TL;DR: Valve's new Steam Controller, launching early 2026 with the Steam Machine, features dual haptic trackpads, advanced TMR magnetic thumbsticks, programmable grip buttons, six-axis motion controls ...

A new mock-up of what the Steam Controller 2 has been crafted out of details “leaked” in updates provided by Valve. Intrepid watchers of the Steam company have been watching various Steam updates, ...

Just when I thought I could not possibly make room in my life for another vibrantly coloured, current-generation wireless ...

Valve isn’t letting the trackpads go. This week, Valve revealed its expanded lineup of Steam Hardware, launching in 2026. The hardware family includes a next-gen version of the PC-console hybrid Steam ...

Controllers bore me. The modern Xbox controller and Sony DualSense both conform to the same general shape that gently cups your palms and leads the thumbs right to the necessary joysticks and face ...

I am running out of ways to say “good lord, it’s another Valve update from the tea leaf readers.” In fact, I think I might be running out of ways to say that kind of phrase. Anyway, the usual suspects ...

Sometimes good ideas aren't fully formed when they're put into practice the first time around. The original Steam Controller that came out back in 2015 was a uniquely designed gamepad for PC gaming, ...

Google’s Stadia cloud gaming platform has been dead for the better part of 3 years now, but the sole piece of hardware, the Stadia Controller, has lived on. Now, as yet another arbitrary cutoff nears, ...

Jo Craig (they/them) is a writer on Game Rant from Scotland and has been in the industry for nearly a decade dissecting comic book movie trailers for hours and diving headfirst into horror. They still ...

I'm a sucker for a DIY project, so this homemade Steam Deck controller is right up my alley. Using some spare parts, a 3D printer, and plenty of patient trial and error, a hardware modder has put ...