The Steam Controller was first envisioned almost as soon as the Steam Deck landed, and, according to Valve product designers Lawrence Yang and Steve Cardinali, those early stages of its development ...

The Steam Controller stands out for its remarkable adaptability, offering gamers a host of features designed to cater to diverse playstyles. Among its standout capabilities are virtual menus, which ...

Valve’s Steam Controller is an input device designed to expand control options for PC gaming. It features customizable trackpads, magnetic thumbsticks and capacitive grip sensors, allowing players to ...

Editor's Note: The Valve Steam Controller's excellent feel and generous set of control options, plus its Steam-friendly layout mirroring Steam Deck controller mappings, make this one of our favorite ...

It’s been more than 10 years since the original Steam Controller, Valve’s take on a gamepad designed specifically for PC gaming. That controller only ever found a small cult following. Its most ...

Most of the hype surrounding the announcement of Valve's recent trio of new hardware was focused on its Steam Machine mini gaming PC, as folks hoped and assumed it would be as aggressively priced as ...

For over a month now, I’ve been putting Valve’s new Steam Controller through its paces, spending time with it across a multitude of game types to see whether this is the ultimate PC gamepad. And while ...

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