Nintendo of Europe has agreed to pay a €35 million fine in France after a regulator found that the company misled customers over the well-known drift defect in the Joy-Con controllers for the original ...

DriftGuard has received quite a few significant updates as of late, with a recent breakthrough allowing for firmware-level calibration of analog sticks on some game controllers. Unlike software-bound ...

8BitDo unveiled the next generation of its flagship Ultimate controller series at CES 2026–and it now makes sense why the manufacturer hasn’t released an Xbox version of the Ultimate 2. Officially ...

Highly anticipated: For years, controller stick drift has been one of those problems gamers just learn to live with – or, more often, replace their way out of. Once recalibration and cleaning stop ...

Stick drift remains one of the most frustrating problems for XBOX controller owners, often forcing users to replace otherwise functional gamepads. A new update from DriftGuard could offer another way ...

The useful tool reportedly unlocks joystick calibration for any Xbox controller, fixing stick drive without messing with hardware.

Developers claim new firmware permanently fixes Xbox stick drift, but Microsoft hasn’t confirmed it. At least that’s the claim of DriftGuard, modyfikatorcasper, and Lewy20041, who seem to have created ...

The tool can reportedly unlock manual and automatic joystick calibration for any Xbox controller, fixing stick drift without any hardware tweaks.

Xbox controllers will no longer come with a proprietary expansion port — known as the Chatpad port to many players — if all three of the recent signs are to be believed. In case you're not one for ...

Microsoft’s next Elite controller has just leaked, and the design looks familiar at first glance. Though, it’s not just a typical refresh, as the next pro Xbox controller could be changing things up.

PCWorld reports that Microsoft is developing two new Xbox controllers spotted in Brazilian regulatory filings: a compact mobile controller and the Xbox Elite Controller 3 with Wi-Fi connectivity and ...