The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is getting special 10th anniversary Xbox controllers

CD Projekt has teamed up with Microsoft to make immoderate fancy caller Witcher 3-themed Xbox controllers to observe the game's 10th day - which I truly can't rather judge due to the fact that I personally haven't aged a day.

The controllers - officially known arsenic the 'Xbox Wireless Controller - The Witcher 3 10th Anniversary Special Edition' and the 'Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 - Core The Witcher 3 10th Anniversary Special Edition' - are described arsenic being "tempered and battle-ready", and committedness "intricately crafted details".

They diagnostic The Witcher 3's wolf medallion iconography, arsenic good arsenic Glagolitic script. I personally don't cognize what the publication says, but seemingly it tin beryllium translated and those symbols "are not random". If you enactment retired what it means, delight fto maine know.

Away from the cosmetic sides of things, these chaps besides boast each the features you'd expect from an Xbox controller. So, rubberised backmost grips, remappable controller inputs, Bluetooth enactment and truthful on. You tin cheque however they look successful the video above.

They've been created by CD Projekt's ain designers, with Gabriela Pešková from CD Projekt and Mekias Bekalu from Xbox calling this "such a peculiar infinitesimal for both" teams.

"We explored a batch of directions erstwhile creating this controller, but from the opening we knew we wanted to archer a story," added CD Projekt plan pb Joshua Flowers. "We wanted it to consciousness similar thing that has been with you connected the path, thing worn and personal. As we developed concepts, we began crafting the communicative of this controller - and however it mightiness beryllium successful The Witcher 3's world. This communicative is what we fell successful emotion with. It had to consciousness similar it belonged successful The Witcher 3 beingness - similar it had lived done battles and carried stories of its own."

The Xbox Wireless Controller variant is disposable present for £74.99 portion the Xbox Elite Wireless Controller costs £149.99. Both are exclusive to the Microsoft Store.

As for the aboriginal of the series, The Witcher 4 won't beryllium retired until aft 2026, but we got a archetypal trailer astatine the extremity of past year. Earlier this week, Geralt dependable histrion Doug Cockle called retired alleged fans arsenic "stupid" for describing The Witcher 4 arsenic "woke" for having Ciri arsenic the protagonist.

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