We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The controller that came with the Nintendo 64 was as iconic as it was, let's say, distinctive. To this day, people still crack jokes about being uncertain of how they're even supposed to hold the ...

While most peripherals can be used out of the box, they are often enhanced in functionality and performance when coupled with a desktop or mobile app. The same is true of mobile game controllers, especially if the software allows you to remap buttons or ...

Modern game controllers use firmware updates to fix bugs, improve performance, or even add new features. Ignoring firmware updates could result in compatibility issues down the road, as well as potentially missing out on important fixes. The simplest way ...

The gyro controls also offer a grip sensing feature, which turns on the gyro when you're holding the controller, and disables it when it's released. It also can be used to recenter the gyro. This might prove an important feature if you're barrelling towards the ground in a fighter jet in Battlefield 6 due to dropping your Controller.

Buying a game controller for your PC is a task fraught with uncertainty and confusion. While gaming on a console typically locks you into whatever stock controller came with the system (or a few alternatives), gaming on a PC opens up a much wider range of ...

Adam Corsetti is a Commerce Writer from the United States. An avid gamer since childhood, Adam became hooked on video games after using the original Nintendo NES console. During college, he created a site aggregating gaming review scores and wrote features ...

Razer's recent release of its own PC Remote Play app pits it against the incumbent PC game streaming king, Steam Link. Here's what to know about the two gaming heavyweights' remote gaming apps running on iPhone, iPad, and sometimes Mac. Aside from being ...

But Valve won’t say the first word about its next gaming handheld, the Steam Deck 2. “Steam Deck is not what we’re here to talk about today,” Valve software engineer Pierre-Loup Griffais told us at the very beginning of our briefing.