Evil Controller’s Xbox and PS4 gamepads could be a new eSports favorite

Evil Controller's Xbox and PS4 gamepads could be a new eSports favorite

By Jon Porter

Evil Controller, the modding company whose gamepads have previously added extra buttons and even software macros to, has announced a pair of new controllers for the Xbox One and PS4 controller called the Evil Shift.

But the big change for its newest controllers is that although they support the extra buttons that the company is known for, they will not feature the software macros that were present on its previous products.

This means that you won’t be able to program one button to enable a series of commands such as automatically pressing the sprint button whenever someone runs. But you’ll be able to remap the controllers and their additional buttons as you see fit, so long as they serve a single function.

Tournament legal

Evil Controller says that this omission is to allow the controller to be aimed more at eSports players, which sounds like meaningless marketing speak until you realise that software macros would occasionally prevent the company’s previous controllers from being used in tournament play.

Instead, the new controllers are focussing on improving the hardware side of the Xbox One and PS4 pads, featuring 4 large programmable buttons on the rear of the controllers …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Gaming

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