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These Hideous Custom Red Dead Redemption Controllers Were the Reward for Doing Something Good

Mike Fahey — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:20:00 EST

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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? More »

Japan Gets Official Uncharted 3 Control Pad

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:45:00 EDT

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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. More »

How to Play Your Android Games with a PlayStation 3 Controller

Mike Fahey — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:20:00 EDT

Answering the call of Android gamers frustrated by virtual joysticks, Dancing Pixel Studios' Sixaxis Controller can grant your PlayStation 3 controller power over your mobile games, as long as the device is right. More »

The Evolution of the PlayStation Control Pad

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:00:00 EDT

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. More »

Imagining What Sony's Next Controller (And Its Box) Will Look Like

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 05:40:00 EDT

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. More »

PS3 Seamheads Get A Custom Controller When MLB 11 Arrives

Owen Good — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 18:00:00 EST

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

Pink DualShocks? They're For Girls!

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 20:00:00 EDT

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

What Do The Buttons On The PlayStation Controller Mean?

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:30:00 EDT

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. More »

The Beautiful Anatomy of A Video Game Controller

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:40:00 EDT

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. More »

The Evolution of Game Controllers

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:00:00 EDT

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! More »

The Video Game Alphabet

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 06:30:00 EDT

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

DualShock, The Concept Table

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:00:00 EST

Designer Stephane Perruchon has always liked the DualShock controller's design, its "excellent ergonomics". More »

Happy 10th Birthday, DualShock

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 02 May 2008 23:40:00 EDT

Ten years ago this week, the DualShock controller was first released. Sure, it wasn't the first controller to feature rumble, nor was it the first to feature analogue sticks, but what it lacked in innovation it's more than made up for in perseverance. After all, how many control pad designs make it to their second hardware generation, let alone - albeit belatedly - a third? More »

DualShock 3 Dated For US

Mark Wilson — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:46:55 EST

We have more word from retailer conference Destination PlayStation: the DualShock 3—you know, that DualShock we've been waiting for since the PS3's launch—has gotten a US release date. More »

XFPS Rate Up Adapter Is Available For PS3

Mark Wilson — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:40:19 EST

While the PS3 is already pretty friendly to most mouse and keyboard setups, the XFPS Rate Up Adapter (formerly just for the Xbox 360) is a peripheral that allows you to remap SIXAXIS controls to your stubborn PC ways of old and control any game as you would a computer title. It's completely plug and play and supports 95% of keyboards and mice on the market. Wait, we just read this thing is $100. Seriously? Maybe you could justify the purchase when combined with a backward compatible PS3 that could add mouse control to PS2 titles. But we're betting that $100 would probably look better sitting somewhere inside your PC. More »

Sony Passing On Better DualShock For No Good Reason?

Mark Wilson — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 14:20:33 EDT

MGS4 producer Ryan Payton may think the Dual Shock 3 feels better than the old version—and maybe it does—but according to Sony, the new controller is using Immersion's same base technology from 10 years ago. And it's a major point of contention that confuses Immersion as much as anyone else since they have far better technology in the ready.

I believe it's actually less expensive. The old technology utilizes two motors to create the complex set of sensations, whereas Immersion's new TouchSense technology utilizes a single motor, but we drive the motor in unique ways so that you can get stronger yet crisper effects... So you save on at least one motor, there's less power consumption, and you may save on other components and circuitry.

Oh, but it would cost Sony money in new licensing, right? More »

The PlayStation Controller Transformer

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:40:54 EDT

Fully realizing that Hasbro's Transformers has almost nothing to do with video gaming outside of a handful of games of varying quality, I ventured into the Hasbro booth at Comic Con 07 for purely personal reasons. I was pleasantly surprised to see this particular Autobot, who I think is named High Score 100, oddly enough, with obvious nods to the PlayStation's DualShock controller. No? Would you believe a Mad Catz controller? More »

Sony: Whoops, Dualshock Not Sixaxis Won Emmy

Brian Crecente — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 15:23:52 EST

OK, so I think we've finally gotten it officially cleared up. Earlier this week the Nation Academy of Television Arts and Sciences listed Nintendo and Sony as Emmy winners for "Peripheral Development and Technological Impact of Video Game Controllers." More »

Use Keyboard, Mouse, DualShock On Your 360

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 20:20:38 EST

The Xbox 360 game pad is pretty sweet as is, but there are some folks who will settle for nothing less than keyboard and mouse controls for the first person shooters. I am one of those people. I also happen to really like the PS2's DualShock. More »

PS3 Controller's Name Revealed

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 08:22:22 EDT

Well, Luke called it. Sony's wireless PS3 controller has been dubbed SIXAXIS. The Bluetooth supported, USB outfitted controller will be packaged with the PLAYSTATION 3 or can be purchased in Japan for 5,000 yen (US $43) starting November 11th. It is possible to switch the SIXAXIS from wireless to wired controller via USB. According to SCEI, The wireless controller can be operated for up to 30 hours when fully charged. More »