controllers
e3 2012

Developer Leaks Photo Of Updated Wii U Controller. Check Out Them Sticks!

Kotaku AU

The image here, which popped up on Twitter not long ago but has now — unsurprisingly — vanished from the internet, shows what looks like, at first glance, a tablet controller for Nintendo’s Wii U. Except it’s not quite the same as the promo shots and preview devices we’ve seen. For one thing, it has real-proper analogue thumb sticks, instead of the flat, nub-like ones of the old model.

May 5, 2012
Xbox

The Controller Shop’s Custom Kotaku 360 Pad Is A Thing Of Beauty

The controller customisation experts at The Controller Shop asked if we wanted to review one of their magical creations. I said sure. They asked what sort of controller they should send. I left it up to them. Wise decision.

April 6, 2012
In Real Life

Rest Easy. There Is Now A Yanni Video Game Contoller

With Nintendo’s Vitality Sensor MIA, this arcade fighting stick has just become the most new-age and relaxing video game peripheral around.

December 28, 2011
PlayStation

Now’s A Great Time To Pick Up Those PlayStation 3 Add-Ons You’ve Been Eyeing

Have you purchased add-ons like controllers, headsets, or glowing balls-on-sticks for the PlayStation 3 in the weeks leading up to Christmas? Why would you do that? Didn’t you know Sony’s Play Days sale was coming?

September 12, 2011
In Real Life

Fighting Games Look Easier When They’re Nothing But Buttons

The kids at Hit Box got in touch over the weekend to show us this video of their custom fight stick in action. And as someone who sucks at fighting games, I am interested.

September 7, 2011
In Real Life

The Evolution Of Video Game Controllers In Pretty Poster Form

Brooklyn-based Pop Chart Lab’s latest poster is another attempt to show the lineage of video game controllers, from the twin sticks of Spacewar! to the lonely, somewhat sui generis Wii U tablet sitting lonely at the bottom. A signed and numbered print will run you just 24 clams.

September 5, 2011
Xbox

The PS3 Pad That Copies The 360′s Controller

While there have been adapters allowing you to use 360 pads on a PS3 for a while now (and vice versa), it’s not often you see a controller released that promises to literally copy one platform’s pad and replicate it on another.

August 24, 2011
PlayStation

Soon Your PS3 Controller Can Look Like A Robot Ninja Octopus

It looks crazy but it just might work. N-Control has opened up preorders for the PlayStation 3 version of its Avenger controller cover, adding levers, pulleys and other odds and ends to a controller design that’s worked perfectly well for over a decade.

August 23, 2011
PlayStation

Mad Catz’s Major League Gaming Controllers Can Change The Way You Play

With swappable thumb sticks and directional pads, a special compartment for adjusting weight, and a cable that unscrews from the base when not in use, the Mad Catz Official Major League Gaming Pro-Circuit Controller is a serious controller for the serious gamer.

June 28, 2011
In Real Life

The WWE All Stars Mad Catz Brawl Pad, A Guest Review

Writer Andrew Monkelban knows a lot about the ins and outs of video game controllers. As a gamer who happens to be disabled, Andrew uses a variety of game pads and sticks to play video games like Final Fantasy XIII… on a WWE All Stars game pad. In his first guest review, Andy explains the benefits of Mad Catz’s latest Brawl Pad.

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