Matti Robinson is a veteran of the industry originally from Finland, with nearly 20 years of writing and editing experience. His love for gaming started with the Commodore 64 and grew with each ...

Hyperkin showed off plenty of neat retro accessories at CES 2018, but one of the standouts was the original Xbox controller, commonly referred to as the Duke. This hulking gamepad is oddly making a ...

Peripherals manufacturer Hyperkin has unveiled a recreation of the original controller for the first Xbox console. Nicknamed the 'Duke' back in the early 2000s, the gamepad was notorious for how large ...

Few video game controllers are as iconic (infamous?) as the Duke, the controller that originally came with the first Xbox console. Roughly the size of a dinner plate with the thickness of a bowl, it ...

During the Halo Fest event held out at PAX Prime, Microsoft had a little something special on hand for the die-hard Halo fans. The company commissioned master-modder Ben Heck to create 8 custom, ...

A talented artist has recreated Xbox's most infamous controller in stained glass, providing a unique and nostalgic look into the origins of the video game console brand. Xbox's Duke controller has a ...

Few controllers have as infamous a reputation as the Duke, the Xbox's original controller that launched alongside the console in 2001. The meatloaf of a gamepad strained the grips of normal-sized ...

Matthew is a journalist in the news department at GameRant. He holds a Bachelor's degree in journalism from Kent State University and has been an avid gamer since 1985. Matthew formerly served as a ...