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Steam controller to arrive October or November, according to hardware source

Valve has released a picture of the latest iteration of its upcoming Steam Controller. It had already been confirmed that the joypad’s central touchscreen has been ditched. What we now see, however, is that in its place we have not only a four-button dpad and four Xbox-like XYAB face buttons …

The innovative controller that will ship with the upcoming range of Steam Machines has undergone an overhaul. The two touch-sensitive circle pads remain, but the central LED touch panel has been removed. Aside from the fact that touch controls on a physical controller are often criticised, Valve also wanted to …

Valve opts for two sets of more conventional buttons for gamepad

Valve reveals more details about its upcoming devs-only event

Dual-touchpad input device won't be trusted to third-parties, says Valve's Greg Coomer

A SteamOS version of Total War: Rome II will launch early next year, developer The Creative Assembly has announced. The studio’s brand manager Rob Bartholomew revealed the news on Steam’s community site, adding that the game will support the recently revealed Steam Controller as soon as it can. "We’ve always …

Dual-trackpads prove quite flexible across genres

Valve has become used to suceeding at pretty much every endeavour it undertakes. From trading cards to Steam workshop to Big Picture, we’ve lapped up everything they’ve thrown at us. Over the past month, however, Valve made three announcements regarding its move into the realm of game consoles – the …

Valve’s hardware announcements last week concluded with the unveiling of a new controller optimized for Steam and Steam Machines devices. The wireless peripheral will work with all of Steam’s catalog released from here forward, and will include legacy support for past releases that lack gamepad support. Going against the traditional” …