Remember earlier this month how Steam was going to get a patch that basically meant the DualShock 4 would be treated and as fully supported as the Steam controller?

Well, it's out. In beta form, at least.

You can play the PC version of Firewatch with a mouse and keyboard, if you want. You can also use a controller — any kind of controller.

Are you one of the people that's been annoyed by the fact that the DualShock 4's light bar never turns off? Well, Sony has finally clued us in to why the PlayStation 4 developers decided not to allow gamers to conserve battery life and their own sanity by sticking an "off" switch on the thing. No, it's not because they wanted to give players a night light when they got too scared playing Outlast after dark.

The PS4's Dualshock 4 controller, all boxed up and ready to go. Photo snapped by Sargon Aodisho, h/t NeoGAF.

The PlayStation 4's DualShock 4 controller will be compatible with PCs for "basic functions" without a driver, PlayStation's president of worldwide studios said over Twitter. While "basic functions" weren't further defined, that's still better than the DualShock 3, which needs a whole lot of work to perform any functions.

Black? Boring. Check out these colour variations of the DualShock 4 controller; up above we've got red, and below, blue. Or, well, technically, they're Magma Red and Wave Blue. Same thing!

The DualShock. When you look at the original PlayStation controller, you probably see an iconic game controller. These guys see something they can press into each other's backs.

Flagship Android phones might be getting bigger screens, but that's not making game control much easier. Sometimes, you really need a controller.

For winning the Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition PSN event Rockstar Games held on November 18, Florida's Alvin Ogando walked away with a pair of custom PlayStation 3 controllers that look like someone tossed them in a clothes dryer with a black Sharpie. Congratulations?

On November 2, the same day the game is released, Japan will be getting this fancy, limited edition DualShock 3 bearing the colours and livery of upcoming action game Uncharted 3.

It's perhaps the most iconic design in the world of game controllers, and definitely the longest-serving. Today in Total Recall, we look back at over 15 years of PlayStation control pads.

My dork tendencies run a little... stranger than most. While I enjoy looking at things like mock-ups of new control pads, for example, I prefer looking at a mock-up of the packaging for said controller.

To go with its new analogue controls, MLB 11 The Show is going on a new controller - this baseball-themed DualShock, timed to release with the game on March 8.

Or so implies the latest email from the folks at PlayStation, who are clearly aware that pink plastic video game accessories are not cross-gender compatible. As seen in my email inbox.

The buttons on PlayStation controllers have always been a bit of a mystery. Why those weird colours? Why those wacky shapes? PlayStation designer Teiyu Goto explains.

The best Year 12 Industrial Technology project you'll ever see, as seen on Overclockers Australia.

What lies beneath the plastic skin of your PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 controllers? If concept artist Mads Peitersen was designing the gamepads we play with, they'd be bony, fleshy living things with teeth.

Scott Johnson chronicles the long strange trip from Pong paddle to motion-sensed human, leaving the commentary up to you. As seen on ExtraLife. Thanks, Jon!

A is for Apple. B is for Bastard. C is for Carrot, and D is for... DualShock 2?