Xbox co - founder Seamus Blackley has officially sustain that the original Xbox controller is go to be making a counter for the Xbox One . Affectionately ( and unofficially ) dub the Duke , the first ever controlled for the Xbox quickly became legendary among gamers for its sheer sizing , feel a little more like a steering wheel than an factual console table controller . After its vent with the first Xbox back in   2001 , the unmanageable and slimly ridiculous controller was slimmed down over the next few years , easy becoming a much more sensible size .

It ’s meter for a little nostalgic biz - playing , though , as Xbox conscientious objector - founder Seamus Blackley has now bring out that the Duke will be making a return - presumably in metre for the 2017 vacation season . The remake will let in a few improvement , of course , but the announcement has been met with some undecomposed - natured amusement ( and more than a little nostalgia ) as gamers think how clumsy the Duke really was .

The annoucement come on Blackley’sTwitter , where he station an look-alike of the controller with the caption"#NewDuke has blend to tooling and is approved by @Xbox THIS IS HAPPENING!“He confirm in anothertweetthat there would be some changes to the new model , but it would have"the same old feel,“and alsotweeteda video of his mock - up for the new mannikin with the caption:“I can finally show my miserable OLED mockup . # DUKE # XBOXE3 everyone should thank @Hyperkin @XboxP3 @Shpeshal_Ed . "

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NewDukehas gone to tooling and is okay by@XboxTHIS IS HAPPENING!pic.twitter.com / zSVA4TFh08 — Seamus Blackley ( @SeamusBlackley)September 20 , 2017

I can finally show my poor OLED mockup.#DUKE#XBOXE3everyone should thank@Hyperkin@XboxP3@Shpeshal_Edpic.twitter.com/U4wOhSsGKp — Seamus Blackley ( @SeamusBlackley)June 12 , 2017

The new restrainer is being made by Hyperkin , who also get toTwitterto say gamers to keep an eye out for pre - orders , although no specific release date has yet been announce . These tweets corroborate only that Microsoft has approve the return of the Duke , and that it has gone to tooling .

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Xbox fans are allow for wondering what the unspecified"improvements"are going to be , with the summation of bumper seeming to be a requirement for many late game . Other improvements reportedly include a nine - foot breakaway corduroy , and the fancy new screen was render off to good effect in Blackley ’s video - although this myopic cartridge holder does not show what the full capacity of this screen will be . The plus of the screen does help explain why anyone would need such a monolithic restrainer again , as it will presumably be able to do some pretty nerveless ( and helpful ) things for the player . However , there is no doubtfulness that part of the reason the Duke is back is to capitalise on the nostalgia divisor , as gamers who in the beginning owned the massive piece of ironware will revel finger like they ’ve returned to the former days of Xbox .

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The remodeled Duke is foretell to be in stores for the vacation .

Source : GamesRadar

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