E3 NEWS: Xbox One Elite Controller lets you customise it

At the Microsoft expo at E3, Microsoft has unveiled its new Xbox One controller design, dubbed the “Elite.”

Microsoft is claiming it will have increased precision, but more importantly it will also bring customisation options such as trigger values, button remapping and component swapping.

It’s wireless, and will work on PC and Xbox One. We currently don’t have any release date for it, but it looks pretty rad.

Packing a huge amount of customisation and functionality the new Xbox Elite Wireless Controller is coming this Autumn, with both Xbox One and Windows 10 compatibility out of the box.

The big change is there's two pairs of paddle switches on the reverse of the new Elite controller and a host of extra precision functions to the triggers, analogue sticks and the funky, re-designed D-pad. 

The more aggressive-looking controller has taken the same overall design as the traditional Xbox One controller, and made it...y'know...more elite.

It's those new paddle switches which will garner the most early attention, making it a beast for any racing game, from Project Cars to the new Forza.

But everything else about it has been redesigned to allow a greater level of flexibility and accuracy than the existing pad, aiming to make it a great fit for a wider selection of game types.

The triggers have adjustable force levels, allowing you to activate 'hair trigger' locks for the twitchy FPS-ers out there, chasing that Halo 5 Guardians fix, and for the fight fans that geometric D-pad is promising extra accuracy too.

Following that customisation route there's button re-mapping a-go-go too. 

Each of the front buttons can be switched around and so can the four paddle switches on the rear of the pad. You can also adjust the actuation levels of the two triggers and the movement curve on the analogue sticks.

But if you don't like that new look don't worry as the new Elite Wireless Controller allows for swappable components too, allowing you to switch out the D-pad for a traditional switch or change around your thumbsticks too.

The official Xbox website lists it at $150 and sets it for an October release. Also, the page has it spinning so you can see all the finer details of the controller. Hope you like triggers.

The Elite Controller is also already listed on Amazon. No surprise there, because Amazon's hitting the pre-order game hard this year. Bethesda and Microsoft already got dedicated rollouts after their pressers, and Rock Band went up too. The controller's just a tiny bit behind the game.