peripherals
News

Things SteelSeries Is Showing At CES

The annual Consumer Electronics Show is the time for gaming peripheral makers to shine, and not many are quite as shiny as SteelSeries. They’re doing up CES 2012 big with a tiny Bluetooth gamepad, some travel-friendly headsets and mice, mice, mice.

PlayStation

Nyko Parades PlayStation Vita Performance Enhancers At CES

Nyko never met a console or portable it couldn’t make a ton of additional crap for, and the upcoming PlayStation Vita is no different. At CES 2012 in Las Vegas the peripheral maker debuts its launch lineup of Vita accessories.

November 18, 2011
PC

How Many Buttons Does A Pedal-Free PC Racing Controller Need?

Getting the most out of a high-end PC racing game normally involves a bulky simulated steering wheel and a pair of foot pedals hidden under a computer desk. As you can see, the Simraceway SRW-S1 Steering Wheel is anything but normal.

October 28, 2011
PlayStation

Hori’s TAC3 Brings A Mouse And (Tiny) Keyboard To The PS3

Play a first-person shooter on a PC and you get the precision of a mouse. Play a first-person shooter on a console and you get the precision of a small plastic thumbstick, which is nowhere near as accurate as a mouse.

October 27, 2011
News

Guess Who’s Making An Arcade FightStick For Soulcalibur V?

If you’ve got a big-name fighting game on the way, Mad Catz has your high-quality Arcade Fightstick. Check out the sexy see-through number the stick maker has put together for next year’s Soulcalibur V.

October 21, 2011
PC

World Of Warcraft Mouse For More Mundane Hands

I’ve been rolling and scrolling with a SteelSeries World of Warcraft MMO Gaming Mouse on and off since 2008, scoffing at the baby hands of visitors that complained my pointing device was just too big. Turns out they might have been onto something.

October 19, 2011
Xbox

Which Game Is The Best Match For This Steampunk Xbox 360 Controller?

As a trend, steampunk may be yesterday’s fad. And, while this custom controller–created by the folks at MorbidStix — apparently been around for a while, it just popped up into view again. I love the combination of a real-life mechanical act — unlocking the controller with the key-to open up digital worlds. It’s a nice metaphor, almost like a Narnia-esque fairytale thing,

October 2, 2011
PC

Thrustmaster’s Ferrari F1 Wheel Looks Like The Real Thing

Kotaku AU

It’s missing the LCD display and a couple of buttons and dials, but otherwise, it’s a fairly spot-on replica. We’ve included an image for comparison purposes, because we’re nice like that.

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 10, 2011
PlayStation

The Flex-Fire Is PlayStation Move Shooting, But With A Bender

We are about a year into hardcore shooter gaming played with the PlayStation Move — an experience that, from day one, is assumed to demand one play it with something that resembles a rifle, without ever asking if we really should.

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