I’ve been using the same smartphone controller on my iPhone for years. That’s partly because most options are so similar. Announced at CES 2026, the X5 Alteron couldn’t be more different. It’s a ...

Gamesir and Hyperkin, the two companies, have shown off the X5 Alteron, the world's first fully modular gaming controller for mobile, PCs, and Nintendo devices!

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When I agreed to review the DualSense Edge for this here Kotaku period com, I didn’t know I was getting ready to break my brain from decades of video game muscle memory habits. I hadn’t used a modular ...