Leak: Valve is making a Steam Controller 2 and a ‘Roy’ for its Deckard

Two years in the past, Valve advised The Verge it needed a successor to its cult traditional Steam Controller, whose extremely customizable buttons and touchpads paved the way in which for the Steam Deck handheld PC. Now, Valve watcher Brad Lynch claims a Steam Controller 2 — codename “Ibex” — is definitely getting made.

His sources inform him the Steam Controller 2 is presently being tooled for mass manufacturing, and it’s apparently not the one new Valve gamepad on the way in which!

What’s extra, “Roy” might have sufficient buttons to double as a Steam Controller gamepad when it’s not appearing as your fingers in VR. Not like the Index wands, they’ll apparently have a D-pad, bumpers (aka shoulder buttons), and a full set of ABXY buttons for conventional gaming as nicely.

Valve hasn’t confirmed any of this, after all — as of late, it tends to attend till it’s prepared to point out a near-complete product earlier than surprise-announcing every part without delay. It did additionally companion with Hori on an formally licensed Steam gamepad that’s coming to the US, however is just not actually a correct successor.

Oh, and simply in case you’re questioning why “Roy,” please familiarize your self with tears in rain.