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Gaming-oriented furniture is far from an original concept. Some PC owners swear by gaming chairs to achieve maximum comfort at their setups, though smart money buys a cheaper office chair instead. There are even hybrid sit-to-stand desks for gamers who prefer taking on opponents in a chair, on their feet, or both. This doesn’t change, however, the…

IKEA and XBOX have partied up to launch a new gaming-inspired collection, YXSTABY, designed for gaming at home. Whether locking in or lounging out, in-game or on the sofa, the collection makes room for gaming everywhere without sacrificing function, comfort, or style.

IKEA’s collaboration with Xbox is now live, offering nine new gaming-inspired furniture pieces and accessories. Called the YXSTABY collection, an IKEA spokesperson told Mashable the collaboration was named after a small locality in Sweden, which was chosen because it includes the four letters on the Xbox controller’s buttons: X, Y, B, and A.

The “YXSTABY” gaming furniture collection, co-created by IKEA and Xbox, launched on October 1. The thumbstick stool, developed using original 3D CAD files from the Xbox Wireless Controller, is drawing particular attention.

Art imitates life – and, at first, video games began to imitate the furniture of some of the most famous industrial designers. In life-simulation games such as The Sims, hugely popular among architects and designers, and Animal Crossing, pixelated versions of iconic pieces by Le Corbusier, Philippe Starck and the Castiglioni brothers began appearing on…

Component shortages and their resulting price hikes might be making it borderline unaffordable for many people to buy current-gen consoles, including the Xbox Series X. But if you’re interested in adding some more Xbox to your gaming setup but can’t afford a new device—how about some Xbox-themed homeware?

IKEA gained fame as the home of reasonably priced furniture (and some tasty Swedish meatballs). Now, the retail giant is attempting to appeal to a rather large and, until now, underserved part of their customer base—gamers. IKEA announced YXSTABY, a nine-piece Xbox collection “designed for gaming at home as it happens today, in any room…

It’s becoming increasingly difficult to keep up with what’s going on at Xbox on any given day, but at least you can now attempt to do so from the comfort of your IKEA-branded thumbstick stool, which is part of the new nine-piece YXSTABY collection.

TL;DR:IKEA and Xbox teamed up on Yxstaby, a nine-piece gaming furniture collection featuring a rolling TV stand, a toolbox that doubles as a laptop stand, a side table for controllers, a monitor stand, and a stool modeled after an Xbox thumbstick. It launches in IKEA stores and online Oct. 1.