Keyboard and mouse, or console gamepad? That question has plagued first-person-shooter enthusiasts since time immemorial–or at least, since consoles started supplanting the PC as a viable choice for ...

If you plan to play PC games on your big 4K TV, turning your game controller into a computer mouse can help make the process easier. Steam's built-in Big Picture Mode aims to solve this by creating a ...

Putting aside arguments over platform exclusives, graphical output and the convenience of gaming from the couch, one element separates console and PC gamers more than any other: control. Those parked ...

There are many pieces in Valve’s plan to push into the living room. Steam Big Picture for Windows. The Steam Link for streaming to a cheap set top box. SteamOS for leaving Windows behind and competing ...

PC or console? Mouse and keyboard, or controller? It’s a debate that’s raged for nearly as long as video games themselves. So in 2013, Valve — creator of games like Half-Life and Portal, and the ...

San Francisco—It’s been a solid decade since we’ve made any significant advances in gamepad design. The last major innovation was Sony’s DualShock for PlayStation, released in 1997, which had all the ...

What do you get when you combine a wireless motion-sensing mouse, a computer keyboard and a PlayStation-style controller? I don’t know, but it sure looks uncomfortable to hold. No matter our gaming ...

Avowed is an RPG, thus a good chunk of time will be spent rummaging through menus and comparing different equipment. Here, a controller can come in handy, as navigating the UI through its buttons ...