamers have learned to live with. They work well enough for casual games designed around them,…
8BitDo’s Pro Fight Pad Has a Screen That Replaces the Companion App
Fighting game hardware has become its own obsession. Serious players spend as much time agonizing over their controller choice as they do drilling combos, and…
This $249 Phone Becomes a Game Console With One $29 Snap-On Tile
Feature phones have been having something of a quiet comeback, driven largely by people who are tired of the attention-capturing machinery baked into modern smartphones….
Xbox Series X25 Limited Edition celebrates brand’s 25 years of nostalgic gaming
Xbox limited edition makes are nothing uncommon, as Microsoft often delves into collaborations for some really interesting themed consoles and controllers. The gaming brand just…
DIYer turns tiny GameCube keychain into a fully-functional controller
Controllers come in all shapes and sizes, depending on the gamers’ needs, and most importantly, their holding comfort. Things get really interesting as a lot…
GameSir Made a Cotton Candy Xbox Controller That Kills Stick Drift
Gaming controllers have long leaned into one of two visual languages: aggressive, angular designs aimed at the competitive crowd, or the familiar, conservative look of…
SCUF Omega Adds 11 Buttons to the PS5 Controller and One Fewer Excuse
The PlayStation 5’s DualSense controller is genuinely excellent for most kinds of gaming. Haptic feedback and adaptive triggers have added a new layer of immersion…
A GameCube Controller on the Nintendo Switch 2? Meet Abxylute’s Deck-style Joy-Con Alternatives
When the Nintendo Switch 2 arrived in June 2025 at $449.99, it came with a 7.9-inch display, a faster processor, and a Joy-Con that…
Viture x 8BitDo Ultimate Mobile Controller Has Built-in XR Glasses Support
Gaming on the go is getting a major upgrade with the world’s first mobile controller designed specifically for XR glasses users. The Viture x 8BitDo…
Apple and Sony are apparently working on PlayStation VR2 Gaming Controllers for the Vision Pro
Don’t dismiss the Vision Pro just yet. Sure, rumors have been swirling that the company has pretty much halted all production of their flagship spatial…