Kotaku: Controller

Razer Arms the Earth with Mass Effect 3 Gaming Gear

Mike Fahey — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:30:00 EST

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Did you think dropping $60 on a copy of Mass Effect 3 next month would be enough to save the Earth from the impending Reaper invasion? Is the Earth truly safe if you don't buy a Mass Effect branded keyboard, mouse, Xbox 360 controller, or iPhone case? More »

It's an Xbox 360 Controller With a Cheat-Friendly Screen Built Right In

Mike Fahey — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 11:40:00 EDT

Datel, the UK-based video game peripheral manufacturer that loves to piss off Microsoft, takes controller cheating to the next level with the latest iteration of its TurboFire 360 controller, complete with built-in "Combat Command LCD interface". More »

These Batman: Arkham City Controllers Won't Decapitate Anybody

Matt Buchanan — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:00:00 EDT

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Here's a first look at Power A's Batarang controllers in the flesh. They're more mediocre "Xbox peripheral" than deadly weapon, but if you like lights, they've got those! More »

Power A's Tiny Controllers for Tiny Hands

Matt Buchanan — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:40:00 EDT

Mike got to use Power A's slightly shrinkified controllers back in January—the PS3 and Xbox models are fine, but it's the 20 percent smaller, totally rubberized Wii remote that's a surprise dynamo. And it lasts longer than before, with AA batteries replacing last year's AAA. More »

Seven Different Ways to Play the Wii U

Mike Fahey — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:18:19 EDT

Combining the Wii U's innovative new controller, the console itself, the stylus, and Wii remote and nunchuk controlers, here are seven different ways you'll be playing with the Wii U come 2012. More »

Check Out These Batman: Arkham City Batarang Controllers

Brian Crecente — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:00:00 EDT

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Batman: Arkham City is getting its own LED-lit, bat-logoed controller, Power A tells Kotaku. More »

Check Out the World's Largest Working NES Controller

Owen Good — Wed, 18 May 2011 18:00:00 EDT

Students at a Dutch university on Tuesday unveiled what they claim is the world's largest working Nintendo Entertainment System controller, some 30 times bigger than the console's actual game pad. It's so big, the only way to manipulate the D-pad or buttons is to stand on them More »

This Coffee Table Is A Giant Working Nintendo Controller

Mike Fahey — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:40:00 EDT

The original Nintendo Entertainment System controller is a thing of beauty, an exercise in simple elegance and efficiency. Apparently that's exactly what Reddit user Cybergern's friend Jocke was looking for in a coffee table, so he built this. More »

The Absurd Motion-Sensing, Keyboard-Packing, Gamepad

Brian Crecente — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:30:00 EST

Veho's Mimi Wifi Keyboard & AirMouse with Game Controller gizmo looks as clunky as it sounds. More »

Driving A Car Using The Power Of Your Mind

Mike Fahey — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 14:00:00 EST

German engineers have rigged up a Volkswagen Passat so it maneuvers using only the driver's mental directions. This technology could lead to a new age in which people actually use their brains while driving. More »

This Xbox 360 Controller Mod Concept Has Cash Written All Over It

Mike Fahey — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 19:40:00 EST

Shades of the Nintendo 64 pipe, this Xbox controller pipe loses points for being nothing more than a nut placed over the guide button, but gains points for the non-smoker's uncanny resemblance to a young George W. Found on Flickr. More »

What We Loved, What We Hated About the Xbox 360 Kinect

Brian Crecente — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 00:01:00 EDT

Microsoft calls it a new console, but the Kinect is really a fresh coat of paint for the Xbox 360, promising to deliver not just motion gaming, but controller-free gaming to the masses. More »

Does A Programmable Wireless Xbox 360 Controller Count As Cheating?

