At yesterday's Gamefest event in Seattle, Microsoft's product unit manager, Robert S. Walker suggested that they might be creating an advanced version of the Xbox360 controller. The plan is to make the controller a second choice for gamers, instead of replacing the original one.
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A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.
Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.
15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.
The name "Hewson" carries a special weight for anyone who grew up during the golden age of British computing. As the son of Andrew Hewson—the man behind legendary publisher Hewson Consultants—Rob Hewson didn't just grow up playing video games; he learned to spell his name from their title screens. However, Rob didn't just rest on his family's 8-bit laurels. From leading major LEGO franchises at TT Games to tackling the high-stakes world of technical porting at Huey Games, Rob has carved out a unique path in an ever-evolving industry. In this candid interview Rob to discussed the burden and beauty of a family legacy, the technical "scar tissue" left by the ambitious Hydrophobia, and why porting a masterpiece like Inscryption to consoles is far more than a simple copy-paste job.
improve Ddad... and it will be perfect.
I genuinely think, dpad aside, it's one of the best controllers ever made. Fighting games are about the only area I can think of that it really lets itself down. If they make an awesome dpad, I'll be happy, but I'll be interested in seeing what else they could bring to the table.
yeh it is a really good pad. i've always been a big fan of the playstation controllers but ms came a long way from arguably the terrible original xbox controller - remember how big they were when it was first released!
Hopefully they will improve the d-pad.
However I am slightly worried that they will do the wrong thing when trying to fix it. The d-pad style that the PS3 has is perfect - but when MS released some limited edition controllers, they changed the d-pad so that it could register EVEN MORE different directions. That's NOT what you want. A d-pad is for DIGITAL input - in a game you often have different commands mapped to different directions as though they were buttons. Having a more analogue d-pad is the complete opposite of what you want.
I have completely avoided buying 3rd party controllers ever since I got one for my PS1 with that style of d-pad. It's just horrible. Of course, with the 360, you're forced to use it.
you can by 'triggers' for the ps3 controllers. they cost about £3 (i'm from uk :p) and simply clip on/off the l2 and r2 buttons. they're alot better but the 360's triggers are obv better because the shape of the controller means your fingers naturally rest of the triggers. I still alays use l1+r1 for shooters on ps3.