Updated on January 25, 2024, by Josh Coulson:
The alleged controller listing was posted by someone claiming to be a Play Asia employee. However, it's origin and how much it differs from the controller designs leaked in December mean the image might not be the real deal. It still seems likely we will be getting something to celebrate Elden Ring's second birthday a month from now.
A week after 2023's Game Awards, a show on which many people were expecting an Elden Ring DLC announcement, an indicator that The Shadow of the Erdtree might drop in 2024 was accidentally revealed. News of a collaboration between controller makers Thrustmaster and Bandai Namco on an Elden Ring controller, potentially releasing at the same time as the announced DLC. That listing quickly disappeared, but now a new one with a specific release date attached has got the rumor mill turning again.
Idle Sloth has shared an image of the listing, complete with what the Xbox controller will supposedly look like, on social media. If accurate, the controller will be released on February 25, 2024, so exactly one month from the time of typing this. The controller is black with gold thumbsticks, gold markings on the d-pad, and a great pattern printed on about two-thirds of it. Seemingly listed on Play Asia, likely by accident as the listing already seems to have been pulled.
This combined with the Thrustmaster rumor at the end of 2023 all-but confirm there is an Elden Ring Xbox controller on the way. What we want to know now is does the controller have anything to do with The Shadow of the Erdtree's release? February 28 will mark one full year since FromSoftware revealed it was working on Elden Ring's expansive DLC. Not much word on how it's progressing, but notable the controller might have a release date that falls almost exactly one year after that announcement.
Also worth noting February 25 is a Sunday. Unlikely a controller would go on sale on a Sunday, but that particular Sunday is a significant one. It marks exactly two years since the release of Elden Ring. If FromSoftware wants to celebrate the anniversary of its hit game exactly two years on from its release, then it will need to make the new Xbox controller available on a Sunday.
There's every chance this is just a new controller and nothing else. There's no reason why it has to be announced alongside additional information regarding The Shadow of the Erdtree expansion. That the leaked image of the controller has the DLC's name in there does imply that's the plan, though. Best case scenario we'll be playing Elden Ring DLC next month. Worst case scenario, we're getting a snazzy new Elden Ring Xbox controller.
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