Coming from KontrolFreek, purveyors of items to stick onto your Xbox controllers, come a new set of performance thumbsticks. These are branded with some glorious Call of Duty: Vanguard ideas, and promise to turn even an ageing old duffer like me into some kind of FPS god. Well, that’s a tall order, but I strapped them to my controller and decided to see if I could tell any difference. Please come with me to a whole new world of controller modification…
Looking at the outside of the box, the promises that are printed there to see are quite bold. KontrolFreek’s Call of Duty: Vanguard Performance Thumbsticks for Xbox will, apparently, increase comfort, improve accuracy and finally customise grip. So, let’s deal with the claims in order, shall we?

First of all, increasing comfort. Now, I don’t know about you, but I’ve never held an Xbox One or Series X…
