For gamers who’ve griped about the Xbox 360’s leveled down d-pad, Microsoft’s telling old-school controller fans ‘have it your way’. In fact: Have it both ways. On November 9, the company says you’ll ...

The Xbox 360 controller is considered to be one of the best video game controllers ever made — except for one thing: the D-pad. It’s conversely one of the worst directional inputs ever put on a ...

While the fact our Portable Drum Kit from Mad Catz was defective was a disappointment, as the product looked great other than the fact it didn't work, we did find a diamond amidst all that coal. You ...

Microsoft has a new Xbox 360 controller in the works and fighting game fans may want to give it a look because it can be configured with a raised D-pad. Twist the D-pad on the controller to change it ...

In the past five years, Microsoft has encountered a number of complaints regarding its Xbox 360 hardware. The most vociferous of those were likely related to critical hardware failures, but not far ...

Almost two decades after it first launched, the original Xbox 360 controller is getting a sequel. The Xenon controller from Hyperkin, a reference to the first internal development codename of the Xbox ...

Here’s a gaming experience I’m sure many of you will find relatable. In the middle of a heated battle you need to make a quick weapons or ability selection via the D-Pad. Your left thumb, as nimble ...

Update: Microsoft has confirmed to Shacknews that there are indeed no plans to bring the "optimized" D-Pad to North America in any form. "Basically, the controller will only be available for a limited ...

That didn’t take too long. Microsoft’s sent out official snapshots and a video demonstrating the new Xbox 360 controller with transforming D-Pad. The new controller features a transforming D-Pad, gray ...

Microsoft’s announced this morning that an enhanced Xbox 360 controller is currently in the works. It’ll launch with the new ‘Play & Charge Kit’ sometime in early 2011. “The Xbox 360 Wireless ...

That headline is not a typo. This post goes out to all those brave left thumbs we've lost along the way. Thumbs who's owners refused to purchase a fightpad (or stick) and instead decided to just push ...

Well, here's something rather interesting. Microsoft is introducing new Xbox-related hardware! No, it's not another Xbox 360, not even a slimmer-than-slim one. It's a new...controller. Yeah, a ...