- Backbone has teamed up with lifestyle brand Kith to launch a limited edition Pro controller
- The new model features an anti-freeze case and arrives just in time for the annual Kithmas celebration.
- It will launch on December 5
Backbone has announced the release of a limited edition Backbone Pro controller in collaboration with lifestyle brand Kith.
For the fifth year in a row, Kithmas is back and this Christmas the company is celebrating the launch of an exclusive and collaborative model of Backbone’s Pro controller, designed specifically for mobile gaming.
“When we started Backbone, the idea was very simple: turn everyone’s phone into a console and bring gaming to everyone. Since then, gamers have transformed mobile into the world’s biggest gaming platform, and the smartphone has quietly become the next Xbox,” Backbone said. “But the identity of gaming culture hasn’t caught up. For too long, the default image has been that of a man in a dark room, with RGB lights blazing, totally separated from the rest of the culture. We never believed that story. We always believed that gaming was for everyone and should be placed alongside the things people already love: fashion, music, sports, movies.”
“That’s why this collaboration with Kith means so much to me. Kith has spent the last decade doing what we aspire to do in gaming: taking something people already love and elevating it tastefully. They’re blurring the line between streetwear, luxury, nostalgia, and sports in a way that feels easy and earned. Backbone’s entire thesis is similar: our goal is to build hardware, software, and services as a unified system, so that playing games feels like less of a complicated undertaking than of an essential element.
Launching December 5 from Kith, the limited-edition Backbone Pro will feature an anti-frost case that allows a peek into the gamepad’s circuitry, a design choice Backbone calls “a metaphor for openness in a world of walled gardens and a way to showcase craftsmanship while demystifying technology.”
The Backbone Pro is one of the best mobile controllers on the market, offering Bluetooth connectivity that allows it to connect to a PC, laptop, tablet or smart TV for use with cloud gaming services like Xbox Cloud Gaming, Nvidia GeForce Now or Amazon Luna.
In TechRadar Gaming’s Backbone Pro review, games editor Dashiell Wood said the more expensive pad “offers several significant improvements over its predecessor, providing a much more comfortable mobile gaming experience without sacrificing portability.”
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