Sony's New Wireless Fight Stick Is Named FlexStrike, and It's Coming in 2026

PlayStation has yet revealed much details of its first-party combat instrumentality and confirmed its authoritative name: the FlexStrike wireless combat stick.

Sony initially unveiled its upcoming combat instrumentality past month. At the time, Edwin Foo, VP of merchandise improvement astatine Sony Interactive Entertainment, said the instrumentality — internally codenamed Project Defiant — would springiness players "more flexibility to play their favourite warring games."

In designation of the Evo Championship Series coming up adjacent month, Sony has present confirmed the FlexStrike volition beryllium disposable sometime successful 2026, though astatine this time, the institution was nary much circumstantial than that. Visitors to Evo's Las Vegas lawsuit August 1-3 tin spot it connected show earlier then, though.

Sony promises ultra-low latency done a wireless transportation connected PS5 oregon PC, arsenic good arsenic the enactment to play with a wired connection. This is indispensable for warring crippled fans who request their combo inputs to beryllium arsenic precise and arsenic instant arsenic possible.

The FlexStrike is besides claimed to boast an ergonomic design, with a "high-quality integer stick" that's been custom-designed by Sony, and toolless interchangeable restrictor gates truthful players tin take betwixt square, circle, oregon octagon, each of which tin beryllium stored successful the controller's useful compartment erstwhile not successful use. It adjacent comes with a sling transportation case.

You'll beryllium capable to support your DualSense wireless controller connected astatine the aforesaid clip arsenic the FlexStrike wireless combat stick, "if you’d similar to usage it arsenic an further controller for navigating menus betwixt fights," Sony says.

You tin besides usage a azygous PS Link USB adapter to link the FlexStrike and a Pulse Elite wireless headset oregon Pulse Explore wireless earbuds simultaneously connected PS5, for "an ultra-low latency audio and dependable chat acquisition successful the vigor of battle."

Expect much details, including pricing information, person to the time.

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