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Xbox Design Lab adds new colour options for Elite Series 2 Controller

Xbox has introduced new colour options for the Xbox Elite Series 2 Controller in its Xbox Design Lab custom controller program.

Now, the service offers:

  • 16 main colours for the top and back case
  • 12 colours for the A/B/X/Y buttons
  • 17 accent colours for the paddles and D-pad
  • 25 accent colours for the rest of the controller

Xbox Design Lab Elite Series 2 optionsXbox Design Lab allows gamers to customize regular Xbox Wireless Controllers and, as of October 2022, the high-end, modular Elite Series 2 gamepads, which offer adjustable-tension thumbsticks, wrap-around rubberized grips, shorter hair trigger locks and more.

Pricing for the Design Lab Elite Series 2 Controllers starts at $149.

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Xbox Elite Controller Series 2 gets white variant, Design Lab options

Xbox has announced two updates to its high-end Xbox Elite Series 2 controller.

The first is a new variant for the gamepad, ‘Core in white,’ which gives it a milky finish with black grips. Like the standard Series 2, this controller boasts adjustable-tension thumbsticks, a wrap-around rubberized grip and shorter hair trigger locks.

However, it doesn’t include some of the additional accoutrements found in the standard gamepad, such as paddles, extra thumbsticks or a carrying case. Therefore, the Core in white gamepad is priced at $159.99 CAD instead of $230 like the standard controller. A $74.99 ‘Complete Component Pack‘ that includes everything else that the Core in white controller is missing will also be available. Both will release on September 21st.

The second update, though, is likely more exciting for many: the Xbox Elite Series 2 is coming to Xbox Design Lab. This means that gamers will be able to customize their own Series 2 controller using a wide variety of colours, button styles, finishes, grips and engravings. The Elite Series 2 will be added to Design Lab this holiday.

In related news, PlayStation recently unveiled its first-ever official Elite-esque controller, the DualSense Edge.

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Microsoft expands Xbox Design Lab with new gamepad colours, side caps and more

Microsoft has revealed that it’s expanding the customizable controller Xbox Design Lab with several new “pastel” colours, including ‘Soft Pink,’ ‘Soft Orange,’ ‘Soft Green’ and ‘Soft Purple.’

Along with the new top case colours, the Design Lab will now offer several different side cap hues, including ‘Mineral Camo,’ ‘Arctic Camo,’ ‘Forest Camo,’ ‘Sandglow Camo’ and ‘Blaze Camo.’

The Xbox Design Lab is also making its way to 11 new countries: Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Slovakia, Switzerland and Taiwan later this year.

Alongside this news, Microsoft also confirmed that it’s releasing an Xbox Cloud Gaming app on Samsung Smart TVs and a demo of titles for Xbox Game Pass subscribers.

Xbox Design Lab custom controllers start at $84.99.

Along with this reveal, Microsoft also confirmed that it’s releasing an Xbox Cloud Gaming app on Samsung smart TVs and monitors and demos of titles for Xbox Game Pass subscribers.

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Xbox Design Lab adds more controller options, including rubberized grips and metallic finishes

Xbox Design Lab, Microsoft’s custom Xbox controller program, now offers a bunch of additional personalization options.

To start, rubberized grips and metallic finishes are returning to Design Lab. These features were offered during the previous iteration of the program but were missing once it was relaunched in June.

This means Xbox Design Lab now offers all of the customization options that it did in the past, with the added benefit being that you can use them on the slightly revised Xbox Wireless Controller that was introduced with the Series X/S.

Further, Xbox is introducing the following new options for Design Lab:

  • Black rubberized grips for both the back case and side grips
  • Nineteen new metallic finish colours for D-Pads and Triggers (Sterling Silver, Pewter Silver, Gunmetal Silver, Abyss Black, Retro Pink, Deep Pink, Oxide Red, Zest Orange, Gold, Electric Volt, Velocity Green, Glacier Blue, Dragonfly Blue, Mineral Blue, Photon Blue, Midnight Blue, Regal Purple, Nocturnal Green and Warm Gold)
  • Three new colour options for controller parts — Dragonfly Blue, Nocturnal Green (previously Military Green) and Velocity Green (previously Electric Green)

Alternatively, new “Inspired by” controller designs based on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Battlefield 2042, Riders Republic and Forza Horizon 5. 

Design Lab controllers start at $84.99 CAD and can be customized and ordered here.

It’s worth noting that the Design Lab expansion comes during Microsoft’s celebration of the 20th anniversary of Xbox, which falls on November 15th. On that date, the company will have a special stream to commemorate the history of both Xbox and Halo, which both originated in November 2001. You can read more on that here.

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