DriftGuard is a new utility for Xbox controllers (and a few PlayStation/Nintendo controllers) allowing firmware-level stick calibration, among other features.

DriftGuard first gained attention in 2024 for its work with PlayStation controllers, offering deeper calibration tools than ...

Stick drift plagues countless Xbox and PC gamers, and it's not always an easy fix. That's hopefully changing now that DriftGuard has added full calibration support for ALL Xbox gamepads.

Xbox controllers will no longer come with a proprietary expansion port — known as the Chatpad port to many players — if all ...

PCWorld reports that Windows 11’s new Xbox mode brings console-like gaming performance by disabling unnecessary processes and optimizing for controller navigation. The feature rollout is gradual ...

Dalton Cooper is the Managing Editor of GameRant. Dalton has been writing about video games professionally since 2011. Having written thousands of game reviews and articles over the course of his ...

Released in November 2019, the Xbox Elite Series 2 Wireless Controller was originally designed for the Xbox One. However, after the launch of the new Xbox consoles the following year, it became one of ...

If you were gaming on Xbox in the mid-2000s, I'm sure you remember the prevalence of voice chat messages that were frequently exchanged between players on the Xbox 360. That console introduced the ...

The Minecraft brand continues to go strong in 2026. Mojang has announced Minecraft Dungeons II. The original Minecraft Dungeons was released in 2020 by Mojang with Double Eleven. This Minecraft ...

Publisher Xbox Game Studios and developers Mojang Studios and Double Eleven have announced Minecraft Dungeons II for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, Switch, and PC (Steam, Microsoft Store). It ...

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