Why this is important: For Android gamers, these changes mean your phone or tablet might finally behave more like a proper gaming machine, with your controller in hand, and no touch-only compromises.

Just a month after its launch, the Backbone Pro Xbox Edition is on sale for a substantial discount at Amazon, Best Buy, and Backbone’s online storefront. Normally $180, the officially licensed ...

Gamesir is launching a vertical mobile game controller called the Pocket 1. The controller features a design that clips onto your phone. It will launch on December 25 at $34.99, but you can get an ...

Gaming hardware and accessory maker GameSir has announced its latest mobile controller, the Pocket Taco. Previously known as the Pocket 1, the Pocket Taco is a Game Boy-inspired vertical mobile game ...

For under $50, you can play full console-style games on your Android phone with perfect controls and a comfy cradle. You can play a lot of games on your phone, old and new. I’ve gone through Skies of ...

OhSnap won our hearts (and a best of CES award) last year with the MCON, its tiny Bluetooth game pad that magnetically connects to your phone. At the time, we tried a pre-production unit, but in the ...

Patrick O'Rourke is XDA's News Editor and Entertainment Segment Lead. Previously, he was Pocket-lint's Editor-in-Chief, the Editor-in-Chief of Canadian tech publication MobileSyrup, and earlier in his ...