After two years of showing off sketches and prototypes, gaming company Valve has unleashed its Steam Controller gamepad in the US and UK. It retails for $50 (£40) in the company’s Steam store.
Designed to make it easy to play a wider variety of games than traditional gamepads, the wireless peripheral features dual trackpads with high-definition haptic feedback. With that, you can play titles suited for mouse-and-keyboard configurations as well as controller-friendly games.
That opens up first-person shooters, point-and-click adventures, strategy titles and anything that requires precise input for play.
Valve says it’s also easy to type using on-screen keys controlled by the trackpads, so you can navigate Steam’s Big Picture mode on your TV, browse the Web and message friends efficiently without switching to a physical keyboard.
The controller includes dual-stage triggers, with a digital click at the end of an analog pull for more realistic gunplay. Plus, you’ll be able to download and share gamepad configurations for a range of games with the Steam community.
Valve says you should get about 80 hours of play out of a pair of AA batteries, within a five-meter range of your PC.
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