Expanding the Mobile Gaming Market

After the initial success of RKS’ collaboration with Wikipad, the company returned with a new, more expansive challenge: adapt the popular, console emulating controller from their own tablet, to the wider market. The device had to retain the simple functionality of the original, while fitting Apple and Android tablets, all the while matching these devices’ designs and aesthetics.

Moving a controller made for a single tablet to a flexible platform introduced a number of design challenges. Through a thorough analysis of the tablet market, the design characteristics of leading tablets, and the difficulties of component sourcing and engineering, the team determined that while the controller had to be flexible it could not be too flexible. This is because if the design was too flexible, it would not match the design characteristics of existing tablets, would require superfluous components, and be much larger than it had to be. The team therefore determined that the controller would need to be customized for each of the leading tablets, in order to integrate seamlessly with their already beautiful designs.

Announced to the public at E3 2014, the Gamevice is the world’s first tablet specific controller. With its familiar D-pad configuration, it allows seasoned gamers to easily translate the console gaming experience anywhere. And, because the device borrows from and seamlessly integrates with Apple and Android tablets, consumers do not have compromise aesthetics for functionality. The Gamevice brings tablet gaming to the masses.

“From ambition to execution, RKS has delivered us an award-winning solution both on time and in budget!”

- Matthew Joynes, Founder and Chairman of Wikipad