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Microsoft's next product category has emerged: shoes. More specifically, Microsoft is teaming up with Crocs, Inc. for a new line of Xbox-branded Crocs and themed Jibbitz. The shoes go on sale tomorrow, November 25, so you don't have to wait very long to get your feet into them. The $80 shoes have been "designed with gamers in mind," the company said. The individual black-and-green shoes are labeled "Player Left" and "Player Right," and include fixed joysticks and buttons on them, replicating the Xbox controller. Crocs will also sell a five-pack of Jibbitz charms, focused on Xbox franchises like Halo, Doom, Fallout, World of Warcraft, and Sea of Thieves.Continue Reading at GameSpot

Fact-checkers claim they had no idea the company was going to end their partnerships and are scrambling to figure out the financial implications of the move.