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Backbone One’s companion app gets an overhaul, with a subscription fee for new users only



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We’re fans of the Backbone One iPhone controller around here. A lovely mixture of rock solid hardware and way-better-than-it-should-be software, it’s quickly become my favorite way to game on the go. Expand the controller, drop iPhone in, resume zombie killing/guarding the galaxy/etc.
This morning the company is announcing a bunch of new features for that aforementioned software, with one catch: while the companion app/service will continue to be free for existing users, it’ll cost new users a few bucks a month.
Backbone’s companion software serves as an all-encompassing hub for the controller. It gives you a quick and pretty way to access all of your Backbone-friendly games, but also gives you cross-game voice chat and parties, a system for grabbing and sharing clips, and more.
It’ll soon learn a few new tricks, a …

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