After teasing it last month, Backbone has formally introduced right now that it has collaborated with Kojima Productions to create a brand new, restricted version controller impressed by Death Stranding: Director’s Reduce.
In a press release, Backbone revealed that the brand new controller shall be obtainable to buy on January thirtieth at 9am PT / 12pm ET the identical day that Death Stranding: Director’s Reduce releases on Apple units. To make this much more of a collector’s merchandise, Backbone revealed that those that order this controller can even obtain an iOS copy of Death Stranding: Director’s Reduce. As 505 Video games confirmed yesterday, this model of Death Stranding is a common buy, which means it would additionally work on iPads and Macs powered by an M-series chip.
Because of the iPhone 15 Professional sequence being the one iPhone able to working Death Stranding: Director’s Reduce, the Backbone One Death Stranding controller will solely be obtainable for telephones with a USB-C port, with the weblog publish confirming no Lightning variant of the system, shall be created.
As you’ll be able to see from the photographs above, the Death Stranding-themed controller’s entrance incorporates a yellow-ish orange clear design on the grips, with the rear providing a stable yellow-ish orange. The within of the controller options the Backbone and Kojima Productions logos, whereas the again reveals the Death Stranding brand when a cellphone is mounted.
This isn’t the primary time Backbone has collaborated with an organization. In 2022, the corporate partnered with PlayStation to make a white Backbone One controller impressed by the PS5’s DualSense controller.
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