Microsoft's Iconic Xbox 360 Controller Is Being Resurrected - IGN

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Nov 22, 2022 2:00 pm

To commemorate the 17th day of the merchandise of the Xbox 360, video crippled peripheral maker, Hyperkin has officially announced contiguous that it is resurrecting the iconic video crippled controller.

As noted successful a property release, the Hyperkin Xenon is an officially licensed, wired gaming controller replicating the iconic controller that served arsenic the superior gamepad for Microsoft's 2nd location gaming console. The instrumentality is named aft the codename utilized for the Xbox 360 up of its authoritative unveiling astatine E3 2005.

The Xenon volition beryllium compatible with the Xbox Series X/S and Windows 10 and 11 devices. As you tin spot from the images below, the Hyperkin Xenon is simply a somewhat modernized instrumentality connected the Xbox 360 controller. The astir notable changes are the dedicated Menu, View, and Share buttons commonly recovered connected the latest iteration of the Xbox Series X/S controllers. Xbox

This is not the archetypal clip Hyperkin has brought backmost an Xbox controller from the dead. In 2018, the institution released a replica of Duke, the archetypal controller for the archetypal Xbox known for its oversized design. And then, successful 2021, to observe the merchandise day for the archetypal Xbox and Halo: Combat Evolve, Hyperkin released the Xbox 20th day and Halo 20th day Cortana variation variants of the Duke controller.

The Hyperkin Xenon volition beryllium disposable successful 4 colors: black, white, pink, and red. No merchandise day oregon terms has been announced yet, sadly. However, Hyperkin is expected to merchandise the Xenon controller sometime aboriginal adjacent year.

Taylor is the Associate Tech Editor astatine IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter @TayNixster.