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Samsung prototype wireless game pad hands-on

We just wrapped up the unveiling of the Samsung Galaxy S 4 and, while the hardware of the phone itself held few surprises, this accessory did. Samsung doesn't have a formal name for it just yet, but this concept device is expected to launch sometime this summer. It's basically a first-party Bluetooth controller with a full complement of face buttons, dual analog sticks, a D-pad and even shoulder buttons on the back. It's powered by dual AAA batteries and connects wirelessly, the phone held in place by an expanding clamp up top that looks plenty big enough to support a Note II (we tried, it fit fine) and maybe even something like the Note 8.0!

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a_bro4808d ago (Edited 4808d ago )

sell that accessory for cheap, and watch it fly off the shelves.

I always said that i would take mobile gaming seriously if the phone had a first party gamepad.

WrAiTh Sp3cTr34807d ago

Reminds me of the smartphone battery charger by Anker, which I highly recommend.

miDnIghtEr20C_SfF4807d ago

I notice they copied the best set up for the analogs and buttons.

Prodigy-X4808d ago

I'm not impressed with S4. Think I'm going to get the Sony Xperia Z.

Prodigy-X4808d ago

The dual camera and s voice translator was cool but everything else was just not needed and just unnecessary for a smartphone.

chaos-lockheart4807d ago

I heard the Z has some angle viewing issues, maybe because of the pre applied screen protector.

WarThunder4807d ago

The first console to make green, blue, red and yellow buttons and the dpad below the analog stick was SEGA Dreamcast.

http://upload.wikimedia.org...

Xbox simply copied from Dreamcast.

Good_Guy_Jamal4807d ago

What does that have to do with this? Just look at the analogue stick placement and the freaking dpad too! Plus the dreamcast letters and colours do not correspond to this controller, this is an xbox controller. Why are you fighting?

DivineAssault 4808d ago

unless games are designed to specifically use controls like this, itl be useless

tubers4807d ago

roms, emus, android community? Can't they do it?

Chrono4807d ago

Actually there's already a tool called GameKeyboard that can map touchscreen to buttons the way you want.

DivineAssault 4807d ago

i meant new games man.. I know emus n roms can but im talking about a new phone being able to use it out of box for all the new apps in the market place.. (existing too)

WheatBread4807d ago

Nice, but I smell another lawsuit.

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Guild Wars Publisher CEO Warns AI Can't Replace What Makes Games 'Instinctively Fun'

TNS - NCSoft CEO admitted that AI is rapidly becoming a core part of game development, but he added that it cannot replace what makes games fun.

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Lionsguard17d ago

To be fair, there are also human made games that release and lack any fun at all either.

jznrpg17d ago

But all of the great games have been made by humans

jwillj2k417d ago

One is by choice, the other is a feature.

PRIMORDUS17d ago

Guild Wars 2 been playing for 14yrs, 1st beta. This is just one company I support, Arenanet and NCSoft, even though I torrent, there are a few PC companies I will buy from. "PlayStation’s Horizon MMO spin-off, Horizon Steel Frontiers." I feel this will be good, NCSoft is a good developer/publisher.

CrimsonWing6916d ago

It’s a tool. Use it elevate things and get it done faster. I’m sorry but not every game made by humans is good. If this can help things, then I fully embrace it.

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The grim dark pixel RPG, ‘DROVA’, is out now for iOS and Android devices

"Deck13 Spotlight and Just2D are proud and excited to announce that DROVA – Forsaken Kin, the acclaimed grim and dank pixel RPG, set in a mystic Celtic world and celebrated by fans all over the world, is out now on iOS and Android!" - Deck13 Spotlight and Just2D.

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Albion Online: The Long-Running MMORPG Comes to Xbox Series X|S

Renowned sandbox MMORPG, Albion Online is available today on Xbox Series X|S as a free-to-play title.

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