Sounds like peripheral company Performance Designed Products (PDP) is in trouble, and that in turn is affecting its sponsorship of fighting game outfit Team AfterGlowElite (Team AGE). » 7/17/13 12:30am 7/17/13 12:30am

Interesting moment of candor earlier today from Min-Liang Tan, the CEO and "chief gamer" of Razer, maker of peripherals, laptops and other gaming hardware. On Twitter, Tan offered that he was "dusting off my PS3" to play The Last of Us. That dust, he said, is the reason Razer doesn't make products for that console. » 7/06/13 5:00pm 7/06/13 5:00pm

Mechanical keyboards, or keyboards with full, individual switches under every key, have exploded in popularity recently, although the technology inside is as old as the keyboard itself. There's really no substitute for that solid, clicking sensation under your fingers as you type, and the satisfying sound each key… » 6/04/13 8:29am 6/04/13 8:29am

Earlier this week, a coupon "generated by a third party to test our shopping cart" was made available on peripheral company Razer's UK store. That coupon offered 90% off products at the store. » 4/19/13 5:28am 4/19/13 5:28am

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. » 3/05/13 11:00am 3/05/13 11:00am

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 sofa and flick your finger around. » 11/02/12 7:38am 11/02/12 7:38am

There is a machine called the Retron 3, released last year by the gaming hardware folks at Hyperkin. That thing was a combo Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis. » 6/07/12 12:30pm 6/07/12 12:30pm

What the hell is this? A steering wheel? A jet fighter's yoke? It's certainly a peripheral for the PlayStation Move, with swing-wing handle grips out at the side. Why is that feature necessary? » 4/18/12 10:00pm 4/18/12 10:00pm

After a successful Facebook PR campaign, peripheral manufacturers Razer have announced they'll be making a left-handed version of their Naga mouse. » 4/02/12 12:00am 4/02/12 12:00am

What's the single greatest achievement of the current generation of video game consoles? While some might say motion control or the rise of online multiplayer, in today's Speak Up on Kotaku commenter Aikage is just happy to keep his hands under the covers. » 3/20/12 11:00am 3/20/12 11:00am

The University of Utah News Center reported today that their engineers are hard at work developing a new video game peripheral that stretches the skin on your thumbs. » 3/05/12 6:30pm 3/05/12 6:30pm

Those pretty plastic peripherals can be painfully pungent, as commenter Hongo found out after his recent purchase of a place to keep his PS Vita. It's Stink Up on Kotaku! » 3/01/12 11:00am 3/01/12 11:00am

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. » 1/10/12 10:30am 1/10/12 10:30am