Gaming peripheral maker Razer unveiled on Tuesday the Junglecat, a gaming controller for iOS units that appears to borrow an concept or two from Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play, the very first PlayStation-Qualified cellphone having a built-in controller. The gamepad slides out such as the Sony cellphone, offering The standard directional button to the remaining, the ABXY action buttons on the appropriate, and also the shoulder buttons at the very best.

 

 

"The Razer Junglecat’s engineering team shaved every single millimeter doable inside the controller’s style to ensure it molds seamlessly With all the smooth profile with the apple iphone," states the PR. "The end result can be an ultra-durable slider that reveals or hides the gamepad as preferred."

Accompanying this new gamepad is really a downloadable iOS app that permits players to remap and define all the buttons, and to regulate the tension sensitivity of All those buttons. In this article apple iphone proprietors can create nearly twenty individualized profiles, letting them to switch sensitivity about the fly, to create an "array of programmed keybinds" and so on.

Along with the Junglecat app, Razer is also launching a companion application as well, much like what PowerA provides for your MOGA controllers. This application will checklist all online games which are optimized to the controller to ensure iPhone homeowners aren’t digging through the Application Retailer searching for a title.

In accordance with a summary of specs, the new controller supports Apple’s iOS seven platform, and is created for the iPhone 5 and apple iphone 5s. The machine measures five.nine inches prolonged, 2.5 inches large and 0.seven inches tall. The gamepad also delivers open use of all of the phone’s ports and buttons.