Mike Fahey — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:20:00 EDT

Datel's completely unauthorized TurboFire2 wireless Xbox 360 controller not only directly connects to the Xbox 360 without a dongle, you can connect it to your PC to apply "custom controller enhancements." Microsoft should sue! Oh wait. More »

This Is The Official Final Fantasy XIV PC Controller

Mike Fahey — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 11:20:00 EDT

While Final Fantasy XIV works splendidly with a wired Microsoft controller, it does not exactly scream "Final Fantasy." One can hear this official Final Fantasy XIV controller from Sunflex screaming from a mile away. More »

What We Loved, What We Hated About the Playstation Move

Brian Crecente — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:00:00 EDT

Due out later this month, the Playstation Move promises to deliver the best of two worlds: The motion-sensing realism and casual fun of the Wii combined with raw muscle power and high-definition graphics of the Playstation 3. More »

Manhandling Goldeneye's Golden Controller

Brian Crecente — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:00:00 EDT

This is the officially licensed golden Goldeneye Wii Classic controller which you too can play with if you pick up the special edition of Goldeneye 007. More »

Halo: Reach Gets Its Own Xbox 360 Controller

Mike Fahey — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:20:00 EDT

A product listing briefly appearing on Xbox.com revealed a sleek and sexy silver Halo: Reach branded Xbox 360 controller, likely release in conjunction with Bungie's Halo swan song this fall. More »

Three-Year-Old Kills Herself With Game Controller-Shaped Gun

Mike Fahey — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:20:00 EST

A three-year-old in Wilson County, Tennessee died Sunday evening after accidentally shooting herself in the abdomen with a weapon she may have mistaken for a plastic Wii facsimile. More »

Unfortunately, You Only Get One

Owen Good — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:00:00 EST

Xbox 360 Controller Cupcake by Clever Cupcakes, as seen on Cupcakes Take the Cake. Thanks to reader .em. for the tip. More »

Razer Reinvents, Perfects the Xbox 360 Controller

Brian Crecente — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:00:00 EST

The second to last thing I was expecting to be writing about my visit to Razer's CES booth was an Xbox 360 controller. The last thing? That I like it more than Microsoft's version. More »

DJ Hero Controller Now Sold By Its Lonesome

Mike Fahey — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:20:00 EST

Players interested in making their DJ Hero experience slightly more social can now order standalone controllers online from GuitarHeroStore.com. More »

Play Games With Your Brain Next Month

Brian Crecente — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:00:00 EST

I've been slightly intrigued with game controller Emotiv since I had a chance to go brains on with it a few years back in San Francisco. More »

A Blue Blood's Xbox 360 Controller

Brian Crecente — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:00:00 EDT

The $30 Blue Blood kit from XCM as seen on Technabob via Slippery Brick. More »

PS3's Satin Silver Dualshock

Brian Crecente — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:00:00 EDT

The Playstation's Dualshock 3 is getting three spiffy new colors this fall: Satin Silver, Deep Red and Metallic Blue. More »

The Scratch Turntable In Action

Mike Fahey — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:20:00 EDT

Take a look at Numark's "first and only legitimate DJ controller for gamers" in this turntable hyping video for Scratch: The Ultimate DJ. More »

Wii MotionPlus Arrived

Brian Crecente — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 11:30:00 EDT

I found these two orphans sitting on my doorstep when I arrived home Friday night. More »

Europe Gets Red 360 Controller In Time For Resident Evil 5

Mike Fahey — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:40:00 EST

Microsoft cleverly ties-in existing product to a major game release, timing the European debut of the red Xbox 360 controller to coincide with the release of Resident Evil 5. More »

Hands Inside The SFIV Tournament Edition FightStick

Brian Crecente — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:00:00 EST

Yesterday I wrote up my review of Mad Catz' Street Fighter IV Tournament Edition FightStick. If you're interested in seeing what this controller, and its Sanwa parts, look like on the inside check out this video. More »

Street Fighter IV Tournament Edition Fight Stick Review: Shoryuken

Brian Crecente — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:00:00 EST

For me, Street Fighter isn't meant to be played on a console. End of story. More »

PS3 Keyboard Remote Is Elegant Solution To Home Chatting

Mike Fahey — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:40:00 EST

Rather than rely on a controller add-on or a full blue tooth keyboard, Success HK has just released a 3-in-1 wireless keyboard controller that provides a more convenient way to navigate PlayStation Home. More »

