Steam adds expanded Xbox controller support

A beta update for Steam offers gamers who use Xbox controllers additional features. Those who use the Xbox Elite controllers can use Valve's software to bind the controller's rear paddles in controller configurations, offering more flexibility when using extra inputs on the accessory.

Users can also bind the Series X gamepad's share button in controller configurations and use more than four Xbox controllers on the platform simultaneously. Games that use the Windows.Gaming.Input API also gets support for trigger rumble now.

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Microsoft to release 'The Mandalorian' Xbox controller bundle

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Microsoft is gearing up for the second season of The Mandalorian with a new Xbox controller bundle. It includes a single gamepad and charging stand skinned in the armour Din Djarin wears partway through season one. It's not going to be cheap, though. The controller comes in at US$160 (around CA$211). Do we have to blame the fictional, rare beskar steel from the show?

If you are a fan with some money to spare, the accessory might be for you. This could be the last accessory for the current Xbox generation, but it's still possible to use it with the Xbox Series X and Series S. The bundle is coming to the US at the end of the year. But as Engadget points out, this might be a placeholder, and we could see it arrive earlier.

Microsoft Xbox remote play is coming to iOS

Source: Microsoft

After bringing the feature to Android, we get confirmation that Microsoft is testing Xbox remote play on iOS, too. As you expect, the app connects to your Xbox One (or one of the upcoming consoles) and lets you play the games already available on your system. It isn't like Microsoft's xCloud service, which will run games from the cloud. Sony has something similar with its Remote Play app.

According to The Verge's Tom Warren, the beta app looks stable, and it should arrive on the App Store soon. But Microsoft isn't saying when it'll be available.

Xbox Game Pass Unlimited subscribers get free DLC, in-game perks

If you're an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscriber, then there are some freebies heading your way. Microsoft is offering free downloadable content (DLC) alongside other in-game perks for the service's subscribers. Microsoft claims users will "regularly" receive freebies. 

The first four games getting "Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Perks" are Phantasy Star Online 2, Sea of Thieves, Smite, and World of Taks: Mercenaries. 

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