Is Mercury retrograde over Brazil? Because the sources there are giving Xbox a hard time today. Brazilian regulator Anatel appears to have accidentally leaked images of the Xbox Elite Controller 3 that later circulated on the local technology site. Technoblog and in turn collected by The edge.
According to the specifications circulating, this controller has some notable new features. There are two scroll wheels at the bottom that can be controlled with your thumbs. A new pairing button appears on the front to switch the device between local and cloud modes. The D-pad has also been redesigned, and the gamepad looks like it will finally switch to a removable rechargeable battery.
If this story sounds familiar, it is. Tecnoblog also published leaked images of a different Xbox peripheral today. That story featured a pint-sized gamepad that was supposed to be an unreleased Xbox Cloud Gaming controller.
It’s been a while since Xbox released an Elite controller update. The second generation of the hardware debuted in 2019 and became customizable in the Design Lab in 2022. And with at least one national regulator currently reviewing the device, it seems likely that the product is close to hitting stores. Xbox’s big summer showcase is just a few weeks away, but after today’s leak party, Microsoft might be leaning toward making the official announcement sooner rather than later.
