Backbone has been keeping busy dropping various versions of their Backbone Pro controller with the Pink Target exclusive, sold out Death Stranding 2, and the colorful Halo themed Xbox version. Now we are getting one from lifestyle brand Kith. Kith has been around the game for awhile and collabs are their thing. They are doing their annual “Kithmas” and it just fits to have Backbone on there as well.
This Backbone Pro controller is “Frost” aka clear/gray translucent colorway giving you visuals of the insides of the device. Its two-tone style definitely stands out from the bunch and can fit into any aesthetic.
It is available now for $180 on Kith so if you want it make to grab it before it sells out!
You can also read more about this Kith x Backbone collaborationfrom the founder of Kith.
Kith for Backbone – A message from the founder
When we started Backbone, the idea was dead simple: turn everyone’s phone into a console and bring gaming to everyone. Since then, players have turned mobile into the biggest gaming platform on earth, and the smartphone has quietly become the next Xbox.
But the identity of gaming culture hasn’t caught up. For too long, the default image has been the guy in a dark room, RGB lights blazing, totally separate from the rest of culture. We’ve never believed that story. We’ve always believed gaming is for everyone, and that it should sit next to the things people already love: fashion, music, sport, film.
That’s why this Kith collab matters so much to me. Kith has spent the last decade doing what we aspire to do in gaming: taking something people already love and elevating it with taste. They blur the line between streetwear, luxury, nostalgia, and sport in a way that feels effortless and earned. Backbone’s whole thesis is similar–our aim is to build hardware, software, and services as one unified system, so playing games feels less like a complicated enterprise and more like an essential.
For Kithmas 2025, we’re dropping a limited edition Backbone Pro with a frost-clear chassis that lets you peer into the circuits that power your gaming–a metaphor for openness in a world of walled gardens, and a way to highlight the craft while demystifying the tech. You can snap your phone in for handheld play, or switch to wireless and run games on basically any screen–TV, laptop, tablet, PC. Paired with the Backbone app, it pulls your games together in one place and lets you play virtually any game, any platform, anywhere. It lives in your bag next to your headphones and your hoodie, not hidden behind a TV. This run is extremely limited and will be available exclusively on Kith.com as part of the Kithmas collection.
We’re building Backbone for the kid grinding ranked at 2am, the busy parent sneaking a match between meetings, the friend group spread across three cities who still squad up every week.
We’re here for anyone who’s ever fallen in love with a game but never felt like they could identify as a “gamer.”
Since inception, Backbone has been about bringing the excitement and connection of gaming to everyone, and doing it with the same level of craft as anything else. Gaming left the basement a long time ago. With Kith, we’re just dressing it accordingly.
Maneet
