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If you're looking to customize your own Xbox controller right now, I've got some bad news, as the Xbox Design Lab is currently down. Naturally, that means that no new orders can be placed at this time ...

Get your new official custom controllers. If you have been missing the Xbox Design Lab, then we have good news! The service is back in action after Microsoft previously took it down. This came out of ...

A new Fallout controller option has arrived on Xbox Design Lab today. The Fallout skin features Vault Boy in many different poses and there are button color presets that represent the colors of the ...

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Microsoft has announced a new collection of Xbox Wireless Controllers called the Vapor series. The collection is available now in Xbox Design Lab, as well as a non-customizable Dream Vapor Special ...

It was only a matter of time. Microsoft had already acquired Bethesda, but now it looks like it is embracing one of its newly acquired franchises, Fallout. Fallout fans might be waiting a good while ...

The Xbox Design Lab is your go-to spot for getting a controller that’s unique to you, and today Microsoft has announced that you can now choose from different Vapor designs. Microsoft’s ‘Vapor’ design ...