New Steam Controller Has a Hidden Easter Egg That Screams When Dropped

Now's present a condemnation I ne'er thought I'd write: your caller Steam Controller screams if you driblet it.

Rumors archetypal began to swirl erstwhile a blink-and-you'll-miss-it two-second video showed that an unexpected driblet volition trigger a Wilhelm scream, adjacent if the autumn is cushioned by… well, cushions. Quite rightly, immoderate weren't convinced initially — not slightest due to the fact that anyone could've added the dependable with a small video editing trickery — but PC Gamer has enactment the controller to the trial and yup: it truly does scream.

The Wilhelm shriek is 1 of the astir recognizable sounds successful cinema (and beyond), and was primitively utilized successful the 1951 movie, Distant Drums. Since then, it's been utilized successful hundreds of films, shows, and games, and usually depicts idiosyncratic getting changeable oregon thrown from a large height, which is fabulously on-brand here.

The Steam Controller screams erstwhile you driblet it. pic.twitter.com/rzTJWT7ld7

Importantly, it doesn't look that the shriek is jump-scaringly loud, and seems to person a built-in cooldown to forestall a concatenation of screams if, say, it was tumbling down immoderate stairs.

Not definite what to marque of Valve's caller controller? IGN's reappraisal states: "The Steam Controller offers some an fantabulous out-of-the-box acquisition arsenic good arsenic a playground for enthusiasts to tinker to their hearts content. If you’re conscionable looking for a fantastic controller for playing PC games and navigating the desktop successful betwixt them, the Steam Controller handles those duties with aplomb.

"And if you’re a diehard customizer who wants to physique retired (or conscionable get from the community) bespoke fastener bindings and precocious touchpad controls, it does that too. Most importantly, it does some of these things without sacrificing 1 acquisition for the other."

Steam Controller went connected merchantability connected May 4 priced $99, and it didn’t instrumentality agelong for Valve’s website to amusement the dreaded “out of stock” connection — and for scalpers to merchantability the controller astatine inflated prices, with immoderate listings sold for successful excess of $200.

Valve subsequently issued an update, saying it’s moving connected getting much banal in, but didn’t accidental when. “Steam Controller ran retired faster than we anticipated, and we hatred that not everyone who wanted 1 was capable to get it,” Valve said. “We’re moving connected getting much successful banal and volition person an update connected expected timeline soon.”

Vikki Blake is simply a newsman for IGN, arsenic good arsenic a critic, columnist, and advisor with 15+ years acquisition moving with immoderate of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's besides a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her astatine BlueSky.