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Microsoft is offering up some limited edition, pizza-scentedXboxcontrollers in honor of the latestTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesmovie. The crime-busting reptilian heroes in a half-shell are set to return to the big screen in a big way next month inTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, a new animated film produced bySuper Mario Bros. Movievoice actorSeth Rogan. This will be the seventh theatricalTMNTmovie and will feature Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo as they introduce themselves to the human world, which they soon must defend from a mutant army.
The Turtles have been a pop-culture sensation across virtually all forms of entertainment media for almost four decades, including video games. ManyTMNTfans have fond memories of theoldNinja Turtles2D beat-em-upsof the early-to-mid-90s, and these classic titles were recently rereleased inTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection. A brand-newTMNTgame in the style of these older brawlers was released last year in the form ofTMNT: Shredder’s Revenge, which is set to receive additional DLC in the near future.
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NowXboxis giving away some special-editionTeenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesXbox Series X/S controllers to play these games on as part of a promotional giveaway forMutant Mayhem’s release on August 2. According to the official Xbox Game Pass Twitter account, these custom controllers are not only designed after the Turtles and the green ooze that created them, but also come with an attachable pizza-flavored scent diffuser. For a chance to win one of these limited Xbox Series X/S controllers, players have to follow the Xbox Game Pass Twitter account and retweet the announcement post with the hashtag “XboxTMNTMoviesweepstakes” by August 13.
Microsoft is no stranger toreleasing special-edition Xbox consoles and controllersto commemorate upcoming movies, with such promotions includingShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,Space Jam: A New Legacy, and last year’sSonic The Hedgehog 2. Outside of movies, Xbox often releases custom Series X/S gear patterned after certain video games, with the most recent example being the matchingStarfieldcontroller and headset made in honor of Bethesda’s upcoming first-person RPG epic.
Back on Earth, fans of the TMNT can enter for a chance to win some truly out-of-this-world Xbox Series X/S game controllers in time for the ninja brothers’ big-screen return inMutant Mayhem. For everyone else,a new Xbox wireless controller variantwas recently leaked and could be released around the same time as the contest on August 8.
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