Backbone announces Death Stranding controller for the iOS release

Death Stranding: Director’s Cut is coming to Apple units on Jan. 30, and one in all the greatest telephone controllers round is getting a limited-edition model to have a good time. The Backbone One controller has a design that’s impressed by Death Stranding, and it comes with a free App Store code for the recreation, which could be redeemed for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. According to a web page on Backbone’s web site that now not reveals the controller, the bundle will price $125 when it turns into in the stores on Jan. 30 at 8 p.m. ET.

The controller’s yellow and clear design is harking back to the unique DualShock 4 controller that got here out when the recreation initially debuted on PS4 in 2019. While Backbone was clearly impressed by the hue of the BB pod, I can’t assist however have a look at it and take into consideration pee.

Photo: Backbone

The Backbone One snaps round your smartphone for energy, turning it into a fairly convincing handheld gaming console as soon as put in. It has all of the buttons and triggers that console controllers do, which ought to make Death Stranding’s advanced controls quite a bit simpler. Unlike the common Backbone One, which solely labored with iPhones which have a Lightning port, the Death Stranding model works with USB-C, so iPhone 15 homeowners and Android customers can each use it.

The back of the Death Stranding controller with an iPhone in it.

There are a ton of unusual components in Death Stranding: the vitality drinks, the promoting for Ride with Norman Reedus, the thumb-sucking child inside somebody’s throat. (The record goes on from there.) However, a few of its most fascinating fixations have been about pee and poop. You can weaponize each, turning them into grenades that truly made sense when it comes to the recreation’s story. If you’re nonetheless studying this, then possibly that is the controller for you.