343 Industries’ Frank O’Connor let slip on the NeoGAF forum that the studio is “trying to get some OG Dukes rebuilt with 360 guts for Halo Fest”. Good news for Halo Fest attendees, but perhaps bittersweet for those who would love to get their huge hands on an Xbox 360 compatible Duke.
O’Connor clarified that 343 is “planning on having about six made, by people who have been doing the same thing for years”. It also plans to auction off the custom-made controllers for charity.
Giant Bomb followed up with 343 Industries on its Duke controller plans, learning that the extremely limited run is being made with original Xbox controllers harvested from a thrift store, cleaned up and customised for the Halo-centric event.
Halo Fest will run alongside PAX Prime 2011, from Friday, August 26 to Sunday, August 28 at the Washington State Convention Center. Admission is free with your PAX Prime badge purchase.
Halo:CE Anniversary Announced (MS Conf, Nov 15th 2011, $US40) [NeoGAF via Giant Bomb]
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Chris
Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 10:49 AMHow is going back to an old, uncomfortable controller a good thing?
Corteks
Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 11:05 AMMan I’d love one of those. I find it really hard to understand how people thought these controllers were uncomfortable. I really DON’T have big hands and they were some of the most comfortable game controllers I’ve ever played with, it’s a huge shame they replaced them with the much more uncomfortable S controllers.
Ross
Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 12:21 PMYeah, I don’t know why Microsoft wouldn’t produce these.. after all it would just mean more money! I would buy one! I have big-ish hands and the s is a little petite for me!
Steve
Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 2:32 PMGod I hated the black/white buttons on this thing. Thing was beastly.
Azoshi
Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 2:40 PMI was all excited when I read the title but then when I read that only a very uhm.. VERY limited ammount were being made, the excitement kinda died. I’d absolutely LOVE one of these!
I hope they’ll sell them to retail.
red t-rex
Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 2:57 PMI also liked the old style controllers. I’d probably buy one if they were mass produced.
Mr Kips
Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 9:23 PMI still have 4 of these original controllers. So far i’ve converted 1 to a pc/360 compatible controller with lots of drivers and emulators running. Still Great for gaming though ;)
ming
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 at 9:02 AMnot extremly comfortable for me. black and white buttons? dont like them.