- Backbone has teamed up with lifestyle brand Kith to release a limited edition Pro controller
- The new model has a frosted case and arrives just in time for Kith’s annual Kithmas celebration
- It will be launched on December 5
Backbone has announced that they will be releasing a limited edition Backbone Pro controller in collaboration with lifestyle brand Kith.
For the fifth year in a row, Kithmas has returned, and this Christmas the company is celebrating with the launch of an exclusive, collaborative model of the Backbones Pro controller made specifically for mobile gaming.
“When we started Backbone, the idea was dead simple: Turn everyone’s phone into a console and bring gaming to everyone. Since then, gamers have turned mobile into the biggest gaming platform on earth, and the smartphone has quietly become the next Xbox,” said Backbone. “But the identity of gaming culture hasn’t caught up. For too long, the default image has been the guy in a dark room, RGB lights blazing, totally separate from the rest of the culture. We’ve never believed in that story. We’ve always believed that gaming is for everyone and that it should sit alongside the things people already love: fashion, music, sports, movies.”
“That’s why this Kith collaboration means so much to me. Kith has spent the last decade doing what we strive to do in gaming: taking something people already love and elevating it with taste. They blur the lines between streetwear, luxury, nostalgia and sport in a way that feels effortless and earned. Backbone’s whole thesis is similar – our goal is to play a hardware, service and game less complicated business and more like an essential.”
Launching on December 5th at Kith, the limited edition Backbone Pro will feature a frosted case that allows a peek into the gamepad’s circuitry, a design choice that Backbone calls “a metaphor for openness in a world of walled gardens, and a way to highlight the craftsmanship while demystifying the technology.”
Backbone Pro is one of the best mobile controllers on the market, offering Bluetooth connectivity that allows it to be connected to a PC, laptop, tablet or smart TV for use with cloud gaming services such as Xbox Cloud Gaming, Nvidia GeForce Now or Amazon Luna.
In TechRadar Gaming’s Backbone Pro review, gaming editor Dashiell Wood said the more expensive pad “offers several significant upgrades over its predecessor, delivering a much more comfortable mobile gaming experience without sacrificing portability.”
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