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Limited edition red and green Xbox controllers coming Sept. 30 [update]

by Kyle Orland on Jul 14th 2008 7:30PM

Want to add a little zing to the plain ol' white and black Xbox 360 color scheme? A Microsoft web page reveals a new limited edition red and black Xbox 360 controller coming on Sept. 30, 2008. The standard wireless controller will come with a matching red rechargeable battery and a play and charge kit for $64.99 (a $5 savings over purchasing them seperately!). We have no idea why Microsoft would reveal a new color so long before the controller is set to be available, but it's release is awfully close to the newly-revealed Gears of War 2 release date of ~~Sept. 9~~ Nov. 7 [Update: Not sure how I made that ridiculous error. Jet lag, I suppose]. Hmmm ...

[Thanks, Scott]

Update: The Xbox press site also has images from a green version of the controller (shown below the jump along with a higher-res version of the red one). No information about this version, which is not even mentioned in the accompanying press release. [Thanks, jdkay20]

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Tags: controller, Gears-of-war-2, gearsofwar, gearsofwar2, gow2, microsoft, red, xbox 360, Xbox-360, Xbox360

Reader Comments (57)

Screw FFXIII, Gears of War, this is what I'm excited about.

Since this controller is red, it damn well better be three times faster than the normal controller.

(anybody? anybody? come on.)

Banana wouldn't that be if the controller was bl*gets shot*

well, that too.

I was making a gundam joke though ;_;

*crickets chirping*

Tell me about it. Those have to be the ugliest shades of green and red I've seen. Even then... er... woo, new controller colours?

Fuck that im TOTALLY getting that neon green controller

Um, Gears of War 2's release date is November 7, not September 9.

They must have meant nov, which would still place it a month away from gears.

Cliffy B used one onstage today to demo Gears.

That's true, I thought he would say something about the new controller at the time he was on stage, but he didn't. Mmmmm.... that's weird.

Me wants

65 dollars for a controller. Bravo Microsoft; I can feel the love.

No, it's $65 for the controller as well as the kit that charges it. Granted, they are forcing you to buy the kit along with the controller, but then when you want to save money by not buying so many freaking batteries and you purchase a charge kit it wouldn't match and the controller would then look retarded.

Red 60gb system on the way?

very nice a red controller to match my red 36 ... wait

And the PS3 has no ga... wait

(Disclaimer: I own a PS3 and PS3 games)

Talk about a low blow!

I guess you could go out and buy a red faceplate to match your red controller. Other than that there is no point what so ever. Much like the pink & Blue controllers already released. It just makes sense to release colors that MATCH a console and not clash with it.

also a green one
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/press/

That's more like it. I think the red would only look nice with an Elite, so this baby can snuggle up to my Premium.

I'll be buying this! Looking forward to see more colours in the future.

Has anybody else noticed how CliffyB was playing with this controller during Microsoft's press conference?

Cliff Bleszinski, not CliffyB. CLIFF BLESZINSKI. >.(

Sept 9th, eh? Did i miss something?

Cliff Bleszinski was holding a red controller during his presence at Microsoft's conference.

I'm not buying another controller unless it has teh waggle.

Why is that limited anyway? Is it trying to promote Gears? Because is not doing it,Halo 3 controllers were a lot better and even included a figurine. Also with MS nothing is limited you can still find Legendary editions of Halo 3.

I don't necessarily like the red color myself, but those McFarlane Halo controllers were hideous.

@Mr.Esc

Great point. If the controller had Gears graphics and the extra griptastic feel of the Halo 3 controllers it would be much mo betta.

Wait a minute Sep 9? I thought it was Nov 7? That's good news for Left 4 Dead.

Aren't red and black the Netflix colors?

Oops. Sorry.

do not want

It's the Red Controller of Death.

Zing!

Maybe it has a quietly-improved D-Pad? Not likely.

There is also a green one which will retail for $44.99

http://www.360sync.com/2008/07/14/limited-edition-red-controller

It's an Evil Avatar controller!

Just because:

Oh good colors, remember that Nintendo? Colors, like the ones you promise us?

I still want a Red Wii or one that looks like a SNES or a Famicom.

Why? You can barely find a Wii right now as it is.

Next year, my brother, next year there will be colours. I promise.

As much as I would want a red/black Wii, I would hope for faceplates, etc. from Nintendo since they can't even produce enough White Wiis to keep up with demand(supposedly...).

the red one cliff had was from the special edition GoW Xbox 360 that was shown on gametrailers

Hmm love that they're releasing controllers in new colours - but I'd appreciate one with a new control pad - that did what I wanted more than 50% of the time... Microsoft...? Please...?

Seriously, any colour is fine, I just find it surprising that such a great controller (built off of the DualShock, Dreamcast, Xbox etc etc) still have such an inferior pad. I mean I'd rather play Street Fighter HD on a NES controller when it drops.

I agree, that D-pad is seriously out of order. It's rather annoying when you push up and it goes left or something of the other.

Cool, I can't believe that they're selling these for over retail though, as these things are seriously easy to paint. Here's the one I did:

http://www.vcize.com/360controller/gator1s.jpg
http://www.vcize.com/360controller/gator3s.jpg
http://www.vcize.com/360controller/gator4s.jpg

Ah, nevermind I see it comes w/ a play and charge kit, hence the $65 price.

Still though, it was a good excuse to pimp the pics of the one I made :P

I'm definitely buying this been waiting for a red controller for a long time.

They are making red controllers to go with the Gears of War Red 360 Elite that will be coming out in the Fall

The Gears of War 360 Elite was shown on GameTrailers

Wow, that green controller is....neon.

I think I'll buy it.

I agree it looks sick...in a good way.

Red Controller?!? I knew I shoulda bought a 360!

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