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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.

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…

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…

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.