peripherals

A Controller With Bullets For Buttons? How About The D-Pad Too?

Remember that custom Kotaku controller? The one with bullets for buttons? It’s actual a more common modification than you think, replacing plastic inputs with metal ones, but you can go a little further, if you feel like it, by replacing the D-pad with the end of a 12-gauge shotgun shell.


Razer Accidentally Offers 90% Discount Voucher, Will Honour All Purchases

Earlier this week, a voucher “generated by a third party to test our shopping cart” was made available on peripheral company Razer’s UK store. That voucher offered 90 per cent off products at the store. As you can guess, people swooped on it.


Razer’s League Of Legends Collector’s Edition Peripherals Did Not Help Me Win

When they aren’t busy making tablet gaming computers, Razer has been known to toss out the odd gaming peripheral. Today the company assembles a team of official collector’s edition League of Legends peripherals that, despite my hopes, did nothing to improve my in-game performance.


Rate This ‘Better’ Xbox 360 Controller, Made With Parts From An Old PlayStation Gamepad

“This post is for true pro gamers”, the article warns, a photo of a sleek black and grey controller marking the start of your adventure into echelons of the elite. It’s true, though, that competitive gamers will seek any edge they can, even if that includes merging an Xbox controller with a PlayStation one, to create the One True Gamepad.


It’s Kinda Like a Power Glove For Couch Potatoes

Japanese peripheral maker Thanko is releasing a wireless gesture controlled mouse that you can strap to your hand and, along with Thanko’s Android-enabled TV converters, allow you to sit on you couch and flick your finger around.


A Gun-Shaped Controller For All Those Wealthy And Insane Gamers

There are controllers, there are controllers, and then there’s a very special place in the world — alongside inflatable raft — for peripherals like the Delta Six.


The Headphones That Didn’t Screw Up A Second Chance To Succeed The First Time

Say this for PDP, makers of the Afterglow, a slick, luminous gaming headset which promises universal functionality and evokes the costume design of Tron. They are very confident this will work, right out of the box, the very first time. Yet that has never been my experience in reviewing about half a dozen headsets, especially any that relies on being paired with a wireless transmitter.


The SteelSeries Free Controller Makes Mobile Gaming Almost Too Easy

This past Monday I sat down with SteelSeries chief marketing officer Kim Rom at a local cafe to eat barbecue pork sandwiches and check out the company’s new Freedom to Play line of mobile gaming products. As Rom explained the intricate details of the Free Mobile Wireless Controller I got further in Temple Run than I ever have before.


Assembling The Most Insane Gaming Keyboard I’ve Ever Typed On

I’ve gone through dozens of gaming keyboards during my decades of PC gaming, from generic off-white Wal-Mart specials to elaborate, fully-programmable, back-lit monstrosities. The Cyborg S.T.R.I.K.E. 7 from Mad Catz is the first gaming keyboard I’ve had to screw together before using.


New Generation Of Wacky Nintendo Wii Peripherals Coming Soon

Without the Wii, human beings would not have invented the Wii bowling ball, the Wii steering wheel and other debatably useful pieces of plastic. With the Wii U comes mankind’s next great leap in this sort of thing, as proven by the new products revealed today by peripheral-maker Atomic Accessories.


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