A third-party Xbox controller based on developer Rare has been listed on Amazon, with an official reveal seemingly imminent.
As spotted by Reddit user CyraxxFavoriteStylus, the controller has been listed on Amazon’s US site, but at the time of writing has yet to be officially announced by Rare [311 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/companies/microsoft/rare/”>Rare or the controller’s manufacturer.
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The controller is also 8BitDo’s first ever 2.4G wireless Xbox controller, according to the manufacturer.
Last week 8BitDo teased on X that it would be revealing its “first wireless controller for Xbox”, with a reveal set for today.
August 4 is usually the day Rare uses for its anniversary celebrations, meaning an official reveal of the controller today (perhaps as well as other announcements) would make sense.
Five years ago, for its 35th anniversary, August 4 was the day Rare’s month-long which saw its long in-development project Everwild cancelled.
Sources then told VGC that was leaving the company after more than 35 years following the cancellation of Louise O’Connor [18 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/people/louise-oconnor/”>Louise O’Connor, another Rare veteran whose first project was Conker’s Bad Fur Day for
