Coming soon for Xbox 360 fans is a slick new fighting pad from Performance Designed Products (PDP) featuring stunning artwork of Marvel super heroes and super villain’s battling it out! Designed to specifically appeal to both fight game fans and Marvel comics enthusiasts, this new game pad has been put together with high-quality parts and features a unique design and explosive artwork taken from the pages of one of Marvel’s biggest events of 2010: Siege. Naturally labelled the Marvel Edition Versus Fighting Pad, this device will be

Ever since the Xbox 360 was released, there has always been one major problem with the controllers. The directional pad, commonly referred to as the d-pad. Not really being a traditional directional pad, like the Playstation’s controller, and more like a hybrid analog stick with arrows on it. Needless to say, no one is really a fan of it. The Xbox team is well aware of the issue and has made a controller that will remedy those who have been having problems over the years.  Now we have the Transforming D-Pad controller, which is a completely revamped controller from the

Ever since the launch of the Xbox 360, the one major problem that we’ve all had has been with the controllers Directional Pad also known as a D-Pad. Located in the lower left hand corner, this Directional Pad was just a tad different then what we are use to. If you’re use to using the Directional Pad on Sony’s Playstation console, you’d know that it’s essentially perfect. Each arrow is separated with the right amount of space, pushing one arrow doesn’t conflict with another and it was just comfortable to play fighting games with. The Xbox 360′s Directional Pad was

With Google TV-enabled devices set to arrive in the market next week, Sony’s Google TV controller has surfaced ahead of schedule. The controller has made an appearance on an episode of NBC Nightline. It appears that the controller will be coming equipped with a full QWERTY keyboard and two circular directional pads. It will also have standard volume/channel controls for the TV, and a variety of playback buttons. The large layout leaves enough room for extra button rows with numbers and shortcuts to different functions. Logitech is reading its Revue set-top-box, and Sony will

Kudo Tsunoda, creative executive of Kinect, has informed the public that the Kinect will only feature games that are acceptable to a wide audience which includes children. None of the titles associated with the upcoming controller will have any sort of adult content in them, according to Tsunoda. Tsunoda stated that adult-rated games seek to satisfy a different type of demand, the needs of those gamers who want to see a bit of stylized violence on their screens without having to watch a movie of this type – while the goal of the Kinect is to open up an entirely new

There have been some frequent complaints about the quality of the Xbox 360’s D-Pad and its durability, as well as the flexibility it offers. It appears that Microsoft have finally decided to answer the public’s pleas and have unveiled the new model for the console’s controller, featuring a “transforming” d-pad. The basic idea is that the plastic that the d-pad is nested in is very flexible, and you can alter its shape by simple nudging the d-pad around. According to Microsoft, their testers have been expressing great satisfaction over the precision

See what we have for you here. Giving us enough material to believe that the Microsoft invites that were sent out a while ago inviting recipients to a Kinect beta program were indeed genuine, guys at Joystiq have posted a few images that reveal what the updated Xbox 360 Dashboard interface would look like. The leak has in it loads that elaborate on the latest Microsoft innovation. The screenshots that have been arrayed shows all including a recast Avatar editor plus a few navigational changes that would help in putting to use your body as controller. All these revelations come

Nintendo’s Wii console is about to receive yet another innovation in terms of controlling devices – this time in the face of a tablet peripheral, and what’s more curious, it’s not coming from Nintendo themselves, but rather from THQ, a major game publisher. The device is expected to launch by the end of the year and is named the uDraw Game Tablet. According to the company, it’s been designed primarily with users aged 6-12 in mind, and spans over 9 by 7 inches – so, it’s roughly the same size as the Wii itself. It will come complete with

Shoulder buttons? Never heard of ‘em. Give us all our buttons in a nice rainbow-shaped array and a big stick for our southpaw and leave us well enough alone. Hori, the company behind the most righteous Tekken 6 arcade controller, is back with a Street Fighter-inspired effort for the true enthusiasts out there. This new deck is a direct copy of the Sanwa arcade cabinets housing Street Fight IV, meaning you can finally take your epic fighting skills home without fearing the misshapen things other people call controllers. PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of the Real Arcade

Nintendo may be a lot of things, but stupid it ain’t. Cashing in on yet another gift-giving holiday, the console sales leader is bringing Americans a pair of freshly paint-licked Wii Remotes that should appeal to the his-and-hers demographic that seems to grow in number at this time of year. As you can see above, grabbing one will set you back $54.99, which is about the same price as the regular MotionPlus bundle. So, even if you weren’t thinking about wooing your loved one with yet another Wii peripheral, at least the US now gets a 200 percent improvement in