Elvis Shida is a Tech/Hardware Writer from Kenya. He has been building PCs for a decade and is keenly interested in motherboards, monitors, and gaming TVs. When not building PCs or writing about ...

It should go without saying that most of the time, there’s no need to pair an external gamepad to a Steam Deck — the handheld is its own controller. But if you’ve hooked your system up to a TV or ...

Before the Xbox 360 arrived in 2006, using a gamepad on PC was a pretty annoying experience. You'd have to manually configure buttons, games wouldn't detect the controller or show the correct icons, ...

Cross-platform play is the new normal, and gamers often switch between consoles and PCs to enjoy their favorite games. While you could use a dedicated controller for each gaming platform, if you're ...