DualShock 4
Valve To Add PS 4 Controller Support To Steam In Future Update
During Steam Dev Days, Valve’s annual conference focused on developers, Jeff Bellinghausen announced that Valve will release an update that adds DualShock 4 support to Steam’s Controller configuration settings, bringing the improved optimization for the beloved PS 4 controller. As reported by Gamasutra, developer Lars Doucet (Defender’s Quest) said, ““Believe it or not, when you use the PS4 Controller through the Steam API, it’s exactly the same as a Steam Controller. You make the exact same API calls, you only get actions, not inputs, and the Steam API takes care of everything.” The Steam controller and the DualShock 4 have a lot of overlapping capabilities, thanks to the DualShock’s gyro and touchpad. The Steam controller offers quite a large number of cusom...
You Can Now Play Uncharted & Last Of Us On PC
Sony has officially announced that Playstation Now, the streaming service that offers the ability to play PS 3 games on a PS 4 for a monthly subscription, is coming to PC, first in parts of Europe, and North America to follow shortly after. The news got out in a weird way, with alt text saying “PS Now on PC Announce Post by PlayStation Blog Europe, on Flickr” showing on the images on the EU PlayStation Blog post titled “How PlayStation VR Worlds was brought to life with extraordinary art”. Built on the Gaikai streaming technology, Playstation Now currently offers more than hundred PS 3 titles for $20 a month or $45 for three months. Jumping to the PC will mean that you’ll be able to play beloved titles like The Last of Us and Uncharted which were exclusive to the Pl...
Sony Claim DualShock 4 to be Compatible With PC at Launch
Sony have declared that the PlayStation 4 controllers will be compatible with “basic features” with PC at launch. On Twitter a couple of days ago, Sony Worldwide Studios head Shuhei Yoshida said that the DualShock 4 “analog sticks and buttons will work just fine.” But, he didn’t happen to mention whether any support will be necessary to facilitate the compatibility. The PlayStation 3 controllers require third-party support in order to function. Although unlikely, nothing was said about whether the DualShock 4’s new features –– including a light bar, touch pad, and motion controls –– will function on Windows PCs, while several PlayStation 4 titles have already announced support for these features. Source: IGN