Hyperkin caused a buzz earlier this month when it announced it was bringing back the original Xbox Duke controller for Xbox's 20th anniversary, and a new variant has now been added in the form of a 'Cortana Edition'.
The Cortana Edition features a "special Halo 20th anniversary Cortana design" along with a "Cortana montage played right inside the Xbox button", while the rest of the features are the same as the standard 20th anniversary variant, including precision analog triggers, a 3.5mm headset jack, vibration feedback and a detachable Type-C cable.
All three of Hyperkin's new Duke controllers (the Black version, White version and Cortana version) are now available to pre-order from the company's website and a few other retailers (we're assuming they'll become more widely available in the weeks to come), with the price appearing to be set at £69.99 / $89.99 and a release date seemingly scheduled for November 15, 2021 in North America and December 8, 2021 in Europe.
"Halo 20th Anniversary Cortana Duke Controller - In Collaboration with Xbox and 343 Industries. A tribute to the legendary AI and the Master Chief's partner-in-action, Cortana, from the Halo franchise. Inspired by Cortana's appearance in the original Halo: Combat Evolved, this beautiful purple Hyperkin Duke looks amazing on your shelf and in your hands. Updated for the Xbox Series X with Share button and Type-C port."
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And once again, wired. Would have been on this otherwise.
Pricetag is a little high, but I've got to admit that I'd like one of those Duke controllers... And this one in particular !
Ordered the black one, it will go well with my green one that they made a short time ago.
@InterceptorAlpha yeah what's up with all the wired controllers? I'm no expert but maybe their demographic that buys these prefer wired for competitive play or something? Would love to read an analysis on this from Pure Xbox sometime because I'd cough up quite a bit of money for rechargable, wireless Xbox controllers. The rechargeable battery packs are almost impossible to find for retail price online in Europe and even harder to find in stores
@Kilamanjaro That isn't even a valid point either though.
1. Nobody is buying a Duke for competitive play.
2. Since the Xbox One, the controllers flip to lag-free, wired, communication when connected via data USB cable to the Xbox.
Last I heard it was because. Microsoft was stingy with their wireless license. But then you have companies like Razer that are using Xbox Wireless.
@InterceptorAlpha well it wasn't meant to be a valid point, I think I prefaced it that way 😆 Anecdotal evidence, lack in 2002 my friends played Halo 1 in the competitive scene with Dukes and made $50k plus in tourneys. But again I'm no expert, HyperKin for sure does market research before launching a product.
To the second point, didn't bring it up but a nice refresher.
To your third point that is a pretty interesting insight. Whatever if it's like a "Switch tax" but instead of a cartridge with a higher cost you have a higher licensing fee. Like I said, would be interested to read more about those details in a breakdown.
Not sold on it being purple, still pretty cool.
Bit steep on the Price tag but very fond memories playing for hours with one of these. Rallisport, Project Gotham, Buffy.. some stone cold classics that haven’t been added to BC yet…. Hopefully more added soon
@JohannVanDerSmut thanks for sharing
@Kilamanjaro
The rechargeable packs from Dobe are amazing , 1200mAh big packs , can get them here in Holland online but got my last one through ali express , really good quality
Old controller design is old ... :-/
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