Livermore, CA –August 13 2025 – CRKD™, the premium collectible gaming brand behind the award-winning Nitro Deck™ and NEO S™ collectible controllers, announced today the NEO S 5-Fret deadmau5 Fortnite Festival Edition, a licensed, special edition NEO S controller, designed for use with Fortnite Festival and other rhythm-based games.
Electronic music producer deadmau5 has made guest appearances in video games before, and from August 5, deadmau5 and his legendary mau5head will be appearing in Fortnite. To celebrate this exclusive engagement, controller connoisseurs CRKD have created a special deadmau5 version of the 5 Fret NEO S controller.
The NEO S 5-Fret deadmau5 Fortnite Festival Edition is compatible with both PC and Nintendo® Switch™, and is a limited edition drop inspired by the instantly recognizable mouse head worn by deadmau5 at his concerts - known as the mau5head. When these controllers disappear off the shelves, they’re gone, so the mau5horde had better be quick off the mark if they want this EDM-tastic peripheral in their lives!
This version of the much-celebrated five-fret edition of CRKD’s iconic NEO S controller is the fourth NEO S in CRKD’s Fortnite Festival range, allowing gamers to connect more deeply with the artists that they admire, making their Fortnite Festival experience more immersive and personal to them. The unique Festival Attachment that’s included replicates the frets found on a real guitar, but as this deadmau5 collaboration highlights, this controller isn’t just limited to guitars. Fortnite Festival fans can use the controller to play Keytar, Drum, Mic and Bass song parts - perfect for strumming away at deep bass beats.
Designed and engineered by team members behind the much-loved hardware for Guitar Hero™ and DJ Hero™, the NEO S will also work with other rhythm-based community games, opening up a whole world of possibilities for music lovers.
Available for pre-order today, the NEO S 5-Fret deadmau5 Fortnite Festival Edition is expected to ship in October 2025, so begin preparing your gaming area now for its grand arrival!
The NEO S 5-FRET dEADMAU5 FORTNITE FESTIVAL EDITION is available for pre-order today at https://go.crkd.gg/fnfestival and https://go.crkd.gg/nsdm5.
Shipping is expected to start in October, for a suggested retail price of $59.99 / €69.99 / £59.99.
This collaboration was facilitated by Fortnite’s licensing agency IMG Licensing.
For more information, and to order your NEO S 5-Fret deadmau5 Fortnite Festival Edition, please visit: https://crkd.gg/
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About deadmau5:
Joel Zimmerman, more commonly known as deadmau5 (pronounced 'deadmouse'), is one of the world's most respected electronic music producers of modern times. Enjoying international chart success with his 2x platinum-certified single "Ghosts 'n' Stuff," as well as "Professional Griefers," "Sofi Needs A Ladder" and "I Remember," he has also released seven critically acclaimed albums. The multiple JUNO Award-winning and GRAMMY®-nominated artist's ability to push the boundaries of his talent grows at an equal rate to his fan base, which counts 15 million and more over his combined social media channels. His latest music offerings include “Pomegranate” with The Neptunes, “Bridged By A Lightwave” with Kiesza, “Channel 43” with Wolfgang Gartner, with REZZ “Hypnocurrency” and “Infraliminal” (as REZZMAU5), “When The Summer Dies” with Lights, “Hyperlandia” featuring Foster The People, “this is fine.” with Portugal. The Man, “XYZ,” “My Heart Has Teeth” featuring Skylar Grey, some ep and his latest ‘Error5 EP.’
In 2022 deadmau5 teamed with longtime friend and collaborator Kaskade on new music project Kx5 releasing Top 40 smash and #1 dance music radio single “Escape” featuring Hayla leading into the release of their 2023 GRAMMY-nominated debut self-titled album Kx5. In the live realm, his 2019/20 U.S. cubev3 tour featuring production of his own design and implementation ranked in the Top 10 of Pollstar’s top tours globally. In 2022 he completed the ‘We Are Friends’ North American tour and as Kx5 headlined the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in December, breaking records as the largest single-day concert event headlined by an electronic music artist ever in North America with Billboard confirming Kx5 at the Coliseum as the biggest ticketed global headliner dance event of 2022. deadmau5’ latest accomplishment in the live music space includes sold out performances at legendary Los Angeles venue the Hollywood Bowl,New York City’s Brooklyn Mirage and Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre for his career celebration ‘retro5pective: 25 years of deadmau5.’
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