The original Xbox is nearly 16 years old, meaning a lot of younger gamers will have never experienced playing on one. That also means they never experienced holding the "Duke," which is the nickname given to the huge controller the Xbox shipped with (it was also referred to as "Fatty"). However, Microsoft decided the Duke deserved a new audience, so it's making a comeback.

During E3, Microsoft announced that it had teamed up with peripherals manufacturer Hyperkin to create a brand new version of the Duke controller, only this time it would be used for playing today's Xbox games as well as those available on Windows PCs.

Hyperkin has been a licensed developer of Microsoft Xbox One products since December 2015. Clearly that relationship if going well if Microsoft decided to entrust them with a classic Xbox controller redesign. It shouldn't be a very difficult task, though, as Gizmodo states, the new Duke will be a perfect replica of the old one along with a few necessary tweaks.

The controller will ship with a nine-foot detachable cable and the round Xbox logo in the center is actually an LCD allowing for an animated logo to be displayed. Compatibility will extend to all variants of the Xbox One including the Xbox One X, as well as PCs running Windows 10. The only things left for Microsoft to confirm is pricing and and a release date.

As with the original, not everyone is going to love using the Duke. If you have small hands then definitely try before you buy. And with that in mind, don't expect this reimagining of the controller to see a release in Japan (the original didn't either).

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