Build Your Own Xbox Arcade Controller

Stuart Houghton — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:40:00 EST

If you enjoy fighting games on your Xbox - in particular new versions of classics like MK Vs DCU or SF II With Bells On It HD And A Partridge In A Pear Tree II HD Turbo Turbo (to use the shorter form of the game - the full title is some four paragraphs of close-set type) you may be in the market for a better controller. More »

Peak's Solid Wood Guitar Hero/Rock Band Guitar

Brian Crecente — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:00:36 EDT

Peak just sent me one of their solid wood Playstation 3 guitars for Guitar Hero and Rock Band. The Starpex is the same scale as a real guitar and uses the same sorts of parts, when possible. For instance the tuning pegs are real as is the whammy bar. Of course all of this realism makes for a pretty heavy kit, but I think it's worth it. The controller works with both the PS2 and PS3 and comes with wireless and wired options. I'll make sure to weigh in with my opinion after I've had some time to go a few round with it on the Playstation 3. More »

Mad Catz Ships Fender Rock Band Bass

Mike Fahey — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:40:00 EDT

It's here, it's here! It's finally here! Well, it'll shortly be here at least. Mad Catz has announced that the first in their line of third-party Rock Band instrument alternatives is shipping today, and bassists of the world rejoice. The Fender Precision Bass guitar is an extremely sexy piece of fake guitar-shaped plastic, featuring all the standard guitar features, including solo keys, overdrive mode, and a unique whammy feature integrated into the volume control to give the bass an authentic feel. Probably the best feature of the Fender Precision is the split strum bar, which allows for two-finger plucking in classic bass style. The only way they could capture the bass experience any better would be to include someone to (severely edited) the bassist in between sets. I crave this like I have craved no other plastic musical instrument before, to the point where I'm completely bypassing my own built-in safeguards against buying Mad Catz products and actively considering making the purchase. Scary, I know! More »

Guitar Hero: On Tour Full Size Guitar Mod

Stuart Houghton — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:20:00 EDT

Now this is more like it. GH:On Tour is all well and good, but it is hard to feel like yer actual axe-wielding rock warrior when you are hunched over a DS with a soppy-looking 'Guitar Grip' attached to your hand like a Nerf knuckleduster. More »

Mad Catz Making Official Street Fighter IV Controllers

Brian Crecente — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:00:00 EDT

Typically when a Mad Catz controller press release crosses my desk I don't spend much time worrying over it. But this, this is much different. Mad Catz today announced that they've secured the license to make controllers and accessories for a number of Capcom games including Bionic Commando, Resident Evil 5 and (gasp) Street Fighter IV. More »

Nyko's Wii Remote Charge Station Won't Work with Motion Plus

Brian Crecente — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:20:00 EDT

I just ran by the Nyko meeting rooms to find out about their Wii Remote Charging Station. That's the thing that comes with replacement rechargeable batteries and allows you to dock your remotes in a holder to charge them when not playing. Personally I find mine irreplaceable, mostly because I can never remember to buy batteries. More »

Zounds! A New Wii Controller Patent?! No.

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:00:58 EDT

What the?! Another Nintendo controller peripheral? This recently published US Patent and Trademark Office filing would certainly convince one to believe so! That is, until one looked at the date of the patent application submission, which dates back to 2005. Sure, the patent was published on June 28 of this year, but it references foreign application data that predates the official unveiling of the Wii Remote prototype. More »

Meet The New Guitar Hero Controller

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:20:00 EDT

Activision and RedOctane have stepped up the guitar controller game, adding an all new set of hardware features to the plastic axe that ships with Guitar Hero World Tour No longer are you limited to just five colored buttons and a whammy bar, as the new Guitar Hero proprietary peripheral adds a new touch-sensitive slider on the neck, a new bridge button near the strum bar and a built-in accelerometer. Not only can they all be used during regular gameplay—oh, and your old Guitar Hero III guitar controllers will still work—but they all add a little something to Guitar Hero World Tour's new music creation mode. More »

Full Motion Gran Turismo 5 Controller

Brian Crecente — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 11:00:54 EDT

Subaru created its own sit-down controller for Gran Turismo 5 Prologue for this year's New York Auto Show. The pod lets you race their new STI on a rally track and bounces around when you hit bumps. Now this is something they should set up at malls across America. More »